WIC Registered Dietician / Qualified Nutritionist

Job Summary: Responsible for completing high-risk nutrition assessment, education, and counseling and serves as a Competent Professional Authority (CPA).

Essential Job Duties:

1. Display a positive reflection of the Indiana WIC Program, both in the clinic and through community outreach activities, which may include local Farmers’ Market events and collaborations with healthcare providers, non-profit organizations, and other community partners. 

2. Develop working relationships with other staff and partnering community agencies. 

3. Maintain a compassionate clinic environment that supports needs of the community. 

4. Support and promote breastfeeding as the normative infant feeding method within the clinic environment. 

5. Provide all pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding clients with evidence-based breastfeeding support and education, within the clinic role’s scope of practice. 

6. Follow all policies and procedures of the Indiana WIC program. 

7. Provide written information to clients regarding Medicaid, agencies that provide Drug and Substance Abuse counseling, and other social service agencies. 

8. Document required information in the Indiana WIC Management Information System (INWIC MIS) to complete certification and nutrition education contact procedures. 

9. Complete nutrition assessments and provide nutrition education and referrals tailored to the client’s living conditions, nutritional needs, food patterns, preferences, and dietary restrictions. 

10. Provide individual nutrition counseling for high-risk clients and other clients requiring individual follow-up using a client-centered approach. 

11. Lead group education classes and maintain related files and records. 

12. Document assessments (including anthropometrics), education, counseling, and referrals in the INWIC MIS.

13. Create and tailor a food prescription using the INWIC MIS that is appropriate to the client’s needs. 

14. Schedule appointments using the Indiana WIC Management Information System (INWIC MIS). 

15. Ensure confidentiality of applicant and client information in accordance with WIC federal regulation. 

16. Participate in in-service education and staff meetings. 

17. Attend off-site conferences and meetings as needed or required by the position. 

Secondary Job Duties:

1. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education -- Must be one of the following: 

• Registered Dietitian; or 

• Registration eligible to take the exam for the Commission on Dietetic Registration; or 

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or Nutrition Sciences

Experience -- Experience in maternal and child health or public health setting preferred.

Reports to: WIC Coordinator 

Essential Job Duties:

1. Display a positive reflection of the Indiana WIC Program, both in the clinic and through community outreach activities, which may include local Farmers’ Market events and collaborations with healthcare providers, non-profit organizations, and other community partners. 

2. Develop working relationships with other staff and partnering community agencies. 

3. Maintain a compassionate clinic environment that supports needs of the community. 

4. Support and promote breastfeeding as the normative infant feeding method within the clinic environment. 

5. Provide all pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding clients with evidence-based breastfeeding support and education, within the clinic role’s scope of practice. 

6. Follow all policies and procedures of the Indiana WIC program. 

7. Provide written information to clients regarding Medicaid, agencies that provide Drug and Substance Abuse counseling, and o