Nutritionist Job at Centre for Health Solutions

Centre for Health Solutions – Kenya (CHS), in partnership with the County Government of Nyeri, is seeking to employ the services of motivated and proactive individuals to fill the following vacancy in the Ministry of Health (MoH)/CHS Tegemeza Plus Project, which supports and strengthens HIV/AIDS services in Nyeri County.

Position: Nutritionist – 1 position

Location: Nyeri County

Overall Function:

The Nutritionist is responsible for providing nutrition services in HIV/TB patient management, and MNCH clinics in supported health care facilities.

Nutritionist Job Responsibilities:

• Promoting maternal infant and young child feeding programs
• Developing and disseminating nutrition behavior change communication, information, education and communication materials;
• Conducting nutrition assessments
• Counseling of patients with specific nutritional needs
• Providing nutrition health education and demonstrations
• Implementing outpatient and inpatient supplementary and therapeutic feeding programs and evaluating outcomes;
• Providing micronutrient supplementation
• Collecting and compiling nutrition and dietetic data; and
• Conduct any other duty as may be prescribed by the supervisor

Nutritionist Job Qualifications

For appointment to the post of Nutritionist, a candidate must;

• Have a Diploma in Community Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition or Nutrition and Dietetics from a recognized training institution
• Have a valid Registration by the Council of the Institute of Nutritionists and Dieticians (CIND)
• At least 2 years’ work experience including Comprehensive Care Clinic (CCC) services
• Experience working with MOH/County systems and personnel will be an added advantage
• Experience working in PEPFAR funded projects is an added advantage
• Should be self-motivated
• Should have good interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Computer literacy

Successful candidates will be supervised by their respective hospital/facility health management team (HMT) from the Ministry of Health in conjunction with the CHS Program team.

How to Apply

Successful candidates will be supervised by a representative from the respective County Department of Health in conjunction with the CHS.

Applications should include the following

• Cover letter and current CV with names and telephone contacts of at least three (3) referees
• Copies of academic and professional certificates
• Photocopy of ID
• Testimonials/ Recommendation

Interested applicants who meet the minimum criteria are invited to email their applications to vacancies@chskenya.org clearly indicating the job title as the subject line by 5.00PM on or before Thursday, June 21, 2018.

Centre for Health Solutions-Kenya is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification