Duties and Responsibilities

Assessing community nutrition needs
Following-up on discharge cases from hospital
Screening for deficiency diseases and chronic illnesses related to nutrition in a community nutrition and deictics
Promoting baby friendly community initiatives
Conducting community growth
Monitoring and promotion activities
Assisting in community interventions on diet and lifestyle disease prevention and control
Promoting optimal infant and young child feeding programs
Assisting in running out patient supplementary feeding programs and outpatient therapeutic feeding programs
Following up and counseling of patients in home-based disease management
Carrying out nutrition health education.

Requirements for Appointment

Certificate in Community Nutrition or its equivalent from a recognized institution
Certificate in computer applications skills from a recognized institution
Registration by council of the institute of Nutritionist and Dieticians (CIND)