Nutritional Educator #1656 - Bilingual - WIC - Health & Social Services Division

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Let's extract substantive info: - Bilingual position: must be fluent in English and Spanish. - Hamilton County Health & Social Services Division responsibility to respond quickly and efficiently when public health emergencies occur. - All employees responsible for ensuring contact info current and accessible for public health emergency. - Division maintains a call down system to store contact info and mobilize staff in event of emergency. - During a public health emergency, all staff required to respond should a call to mobilize be made. - During a public health emergency, work hours for any and all employees subject to modification to meet community needs. - Under general supervision, certifies eligibility, provides nutritional education, completes care plan, provides breastfeeding promotion, provides nutrition counseling, conducts community outreach to participants of WIC Program and Community Nutrition Program with emphasis on good nutrition and healthy eating habits to improve or maintain overall health. - ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (list) - Assesses the nutritional status and dietary practices of WIC participants. - Adheres to WIC policy and procedure for assessing and documenting individual nutritional and health risks. - Uses the electronic TNWIC system, and promotes maintenance and use of growth charts in electronic records. - Weigh and measure WIC program participants; check hemoglobin/hematocrit of WIC program participants at set intervals according to program guidelines; and assess adequacy of dietary intake according to WIC standard. - Develops an appropriate individualized nutrition care plan for both routine and high-risk participants that is clear and concise for each client to meet his or her needs and assists the client with choosing appropriate nutrition intervention based on findings. - Determines participant eligibility for therapeutic products to comply with program guidelines; consults with healthcare providers to determine nutrition related needs of the client as necessary. - Prepares and presents nutrition lessons to program participants; conducts food demonstrations using WIC-adapted recipes; presents learning objectives and uses visual aids and group process techniques providing for a positive learning experience; evaluates presentations for efficacy. - Conducts program promotion and community outreach as well as educational presentations. - Performs other duties as assigned. - Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Other Characteristics: - Knowledge of federal, state and county laws, rules, regulations, and guidelines related to the provision of WIC services. - Knowledge of the nutritional needs of WIC participants. - Knowledge of computer hardware, software, and peripherals. - Knowledge of intake assessment methods and procedures. - Knowledge of educational/instruction methods best suited to population served. - Skill assessing patients for nutritional eligibility. - Skill developing, implementing, and motivating patients regarding nutritional needs. - Skill instructing and educating low-income high-risk individuals on personal or family nutritional needs. - Skill accurately documenting and maintaining patient records. - Skill utilizing computerized database systems for tracking and record keeping. - Skill establishing rapport with low-income high-risk populations. - Skill establishing and maintaining effective working relationships. - Skill effectively communicating in both oral and written form. - Minimum Qualifications: - A Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition and a valid driver’s license. - OR A Bachelor’s Degree in a Nutrition related field with a minimum of six (6) semester-hours of coursework in nutrition, three (3) semester hours in human anatomy or physiology, and three (3) semester-hours in education, psychology, or counseling. - A valid driver’s license is required. - Additional Requirements: - Prior to operating a County-owned vehicle, all employees are required to complete the HC Defensive Driving course and/or an Emergency Vehicle Operations Course (EVOC) provided at the department level. - This position is deemed essential during inclement weather situations and must report to or remain at work, even when administrative closings are announced, as determined by the Department Head. - Some positions require additional training or certifications depending on assignment. - This position may require the applicant to pass an extensive criminal background check that includes fingerprinting. - Extensive reference checks may also be required. - Physical Requirements: - Work requires a high volume of case load work and meeting stringent timelines. - Work involves sitting and typing for extended periods of time. - May deliver presentations for group classes. - Work may involve working after regular business hours in high crime areas as outreach may be required. - Work requires a minimum to moderate amount of physical effort and must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. on a regular basis depending on the activity. - Additional Information: - This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. - Any overtime hours offered in this position are not guaranteed, are an estimate, and are subject to change. - All positions within Hamilton County Government are considered work in-person and require regular and punctual attendance. - All positions within Hamilton County Government may require work on Holidays or weekends. - Additionally, irregular hours and shift work may be required, including possible extension of shift hours, at times with short notice. - EEO boilerplate to remove. We need to exclude EEO, navigation, cookie, legal, scam-warning, duplicated lines. Now produce HTML. We need sections: maybe "Responsibilities" for essential functions and duties (including bilingual requirement? maybe not). "Requirements" for minimum qualifications and additional requirements (including bilingual fluency, driver's license, defensive driving, inclement weather essential, background check, reference checks). "Skills" for knowledge, skills, abilities. Could also have "Working Conditions" but not allowed; we could put physical requirements and additional info under "Responsibilities" or maybe a separate "Requirements"? But physical requirements is not a qualification per se; but could be under "Requirements". However we have many items; we could split: "Requirements" for qualifications and additional requirements; "Skills" for knowledge, skills, abilities; "Physical Requirements" not in allowed headings; maybe we can incorporate into "Responsibilities" as part of job duties? But it's not a duty. Could create a section "Requirements" and include physical requirements there as well. The instruction: use headings only from the list; we can't create new headings like Physical Requirements. So we must fit into allowed headings. Options: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We have qualifications (minimum qualifications) and additional requirements; we could use "Requirements" for both. Or we could use "Qualifications" for minimum qualifications and "Requirements" for additional requirements. But we need to decide. We have no benefits, pay, schedule. We have responsibilities (essential functions, duties). We have knowledge, skills, abilities (skills). We have qualifications (minimum qualifications). We have additional requirements (defensive driving, essential inclement weather, background check, reference checks). We have physical requirements and additional info (overtime, holidays, shift work). Could fit those under "Requirements" as well (since they are job requirements). Or maybe under "Responsibilities"? But they'd be more like working conditions. Given we must prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have three sections: Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills. Put all other info into Requirements (including qualifications, additional requirements, physical requirements, additional info). That would be a large section but okay. But we must use

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      . We need to ensure we don't repeat job title. No headings for job ID. Let's craft. First, maybe a short introductory paragraph about the role? Could be under Responsibilities? But we have a description about bilingual position and emergency response. That could be part of Responsibilities or maybe an "About the role" section. Since we have "About the role" as allowed heading, we could use that for the introductory statements: bilingual requirement, emergency response, call down system, etc. Then Responsibilities for essential functions. Then Requirements for qualifications, additional requirements, physical requirements, additional info. Then Skills for knowledge, skills, abilities. That seems logical. Let's outline:

      About the role

      This is a bilingual position; applicants must be fluent in both English and Spanish. The Hamilton County Health & Social Services Division must respond quickly and efficiently to public health emergencies. All employees must keep contact information current and be accessible for emergency mobilization via the division’s call‑down system. During a public health emergency, staff are required to respond to mobilization calls and work hours may be modified to meet community needs.

      Responsibilities

      • Under general supervision, certifies eligibility, provides nutritional education, completes care plan, provides breastfeeding promotion, provides nutrition counseling, and conducts community outreach to participants of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program and Community Nutrition Program with emphasis on good nutrition and healthy eating habits to improve or maintain overall health.
      • Assesses the nutritional status and dietary practices of WIC participants.
      • Adheres to WIC policy and procedure for assessing and documenting individual nutritional and health risks.
      • Uses the electronic TNWIC system, and promotes maintenance and use of growth charts in electronic records.
      • Weighs and measures WIC program participants; checks hemoglobin/hematocrit at set intervals according to program guidelines; assesses adequacy of dietary intake according to WIC standard.
      • Develops an appropriate individualized nutrition care plan for both routine and high‑risk participants that is clear and concise for each client to meet his or her needs and assists the client with choosing appropriate nutrition intervention based on findings.
      • Determines participant eligibility for therapeutic products to comply with program guidelines; consults with healthcare providers to determine nutrition‑related needs of the client as necessary.
      • Prepares and presents nutrition lessons to program participants; conducts food demonstrations using WIC‑adapted recipes