SENIOR HEALTH PUBLIC NUTRITIONIST

Senior Health Public NutritionistThis position is a professional nutrition and breastfeeding education position for the Gadsden County Health Department. The employee provides nutrition and breastfeeding education services to participants enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The employee provides education, evaluation, support and promotion of breastfeeding, as the normal and optimal feeding of infants and young children. Certifies and provides nutrition and breastfeeding assessments and counseling for low, high, and medically high-risk. WIC participants. Document all medical and high-risk care plans using the SOAP format in the FL-WiSE system in accordance with department policy. Conduct group nutrition classes, demonstrations, and other nutrition education activities and provide breastfeeding support for clients. They offer referrals to medical, health, and socioeconomic agencies and collaborate closely with the Healthy Start Program as the primary nutrition contact. Assists in planning, implementing, and evaluating public health nutrition programs for WIC clients, department patients, and staff; help ensure compliance with federal, state, and local program guidelines. Facilitate and oversee all required nutrition training for newly hired staff, including FL-WiSE modules, Nutrition Through the Lifecycle, VENA Participant-Centered Education, and nutrition-related in-service training conducted at WIC staff meetings. Assist WIC Coordinator with the following duties: Complete administrative and nutrition reports. Keep track of equipment and special formula inventories. Maintains special formula ordering/receiving reports. Execute purchasing for administrative, medical and nutrition education supplies. Works with breastfeeding interagency councils, community organizations, hospitals, and coalitions, to provide continuity of breastfeeding care to Gadsden County clients. Keep list of current vendors, complete compliance reviews, vendor training, and reporting of participant's abuse and suspensions. Assist with the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Perform eligibility duties at certification of new clients and recertification of existing clients and assist with benefit issuance as needed. Performs weights, heights, and hemoglobin tests, as needed, for certification of WIC clients. Input collected data in charting system. Other related duties as assigned.Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge of the methods of data collection. Ability to accurately enter information into multiply data systems. Knowledge, skill in the application of nutrition principles, and practices as they relate to the needs of clients. Ability to work independently, be organized and attentive to details. Ability to motivate, develop, direct people as they work. Ability to maintain strict confidentiality. Ability to communicate effectively with in writing and orally as indicated by the needs. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.Qualifications: Must have 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. Must have a current/active license, in good standing, as a Dietitian or Nutritionist in the State of Florida issued by the Division of Medical Quality Assurance.Where You Will Work: Florida Department of Health in Gadsden County 278 LaSalle Leffall Drive Quincy, Florida 32351