NUTRITION EDUCATOR - 64084885

Requisition No: 860933 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: NUTRITION EDUCATOR - 64084885

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64084885 

Salary:  $35,000.00 - $37,000.00 year 

Posting Closing Date: 09/24/2025 

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Open Competitive

Your Specific Responsibilities:

This position is a professional nutrition education position for the Gadsden County Health Department. The employee provides nutrition and breastfeeding education services to participants enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). The employee provides education, evaluation, support, and promotion of breastfeeding, as the normal and optimal feeding of infants and young children. The position requires independent decision making, but also has opportunity to collaborate with licensed nutritionist, should situations arise. All work is performed under the supervision of a Community Health Workers Supervisor III. The incumbent is expected to complete specific duty training related to life cycle nutrition principals and breastfeeding. This position will require the ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.

Provide individual nutrition and breastfeeding counselling for low risk and high-risk WIC clients. Utilizes diet histories, medical history, anthropometric and laboratory data to develop appropriate assessments. Documentation is required in clients’ medical record (FL-WiSE), using established progress notes and agency protocol; only approved abbreviations are used. Establishes appropriate goals and follow-up plans for all clients. Identifies and refers all medically high-risk clients to licensed nutritionist for evaluation and assessment. Provides only evidence based breastfeeding information, to clients. Instructs all new participants in the use of WIC EBT/How WIC Works pamphlet. Refer clients to other health and local social services, as needed. Reviews literature and attends meetings to keep abreast on the rapidly changing field of both nutrition and breastfeeding. When possible, incumbent will issue WIC benefits to clients. Incumbent will print client shopping list and discuss available foods for purchase. Incumbent will schedule next appointment for client prior to client leaving the clinic.

Interviews participants to obtain demographic information and completes necessary forms with the required signatures and dates. Advises WIC participants of their rights and obligations.  Performs eligibility duties at certification of new clients and recertification of existing clients. Incumbent verifies eligibility requirements with all clients.  Provides voter registration assistance; at the time the client applies for services, when the client is recertified, or when client reports an address change. Incumbent will also assist with benefit issuance, discuss available benefits and review benefits for accuracy. Incumbent informs participant when certification expires and what is required for recertification. Assists with scheduling next appointment prior to client leaving the clinic.  Answers incoming calls to the WIC office, assists with callers’ needs by scheduling appointment, providing appointment dates, and transferring calls to respective team members, etc. Assign and issue Farmers’ Market benefits to clients.   

Submits EAR Reports in accordance with established agency and division guidelines. Miscellaneous duties, as requested, by management. Attend required CHD meetings and participate in WIC outreach events promoting breastfeeding and/or WIC services.

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of the current science and practice of food and
• nutrition, dietetics or food service.
• Knowledge of normal nutrition principles and food needs throughout the life cycle.
• Knowledge of meal planning, food budgeting and purchasing.
• Ability to provide nutrition education to others in groups or individual instruction.
• Ability to determine nutritional needs and develop nutrition education plans for individuals who are not at medical high nutritional risk.
• Ability to educate individuals and families about food and nutritional needs.
• Ability to participate in education or in-service training programs through teaching classes, demonstrating food practices, giving talks, and developing or selecting educational materials.
• Ability to plan, organize and c