Nutritionist
Core
Provide comprehensive nutrition services, dietary evaluations, and education to WIC participants including infants, children, and prenatal/postpartum women.
Role type
WIC Program Nutritionist
Builds
Food packages and nutrition education programs for community health center patients
Domain
Public health / Community nutrition
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Dietary evaluation, nutrition assessment, nutritional risk determination, food package prescription, breastfeeding counseling, referral coordination, bloodwork procedure oversight, staff training, quality assurance chart review
Preferred skills
Bicultural/bilingual skills, leadership, decision-making
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Conduct dietary evaluations for WIC participants; document nutrition assessments and counseling; identify nutritional risk factors based on federal guidelines; prescribe appropriate food packages; provide nutrition and breastfeeding counseling; facilitate referrals to community agencies; ensure proper bloodwork collection procedures; train Nutrition Assistant staff; supervise Nutrition Assistants through chart reviews; participate in prenatal breastfeeding education modules; coordinate the WIC Immunization Project
Seniority
Individual Contributor