Requirements for appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: –


Diploma in Community Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition or Nutrition and Dietetic from a recognized institution
Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution
Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians (CIND)


Duties & Responsibilities


Implementing nutrition programmes
Providing nutrition services in health care facilities
Conducting nutrition assessments;
Collecting and compiling nutrition data
Providing nutrition health education and demonstration
Counselling patients with specific nutrition needs;
Implementing outpatients and inpatients supplementary and therapeutic feeding programs
Promoting maternal, infant and young children feeding programmes.