Nutritionist

Forsyth County; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Forsyth County Department of Public Health seeks a Nutritionist to join the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. The Nutritionist will assess medical and dietary histories, determine eligibility, provide nutrition counseling, develop care plans, and promote breastfeeding, education, and outreach in a busy clinic.

Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in foods and nutrition, public health nutrition, or dietetics; one year of nutrition experience; a valid driver’s license; bilingual

Qualifications

• Graduation with a bachelor’s degree in foods and nutrition, public health nutrition, or dietetics.
• One year of nutrition work experience.
• ADA internship eligibility or master’s degree with eligibility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides nutrition counseling and education to WIC participants.
• Completes nutrition assessments from participant interviews and data.
• Develops care plans based on collected information.
• Delivers diet instructions using educational aids.
• Documents subjective and objective data in medical records.
• Determines medical eligibility for the WIC program using guidelines.
• Promotes breastfeeding and conducts outreach activities.

Skills

Nutrition assessment

Counseling

Communication

Data interpretation

Bi-lingual (English/Spanish)

Education

Bachelor's degree in foods and nutrition, public health nutrition, or dietetics

Master's degree in nutrition or public health nutrition (preferred)

ADA approved dietetic internship eligibility (preferred)

Job description

The Forsyth County Department of Public Health is seeking to hire a Nutritionist to work with the Women, Infants and Children's (WIC) Program. If you like to work with Infants, Children and Women, this is a great opportunity for you. We are looking for a self-motivated Nutritionist to provide services for the Women, Infants and Children's (WIC) Program.

The program is designed to provide supplemental nutritious foods and nutrition education as an adjunct to good health care during critical times of growth and development in order to prevent the occurrence of health problems and improve the health status of these persons. The WIC Nutritionist is responsible for assessing individual medical and dietary histories to determine WIC program eligibility, determining appropriate food packages, providing nutrition counseling and identifying medical/nutritional risk criteria for those customers applying for the WIC program, promoting breast feeding and providing education, completing care plans, teaching classes, and promoting outreach events. The WIC Program Is Federally Funded on a yearly basis.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday with some Thursday nights. Work week will not exceed 40 hours.

The ideal candidate will possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Ability to express ideas and communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with other employees.
• Considerable knowledge of principles of normal and therapeutic nutrition and health promotion.
• Considerable knowledge and skill in nutrition and dietary assessment techniques (anthropometric,biochemical, clinical and dietary), and in interpretation of data.
• Knowledge of human behavior and techniques for effecting behavior change.
• Ability to write clear and concise entries using the protocol for progress notes in patient's medicalrecords.
• Ability to interview and provide counseling.
• Ability to communicate with patients tactfully, courteously and effectively.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to do data entry in an efficient manner.
• Ability to adapt to the demands of a busy clinic.

Graduation from a four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in foods and nutrition, public health nutrition, or dietetics and one year of nutrition work experience;

Must have a valid driver's license to drive to satellite clinics, conferences and meetings.

A higher education level may be considered as a substitution for all or part of the experience requirement.

Bilingual candidates (English/Spanish) preferred.

Completion of an ADA approved dietetic internship with ADA Commission on Dietic Registration eligibility preferred, or;

Master's degree in nutrition or public health nutrition with ADA Commission on Dietic Registration eligibility preferred.

Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provides nutrition counseling and education to participants in the WIC Program.
• Completes nutrition assessments by analyzing data obtained from participant interviews and review of medical history, laboratory and clinical data.
• Develops a care plan based on information collected and knowledge of clinical application of nutrition.
• Provides diet instructions to participants both verbally and with the use of educational aids such as pamphlets and posters.
• Charts in medical record subjective and objective data, assessment and plans of actions.
• Determines medical eligibility of participants for the WIC program using established guidelines.
• Provides nutrition consultation and education sessions to other health care professionals.
• Performs related work as required.