Clinical Dietician I - WIC

Clinical Dietitian I

The Pima County Health Department's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program is seeking a motivated and team-oriented Clinical Dietitian to join our team. This position provides client-centered nutrition and breastfeeding services, including high-risk counseling, to program participants. Additional duties include approving food prescriptions, conducting WIC certifications, and obtaining anthropometric measurements and hemoglobin levels for WIC participants.

The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and listening skills. If you enjoy being part of a diverse work group and working in a fast-paced environment, this may be the opportunity for you.

Essential Functions:

• Develops, implements, monitors and evaluates individualized patient/client nutrition care plans and physical activity reports by reviewing patient/client charts, diagnosis, anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, dietary, socioeconomic and behavioral data, and recommends to patients/clients food preparation methods, vitamin and mineral supplements, menu selection and planning and supplemental food resources based on nutritional needs set forth in care plans;
• Assesses nutritional risk by interviewing patients/clients, reviewing patient charts, interpreting laboratory results and consulting with physicians and other health care professionals;
• Develops educational materials and educates patients/clients, families, health care staff and community on nutritional principles, therapeutic diets, diet regimens, food selection and preparation, drug and food interactions, economics of food, enteral and parenteral nutrition and other subjects related to nutrition;
• Documents all nutrition assessments, interventions and physician verbal orders into medical charts;
• Collects, summarizes and analyzes patient/client data from medical records for monthly performance improvement and quality control programs;
• Provides technical assistance on nutrition to health care workers, physicians and the public;
• Writes therapeutic diet menus to comply with dietary prescriptions ordered by physicians, and evaluates food served for conformance to dietary prescriptions and quality standards;
• Refers patients/clients to other nutrition, health or social service agencies for additional assistance;
• Circulates on patient floors during meals to observe patient food intake and reactions, and documents to medical records unusual or adverse reactions, taking appropriate nutritional corrective action;
• Performs capillary finger punctures for hemoglobin screening interpreting results of these to determine client health risks, nutritional education plan and program benefits;
• May supervise nutrition or dietetic support staff.

Minimum Qualifications

Registration as a Registered Dietitian by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or registration eligible status* as specified by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is required at time of appointment. Registration must be obtained within one year from time of appointment, and must be maintained thereafter as a condition of employment.

* Registration eligible status is defined by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the credentialing agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Please contact the Commission for current requirements.

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application. Preferred Qualifications : (Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):

• Minimum one (1) year experience providing nutrition counseling to families, including pregnant women and children.
• Minimum six (6) months experience developing or facilitating group learning.
• Bilingual (English and Spanish).

Selection Procedure : Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources. Additional assessments/testing may be required as part of the selection process.

EEO Information : Pima County Government is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce and will not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, kinship, political interest, or any other characteristic protected by law.