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05/16/2022

WIC Certifying Health Professional

Allen County Public Health

Positions Available
Full-time and Part-time Positions available

Service Area:  WIC
Reports to:  Director of WIC
Salary: Pay Grade 22-23, $21.34-$22.44 per hour.   Dietitian or Diet Tech

Under direction of the Director of WIC, the Certifying Health Professional performs a variety of nutrition and breastfeeding related functions, including nutrition and breastfeeding assessment, counseling, certification and benefits issuance. 

Essential Duties:

• Performs client-centered nutrition counseling/goal setting and implements individual care plans with WIC participants, assigns WIC food benefits and loads benefits to WIC card
• Assesses and documents WIC participant’s nutritional risk. Diet Tech identifies, confers and refers high-risk participants to in-house Dietitians
• Performs data entry into WIC computer system in accordance with WIC program standards
• Performs breastfeeding assessment, instruction, support, referral and promotion in order to educate participants
• Performs anthropometrics such as heights, weights and hemoglobins
• Performs anthropometric and immunization assessment and counseling; collects, organizes and enters data into WIC computer system
• Acts as a resource on dietary topics for participants, staff, students, and community groups incorporating WIC program outreach following established criteria
• Enters data and runs reports from WIC system, screens participant applications for income, residency, category and identity, greets participants, answers phones and schedules appointments in order to maintain clinic flow
• Creates and shares appropriate Nutrition and Breastfeeding information on WIC’s Facebook and Instagram pages

Qualifications:  Ohio Licensed & Registered Dietitian, Dietetic Technician Registered or Dietitian with a limited permit waiting to take exam or waiting to find out results

Working Conditions:  Occasional overtime required.  Travel within Ohio required. Occasional work at night or on weekends.  May come in contact with blood/body fluids

Benefits:  Paid holidays, vacation, sick leave, public retirement system, full-time position eligible for insurance

Submit resume and cover letter to:  Human Resources, Allen County Public Health, PO Box 1503, Lima, Ohio 45802-1503 or email to jobs@allenhealthdept.org

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