Nutrition Aide

General Summary

Make a Difference in Your Community – Join Our WIC Team! Do you have a passion for supporting families and improving community health? Benton-Franklin Health District is looking for a dedicated Nutrition Assistant (WIC Certifier) to join our Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program!

• Assess eligibility for WIC services
• Provide personalized nutrition education to individuals and families
• Deliver care through both in-person and phone appointments

• Shares our commitment to equity and community health
• Brings strong communication and customer service skills
• Thrives in a team environment while working independently when needed
• Can adapt to diverse cultures and backgrounds with empathy and respect

If you're enthusiastic about helping others and want a career that truly makes an impact, we'd love to hear from you!

• Gather and assess information for determining health and nutrition risk factors, program eligibility, client education, and referrals.
• Provide breastfeeding support and/or referrals.
• Document participants information and services and manage appointment schedules in electronic record (Cascades) to support the WIC program.
• Provide direct customer service to a diverse clientele, providing WIC services, issuing and educating on the use of WIC benefits, determining appointment types needed.
• Conduct WIC program tasks, such as generating daily reports and participant letters, and making referrals to other community services.
• Participate in WIC-related outreach activities, including recruitment events, breastfeeding promotion campaigns and WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program.
• Complete annual agency-wide and WIC trainings, and ongoing nutrition and breastfeeding education requirements.
• Use Microsoft Outlook and other electronic communication tools to coordinate work and meet training requirements.
• Screen new applicants and existing participants for nutrition risk factors and determine program eligibility in accordance with Federal and State standards.
• Perform anthropometric (height and weight measurements) for women, infants, and children, as needed.
• Provide evidence-based health and nutrition information to WIC participants. Work with participants to create personal nutrition related goals and follow up at future appointments.
• Provide nutrition counseling for non-high-risk participants.
• Maintain, document, and process medical and other participant records according to program guidelines.
• Perform first-line customer service duties; respond to inquiries by phone and in person, identify participant needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Some knowledge of the health and nutritional needs of adults and children.
• Ability to provide basic nutrition consultation and to effectively describe aspects of a public health nutrition program.
• Demonstrated skill in performing client education, with the purpose of supporting healthy habits and personal goals.
• Skill in maintaining working relationships and working with racially, ethnically and socio-economically diverse populations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with English and non-English speaking participants with the assistance of an interpreter or language service.
• Effective written and oral communication and documentation skills.
• Adequate physical ability and sufficient manual dexterity to perform the requisite health care services.

Minimum Qualifications: High school diploma or completion of General Equivalency Diploma (GED). Eligibility for Washington State Medical Assistant Registered. Washington State Driver's License required.

Experience: Prefer previous experience in a similar work situation. Spanish Bilingual verbal and written skill preferred.

Additional Requirements: If selected for this position, the candidate may be required to occasionally drive during work hours. A valid Washington State driver's license, the use of the incumbent's personal motor vehicle when a District fleet vehicle is not available for use, and proof of appropriate auto insurance may be required where driving is necessary to perform specific duties.

Selection Process: The most qualified applicants, based in part upon evaluation of the completed application and related information will be invited for an interview. Applications should be submitted to the Director - Human Resources, Brandy McNeill. Apply via our website:
Employment - Benton Franklin Health District.