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WIC Nutritionist

  • Full-time
  • Boston, MA
  • posted September 05, 2024
Harbor Health Services
https://www.hhsi.us/
Category:

Community Nutritionist

Starting Date:

ASAP

Position Description:

The Program Nutritionist provides nutrition services to WIC applicants and participants.

Responsibilities:

-Provides nutrition care to high-risk women, infants and children under the supervision of the senior nutritionist, including all aspects of:
-Anthropometric and hematological data collection
-Dietary assessment, nutritional risk assessment and food package prescription
-Nutrition and breastfeeding counseling and education
-Documentation and data entry
-Referrals to other health and social services
-Follow-up nutrition education
-Participates in planning, development and evaluation of: Educational materials and group nutrition education sessions, participant counseling and education strategies, Nutrition in-services and outreach activities and Nutrition policies
-Assists senior nutritionist in: Training paraprofessional WIC staff, Conducting quality assurance activities
-Communicates with health care community on issues pertaining to participant needs.
-Provides nutrition care for low-risk applicants and participants as needed.
-Assists in the training of WIC Program Assistants.
-Participates in quality assurance activities.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition Education, Master’s degree preferred
One year of experience in clinical or community nutrition preferred
Demonstrated leadership and decision-making capabilities
Excellent communications skills
Interest in nutrition and maternal child health
Bilingual French/Haitian Creole or Spanish highly preferred.

Desired Qualifications:

Registration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, or licensure with the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Dietitians and Nutritionists preferred

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