Jobs · Healthcare · Pennsylvania

Public Health Nutritionist - WIC

Allegheny County · Pittsburgh, PA · 2 mo ago
Healthcare$21.85/hrFull-time

About the role

This is beginning level professional work in the field of public health nutrition.

Responsibilities

  • Assesses individual nutrition needs and makes recommendations for follow-up guidance.
  • Interprets current nutrition information to health professionals, agencies, and program participants.
  • Perform screening duties as needed which include; perform hemoglobin testing and measure participant anthropometrics.
  • Provides WIC benefits to program participants.
  • Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team for individual case management.
  • Provides orientation in public health nutrition of new employees and students from health care professions.
  • Maintains records and prepares reports.
  • Responds to Public Health emergencies as assigned by the Health Department
  • Performs other duties as required or requested

Requirements

  • A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university.
  • One (1) year experience in Public Health Nutrition.
  • Pennsylvania State WIC Approved Credentialing
  • Possession of a valid automobile operator's license and the use of a company vehicle/automobile during working hours. You will be required to travel.

Qualifications

  • Knowledge of:
  • Basic principles and practices of nutrition and dietetics, both normal and therapeutic.
  • Methods utilized to assess nutritional problems of individuals, families and groups.
  • Health care ethics and confidentiality of information.
  • Use of Microsoft Office programs including Access, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel and other database programs.
  • Current developments in the field of public health nutrition.
  • Principles and practices related to providing nutrition information to institutions and group care facilities.
  • Skill in:
  • Nutrition
  • Nutrition Education
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Child Nutrition
  • Infant Nutrition
  • Prenatal Nutrition
  • Dietetics
  • Customer Service
  • Public Health

Skills

  • Represent ideas effectively, concisely and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.
  • Represent ideas effectively, concisely and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.
  • Represent ideas effectively, concisely and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.
  • Represent ideas effectively, concisely and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.
  • Represent ideas effectively, concisely and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.
  • Represent ideas effectively, concisely and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.
  • Represent ideas effectively, concisely and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.
  • Represent ideas effectively, concisively and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.
  • Represent ideas effectively, concisely and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.
  • Represent ideas effectively, concisely and accurately, both orally and in writing and present themselves in a professional manner.

Benefits

  • Fringe Benefits
  • Paid holidays, personal days, vacation and sick leave benefits, medical coverage and dental benefits, a retirement plan, life insurance and a deferred compensation plan after eligibility requirements have been met.
  • Perks Working for ACHD
  • Professional growth through training opportunities (CPR, First AID, Public Health Preparedness, Dignity and Respect, Points of Dispensing, and more); ability to advance in county system; job security; meaningfulness in daily work derived from public service; eligible for federal loan forgiveness; organizational commitment to ACHD’s mission to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Allegheny County residents, particularly the most vulnerable.

Pay

Hourly: $21.85 || Annual: $45,457.00

Schedule

Full-Time, Associate Level.

Grant funded positions are contingent upon grant funding

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