DIETETIC TECHNICIAN

General Statement of Duties

This employee works with the WIC Program within the Health Department. Employee determines eligibility, obtains anthropometric measures, completes nutrition assessments, and provides nutrition education for participants. Performs related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications (KSAs)

• Knowledge of:

  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Motivational Interviewing and participant-centered counseling skills
  • Infant and child feeding practices
  • Prenatal, post-partum and breastfeeding nutritional needs
  • Basics of breastfeeding
  • Cultural diversity and ability to use interpreter service effectively
  • Adaptable, quick to learn new procedures and skilled at de-escalating sometimes challenging participants

• Skills to:

  • Operate computer
  • Basic technology and mathematic skills
  • Operate infant and adult scales
  • Operate a hemocue and Pronto analyzers
  • Operate telephone, fax copier

• Ability to:

  • Develop nutrition care plans
  • Determine program eligibility and assign appropriate food packages
  • Assist in and develop educational materials which meet the needs of agency service providers and is considerate of various educational, ethnic, and socio-economic levels and community groups
  • Plan and conduct group nutrition education classes
  • May be required to play an active role in the event of a public health emergency

Required Education and Experience

• Possession of valid registration as a Dietetic Technician with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

• Substitution: Possession of a Verification Statement indicating completion of the requirements of a dietetics program approved by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. If the substitution is applied, possession of valid registration as a Dietetic Technician with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics must be obtained within the probationary period

• Must have a valid Driver's License

Working and Physical Conditions

• Environmental Conditions: Office/clinic environment; exposure to computer screens; travel from site to site; working closely with others.

• Physical Conditions: Duties may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting or standing for prolonged periods of time; light to moderate lifting

Other Requirements

• Environmental Conditions: Office/clinic environment; exposure to computer screens; travel from site to site; working closely with others.

• Physical Conditions: Duties may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting or standing for prolonged periods of time; light to moderate lifting

Probationary Period

Six Months

Supervision Exercised

None

Benefits

• The City of Cincinnati offers its employees competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefit package designed to actively attract and retain quality employees' to add additional value to the City of Cincinnati's workforce.

• A summary of these benefits for full-time employment is listed below.

• The City offers a variety of training programs, ranging from job-specific skills such as computer and equipment instruction, to helping supervisors improve their management techniques.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The City of Cincinnati is dedicated to providing equal employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation or transgendered status, or ethnic, national or Appalachian origin, or on the basis of any other category protected under federal, state and local laws.

Holidays

The City of Cincinnati has 11 paid holidays annually that include: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas.

Health Insurance

• The City of Cincinnati 80/20 offers 3 medical plans to all full time City of Cincinnati employees and eligible dependents: the 80/20 PPO medical plan, the HDHP medical plan with an HSA contribution, and a Health Reimbursement Arrangement for those enrolled on another non-city eligible group plan.

• Eligible dependents include:

  • Legal Spouse or Equal Partner
  • Child (natural child, adopted child, and/or child who the group has determined is covered under a "Qualified Medical Child Support Order")
  • Step-child
  • Child for whom the employee or employee's spouse/equal partner is a legal guardian

Supplemental Life, Long Term Disability, Accident & Critical Illness Insurance

Most full time City employees are eligible to participate in a supplemental life insurance program, a long term disability plan, and accident and critical illness insurance programs at their own expense. Premiums are determined by age, amount of coverage, and various additional factors.

Flexible Benefits Plans

• Healthcare Flex Spending Account

• Dependent Care Flex Spending Account

• Transportation Expense Reimbursement Account

• Healthy Lifestyles Program

• Integrated Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)

Retirement Plan

• The City provides a defined benefit pension plan for part-time and full-time employees.

• New hires and re-hired employees are required to participate in the City of Cincinnati's Retirement System (CRS), regardless of previous participation in an Ohio State pension system or any another state or federal pension system.

• CRS is funded by employer and employee contributions, and investment returns from plan assets. CRS provides retirement and health care benefits subject to eligibility requirements.

• The following groups are excluded from participation in CRS:

  • Mayor and Members of City Council
  • Sworn Police & Fire
  • Police Recruits
  • Rehired Ohio Police & Fire Retirees

Deferred Compensation

• As an Ohio government employer, the City offers employees the ability to participate in a 457(b) tax-deferred retirement savings plan. The City makes an annual match to your 457(b) of up to $750, or as otherwise specified in applicable regulations and union contracts.

Employer

City of Cincinnati

Address

805 Central Avenue Suite 200
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202

Phone

513-352-2400