Nutritionist

Overview

The Forsyth County Department of Public Health is seeking to hire a Nutritionist to work with the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program. If you like to work with Infants, children and women, this is a great opportunity for you. This federally funded program is in need of a self-motivated Nutritionist to provide services for a diverse population. The program is designed to provide supplemental nutritious foods and nutrition education as an adjunct to good health care during critical times of growth and development in order to prevent the occurrence of health problems and improve the health status of these persons.

The WIC nutritionist is responsible for providing nutrition counseling and identifying medical/nutritional risk criteria for those customers applying for the WIC program. May need to work Thursday night clinics as needed. The WIC Program Is Federally Funded on a yearly basis.

• Ability to express ideas and communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with other employees.
• Considerable knowledge of principles of normal and therapeutic nutrition and health promotion.
• Considerable knowledge and skill in nutrition and dietary assessment techniques (anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary), and in interpretation of data.
• Knowledge of human behavior and techniques for effecting behavior change.
• Ability to write clear and concise entries using the protocol for progress notes in patient s medical records.
• Ability to interview and provide counseling.
• Ability to communicate with patients tactfully, courteously and effectively.
• Graduation from a four-year college or university with a bachelor s degree in foods and nutrition, public health nutrition, or dietetics and one year of nutrition experience; or completion of an ADA approved dietetic internship with ADA Commission on Dietetic Registration eligibility preferred or master s degree in nutrition or public health nutrition with ADA Commission on Dietetic Registration eligibility preferred.
• Must have a valid N.C. driver s license.
• A higher education level may be considered as a substitution for all or part of the experience requirement.
• Bilingual candidates (English/Spanish) preferred.

• Provides nutrition counseling and education to patients in the WIC Program.
• Completes nutrition assessments by analyzing data obtained from patient interviews and review of medical history, laboratory and clinical data.
• Develops a care plan based on information collected and knowledge of clinical application of nutrition.
• Provides diet instructions to patients both verbally and with the use of educational aids such as pamphlets and posters.
• Charts in medical record subjective and objective data, assessment and plans of actions.
• Determines medical eligibility of patients for the WIC program using established guidelines.
• Provides nutrition consultation and education sessions to other health care professionals.
• Coordinates County and Worksite health promotion activities.
• Performs related work as required.