NUTRITION EDUCATOR

NUTRITION EDUCATOR - 64002504Your specific responsibilities include performing nutritional assessments on prenatal, postpartum, breastfeeding women, infants and children from birth to five years of age. You will provide evidence-based nutrition counseling to prenatal, postpartum, breastfeeding women, infants and children from birth to five years of age. You will determine nutritional risk factors and eligibility for potential clients in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program. You will perform anthropometrics (heights and weights) and hematological testing as needed on Women, Infants and Children. You will accurately document assessments, care plans, notes and enter correctly into the electronic medical record. You will promote WIC through participation in community outreach events. You will assist with reports.Required knowledge, skills, and abilities include knowledge of evidence-based nutrition principles, nutritional assessment skills, individual nutritional counseling skills, setting specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timed (SMART) client-centered goals, nutrition documentation in narrative and Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan (SOAP) format, problem solving, interpersonal skills, communication skills, and customer service skills. Knowledge of computer for data entry, Microsoft Office software, electronic medical record.Qualifications require, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with the major course of study in nutritional science, community nutrition, clinical nutrition or dietetics in accordance with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Association and Florida Chapter 468. Requires travel in various clinic locations and other community partners in Brevard County throughout the day. Must be willing to work before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours in the event of an emergency. This includes emergency duties including, but not limited to, response to threats involving any disaster, man-made or natural. This position is a full-time, in-office position. Must be willing to physically come in the office to perform the duties & responsibilities of the positions. Preferred – Prefer experience working in WIC. Prefer the ability to fluently read, write, and speak both English and Spanish or Creole.Where you will work: Viera, FL 32940