Job Description

Description

General Statement of Duties

Provides nutritional education to Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program clients; does related work as required.

Distinguishing Features of the Class

This is skilled technical and administrative work involving educating WIC clients in dietary health and nutrition. The work is performed under the general direction and supervision of the WIC Program Supervisor but considerable leeway is granted for the exercise of independent judgement and initiative. The nature of the work performed requires that an employee in this class establish and maintain close cooperative working relationships with Departmental employees and supervisors, clients and family, health care professionals and the general public.

Duties/Responsibilities

Examples of Essential Work (Illustrative Only)

• Provides nutritional education to all WIC clients;
• Documents client visits and completes all related medical records including assessment and care plans;
• Maintains current dietary and nutritional research findings, incorporating them into the WIC program services;
• Refers high risk clients to appropriate agencies or health care professionals;
• Implements, coordinates and integrates WIC nutritional services with other health care and community agency programs;
• Prescribes and tailors food packages to client category and nutritional needs;
• Designs and provides Health Department staff training in nutrition;
• Promotes and supports breast feeding;
• Operates centrifuge, draws blood for iron levels and reads iron levels;
• Attends meetings, conferences and workshops as requested and authorized;
• Performs related work as required

Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of dietary health and nutritional education principles and practices;
• Thorough knowledge of the functions and programs of community and other health and social service agencies and their available public health resources;
• Good knowledge of counseling and teaching techniques;
• Good knowledge of the needs and problems of low income families;
• Skill in interpersonal communications and persuasion;
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with clients, health care professionals, health care agencies, departmental employees and the general public;
• Ability to maintain client confidentiality;
• Ability to communicate well with departmental employees, health care professionals, patients, health care agencies and the general public, both orally and in writing, using both technical and non-technical language;
• Ability to prepare accurate and reliable reports containing findings, conclusions and recommendations;
• Ability to operate a personal computer using standard word processing, spreadsheet and database applications appropriate to assigned duties;
• Ability to drive in all types of weather and road conditions;
• Ability to use logical thought processes to develop solutions according to written specifications and oral instructions;
• Ability to perform a wide variety of technical and administrative tasks with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines and emergency situations;
• Ability to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information;
• Ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.

Acceptable Experience and Training

• Graduation from a college or university of recognized standing with a Bachelor\'s Degree in Nutrition supplemented by a minimum one year ADA approved internship or Master\'s Degree; and
• Considerable experience in clinical or community dietetics; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Required Special Qualifications

• Certified as a Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration;
• Possession of a license as a Registered Dietitian in the State of Montana;
• Possession of a valid driver\'s license issued by the State of Montana.
• Must be a resident of Butte-Silver Bow during employment according to Butte-Silver Bow Ordinance. See below.

\xe2\x80\x9c2.08.010 Residence during employment.
rom and after October 1, 1979, all employees of the local government of Butte-Silver Bow shall be bona fide residents within the boundaries of Butte-Silver Bow during the period of their employment by the government of Butte-Silver Bow. (Ord. 85 \xc2\xa7 1, 1979)\xe2\x80\x9d

Essential Physical Abilities

• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to communicate well with clients, families, employees and health care professionals;
• Sufficient vision, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to make comprehensive visual examinations of health conditions and to record and review a wide variety of written reports and visual materials and supplies;
• Sufficient manual dexterity, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to operate a computer keyboard and handle small objects;
• Sufficient personal mobility, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to visit a variety of work sites, drive a car and transport materials or supplies weighing up to 60 pounds.

The job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities. Tasks and duties of the employee may differ from those outlined above.

The City-County is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical disability, or veteran status.

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