Assistant Nutritionist (HTAC/NDT 2)

Summary

The North East Regional Health Authority, a statutory body under the Ministry of Health with responsibility for the management and delivery of public health services within the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Portland, is seeking a dynamic, proactive, experienced and analytical individual with strong team building skills to fill the position of Assistant Nutritionist at the St. Ann Health Department. Salary Range: 💰 $2,795,163 - $3,322,571 JMD per annum.

Responsibilities

• • Establishing and managing rehabilitation programmes for malnourished & HIV exposed children;
• • Supervising Community Health Aides (CHAs) regarding nutrition programmes;
• • Providing nutrition assessment and therapeutic diet counseling for clients with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD) including diabetes and hypertension and for persons with HIV/AIDS;
• • Managing the supplementary feeding and Replacement feeding programmes;
• • Providing basic in-service training for health care staff;
• • Providing nutrition education to clinic and public populations; and
• • Advising Government & other Agencies on appropriate nutrition programmes

Required Skills

• • Thorough knowledge of the practices, principles, and applications of nutrition assessment and diet counselling
• • Thorough knowledge of the practices, principles, and approaches of nutrition and health education.
• • Knowledge of the development of health education materials taking into consideration target audience, age, readership and literacy levels.
• • Thorough understanding of the techniques of programme development, planning implementing and evaluating
• • Ability to communicate effectively both in written and oral format.
• • Ability to write reports.
• • Ability to make presentations.

Qualifications

• • Diploma or Associate degree in Dietetics/Nutrition from a recognized tertiary institution. Or
• • Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics/Nutrition from a recognized tertiary institution (Without approved Dietetics/Nutrition Internship or Supervised Practice Program).
• • Two (2) years working experiences

Additional Information and Instructions

Applications along with resumé should be submitted no later than Friday, 2025 May 16 to: The Director, Human Resource Management & Development North East Regional Health Authority 34-38 Ocean Village Shopping Centre Ocho Rios, St. Ann 📧 Email: jobs@nerha.gov.jm 📠 Fax: (876) 795-2747 ℹ️ Subject: Assistant Nutritionist (HTAC/NDT 2) 📜 N.B. Please include the job title in the subject line of your email. 🙏 Note: We thank all applicants for responding; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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