November 5, 2024

First Nations Community HealthSource

Albuquerque

FULL TIME

WIC Nutritionist

First Nations Community Health Source is a local non-profit community based healthcare facility located in SE Albuquerque. First Nations Community Health Source is committed to providing a culturally competent, comprehensive health service delivery system integrating traditional values to enhance the physical, spiritual, emotional and mental well being of American Indian/Alaska Native families and other underserved populations residing in Albuquerque and surrounding areas.
Job Description: Maintain effective and efficient Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program operations by assessing and documenting a participants nutrition risks; prescribes food packages for each participant certified; determine eligibility and provide one-on-one and/or group nutrition education, including breastfeeding promotion and support. Assess participants needs for use of a breast pump and/or any other breastfeeding education. Obtain and assess hemoglobin and anthropometrics on each participant. Provide quality client services using constructs of Participant Centered Education (PCE) as required by United States Department of Agriculture. Assist families in developing healthy eating goals and provide on-going nutrition education. Refers participants to other health and social services. Perform clerical duties such as filing, typing, data entry, word processing, and other computer software applications; operate photocopiers, fax machines, and other office equipment; and prepare mailings, answer phones, answer questions, deliver messages, and make appointments; electronic card inventory, archiving, vendor monitoring, supply and pharmacy orders and vehicle coordination. Achieves and maintains quality and customer service satisfaction and maintains and protects the participants and WIC agency confidentiality. Assist Nutritionist Supervisor to increase community awareness and positive perception of WIC Program by providing outreach in the community and interacting with other Health programs including participating in health fairs and developing nutrition education bulletin boards with approved messages. Demonstrates support of WIC's mission, vision and philosophy in delivery of all services and the ability to communicate and work with a wide variety of culturally diverse people.
Fluency in both English and Spanish preferred; experience in entering and retrieving data from multiple information systems including the New Mexico Women, Infants & Children Program Automated Data System; providing and/or coordinating direct nutrition services to clients including nutritional screening, assessment, planning, intervention, education, and evaluation based on program guidelines, client education and management of records; collaborating and coordinating with other organizations within the community; assisting in food and nutrition programs in the department of dietetics to meet nutritional requirements; counseling individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a social, community, health, education, or nutritional field and experience as it pertains to the essential duties and responsibilities of the classification.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $20.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
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