Nutritionist
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Job Description
Job Title: Nutritionist
Full Time: With Benefits
Schedule: 40hrs: MonFri
Pay: $25/hour
General Statement of Duties: Provide routine nutrition services to WIC applicants and participants under the supervision of the Senior Nutritionist.
Responsibilities:
The program nutritionist provides nutrition services to WIC applicants and participants.
Responsibilities include:
1. Provides nutrition care to highrisk women infants and children under the supervision of the senior nutritionist including all aspects of:
Anthropometric and hematological data collection.
Dietary assessment nutritional risk assessment and food package prescription.
Nutrition and breastfeeding counseling and education.
Documentation and data entry.
Referrals to other health and social services.
Followup nutrition education.
2. Participates in planning development and evaluation of:
Educational materials and group nutrition education sessions.
Participant counseling and education strategies.
Nutrition inservices and outreach activities.
Nutrition policies.
3. Assists senior nutritionist in:
Training paraprofessional WIC staff.
Conducting quality assurance activities.
4. Communicates with health care community on issues pertaining to participant needs.
5. Provides nutrition care for lowrisk applicants and participants as needed.
6. Performs other duties as needed including:
Assisting in the training of CPA Is and IIs.
Quality assurance activities
Qualifications:
EDUCATION/CREDENTIALS:
Bachelors Degree in public health nutrition foods and nutrition or nutrition education.
EXPERIENCE:
One year experience in clinical or community nutrition desired.
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:
Demonstrated leadership and decision making capabilities.
Good communication skills.
Sensitivity to the needs of the participant population.
Availability to work multiple WIC sites during program and clinical hours as needed.
Ability to speak Portuguese preferred
BAMSI conducts as needed jobrelated background checks (e.g. may include but is not limited to fingerprints drug testing TB testing verification of employment history and/or reference checks) prior to employment.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
