PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION PROGRAM DIRECTOR - 64001102

Requisition No: 836744 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION PROGRAM DIRECTOR - 64001102

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64001102 

Salary:  $70,000 - $75,000 

Posting Closing Date: 11/12/2024 

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This individual will be responsible for all supervisory duties including, but not limited to, hiring and selection, developing performance plans, conducting performance appraisals, planning, and directing their work, approving leave, and taking disciplinary action as appropriate.  The incumbent, Health Nutrition Program Director, is an employee of the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) Highlands County, representing the agency and its mission and values.  The incumbent is part of the organization and is expected to promote cooperation, courtesy, and teamwork in a diverse environment.  This position will also be required to travel to the Lake Placid or Avon Park offices.

 

Supervisor

This position spends the majority of the time engaged in supervisory responsibilities. This includes communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees in addition to planning and directing employees' work. The incumbent has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. The incumbent will also be required to develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets.

 

Operations

This is work providing direct services, supervising nutrition and/or one or more nonprofessional staff, and coordinating the Special Supplemental Food Program for women, Infants, and children (WIC) with the Highlands County Health Department (CHD).  Provides nutrition assessment and counseling to WIC participants.  Determines nutrition risk/eligibility criteria for applicants and prepares high risk care plans as needed.  Provides excellent customer service, phone etiquette and complaint management as defined by the Highlands CHD All Staff Standards of Performance Internal Operating Procedure (IOP).

 

Monitors the WIC Program per specified objectives and/or federal, state, and county rules and regulations.  Plans, promotes, coordinates, implements, and evaluates the WIC program countywide.  Analyzes public health statistics and community needs, to develop nutrition objectives and project priorities.  Assesses the existing objectives and begins new objectives based on identified needs within monetary constraints.  Ensures all program requirements are met.

 

Prepares and administers the WIC budget, prepared reimbursement documents for county health department trust fund.  Independently orders special formula and complies with the Prompt Compliance Payment Section 215.422, Florida Statutes & Chapter 691-24, Florida Administrative Code; recruits, employs, assigns, and manages WIC program personnel and recommends transfers, promotions, and separation from service, assures ongoing training for employees, plans, and directs work for supervisors, senior nutrition staff and other support staff; assures good communication through regular supervisor and staff meetings.

 

Assists with the integration of WIC services with other county health department programs and community agencies.  Participates in the formulation of policies and procedures as wee as the process of implementation throughout the county health department.  Ensures compliance with the current FDOH security policies by fulfilling information custodian responsibilities for the assigned data set.

 

Serves as nutrition advisor for the county and community agencies.  Services on community councils, committees, and collaborates with organizations to represent and support WIC, nutrition, and public health services provided by the department.  Ensures the promotion of WIC and nutrition programs through various public relations activities.  Notifies the public and agencies serving potential WIC clients of significant program changes.  Responsible for initiating outreach activities and ensuring referrals from other social service program are properly addressed.