WIC Registered Dietitian II

Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, Inc. in Milwaukee seeks an experienced Nutrition Coordinator to lead WIC nutrition services, ensure policy compliance, and supervise staff.

You will develop training, coordinate with partners, and oversee nutrition education, screenings, and data reporting.

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian (RD) or RD/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential
• Bachelor's or higher degree in nutrition with applicable experience
• WIC program experience preferred
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred
• Ability to relate to people from diverse backgrounds

Responsibilities

• Serves as the Nutrition Coordinator for the local WIC project and implements nutrition policies.
• Supervises, trains, and evaluates WIC Nutrition staff ensuring proper assessments, counseling, referrals, and documentation.
• Develops training plans and internal procedures to enhance staff understanding and execution.
• Oversees nutrition-related activities to ensure cultural appropriateness and participant-centered service.
• Acts as a preceptor for students and interns in WIC nutrition.
• Ensures annual training for WIC staff and maintains continuing education records.
• Collaborates with external programs to enhance services for WIC participants.
• Participates in WIC Management Evaluations and analyzes results.
• Attends agency and WIC meetings and integrates learnings into services.
• Resides on WIC committees and facilitates team meetings and education opportunities.
• Promotes program integrity and prevents fraud and abuse.
• Completes required certifications and nutrition education to ensure coverage.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Bilingual (Spanish/English)

Diversity awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in nutrition

Master's or Doctoral degree in nutrition

Job description

Join our team committed to the highest quality healthcare!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Serves as the Nutrition Coordinator at the local WIC project; is responsible for implementation of all nutrition and food package policies and procedures in the Wisconsin WIC Operations Manual.
2. Supervises, trains and evaluates WIC Nutrition staff, ensuring nutrition assessment, counseling, referrals, food package assignment and documentation are appropriate and in compliance with WIC policy.
3. Develops training plans, guidance materials and/or internal procedures for site staff as needed to enhance understanding and ability to execute initiatives.
4. Provides oversight to all nutrition-related activities in the WIC clinic to ensure they are culturally appropriate, participant centered, and follow current, evidence-based recommendations.
5. Serves as a preceptor for dietetic and dietetic technician students and interns or oversees precepting activities assigned to appropriate WIC Nutritionist.
6. In collaboration with WIC Director, ensures required annual training is provided to all WIC staff and documentation of Nutrition and Breastfeeding staff's continuing education requirements is maintained.
7. Collaborates with external programs, organizations and healthcare providers to enhance services and resources for WIC participants.
8. Participates fully in the WIC Management Evaluation, including pre-visit preparation and responding to findings. Analyzes and evaluates results of Management Evaluations.
9. Attends required agency and WIC sponsored state and regional meetings as appropriate and incorporates information learned into WIC project services.
10. Resides on WIC and/or SSCHC committees and workgroups as appropriate.
11. Facilitates team meetings, committee work and/or continuing education opportunities for direct reports.
12. Promotes program integrity by assisting WIC Director with program fraud and abuse prevention.
13. Completes certifications, mid-certifications, and nutrition education in order to keep abreast of participant needs, WIC policies and procedures and to ensure adequate service coverage at all times.
14. Performs hemoglobin and blood lead testing as well as participant weighing and measuring in order to keep abreast of policies and procedures and to ensure adequate service coverage at all times. Oversees the quality of these health screening services.
15. Oversees the development, implementation and modification of nutrition and health education materials, media messaging, lesson plans, and classes per State WIC policy.
16. Analyzes ROSIE reports and other available data to coordinate nutrition services, plans and policies.
17. In conjunction with WIC Director, provides support/maintenance of clinic equipment.
18. Investigates participant complaints and addresses accordingly.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Registered Dietitian and must maintain RD or RDN credential during employment and is a Certified Dietitian (CD) in the State of Wisconsin.
2. Holds a bachelor's degree in the field of nutrition from an accredited college or university and has a minimum of 2 years of job-related experience or holds a master's or doctoral degree in nutrition from an accredited college or university and has a minimum of 1 year of job-related experience.
3. WIC Program experience highly preferred.
4. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
5. Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred.
6. Ability to relate well to people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.