PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONIST SUPERVISOR - 64002566

Florida; Florida; On-site; USD 58,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Florida Department of Health seeks a Public Health Nutritionist Supervisor to oversee WIC services and staff in a busy clinic setting, ensuring program integrity and quality.

You will supervise and train personnel, hire and discipline as needed, review performance, maintain schedules, educate clients, promote breastfeeding, and coordinate outreach activities.

This is a full-time, career service position with a competitive benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees; planning and directing staff work.
• Authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinates.
• Develop performance expectations, meet with staff to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, and maintain vacation/work schedules.
• Ensure WIC clinic runs smoothly and policies and procedures are followed.
• Evaluate clinical, anthropometrics, and nutritional data to determine eligibility and provide nutrition education and counseling.
• Educate, support, and promote breastfeeding; make referrals to lactation staff.
• Provide client referrals to community resources.
• Perform anthropometrics and hematological tests as needed for WIC clients.
• Promote WIC through community outreach events.
• Attend staff meetings, conferences, and trainings.
• Maintain licensure as Nutritionist/Dietitian.

Job description

Requisition No:876977 Agency: Department of HealthWorking Title: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONIST SUPERVISOR - 64002566Pay Plan: Career ServicePosition Number:64002566Salary: $2,240.53 Bi-weeklyPosting Closing Date: 11/30/2026Total Compensation EstimatorOpen CompetitiveThis is a “pool” announcement, and applicants will not be considered after 6 months.

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This position spends the majority of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities.

Supervisory responsibilities include communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees' work.

The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action.

The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets.

Performs duties to ensure that the WIC clinic runs smoothly, and policies and procedures are followed.

Evaluates clinical, anthropometrics, and nutritional data of persons applying for the WIC Program to determine eligibility and provides individual nutrition education and counseling to low risk, high risk, and medically high-risk clients with documentation in electronic medical record.

Educates, supports, and promotes breastfeeding, makes referrals to lactation staff.

Provides clients referrals to community resources.

Performs anthropometrics (heights and weights) and hematological testing as needed onWomen, Infants and Children.

Promotes WIC though participation in community outreach events.

Attends staff meetings, conferences, special nutrition workshops, seminars, and trainings.

Maintains current Nutritionist/Dietitian Licensure by