SENIOR PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONIST SUPV - 64049806

Requisition No: 832876 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: SENIOR PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITIONIST SUPV - 64049806

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64049806 

Salary:  $55,000 -$60,491 

Posting Closing Date: 10/27/2024 

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Senior Public Health Nutritionist Supervisor

Position Number 64049806

Open Competitive

 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

 

The incumbent, a Senior Public Health Nutritionist Supervisor, is an employee of the Florida Department of Health in DeSoto County, representing the agency and its mission and values. This position will oversee the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program at the DeSoto County Health Department. The incumbent is part of the organization and is expected to promote cooperation, courtesy, and teamwork in a diverse environment. The position is under the direct supervision of the Administrative Services Director II-SES. This position spends more than 50% 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.

 

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 DeSoto County Health Department.  Provides nutrition assessment and counseling to WIC participants. Determines nutrition risk/eligibility criteria for applicants.  Prepares high risk care plans as needed.  

 

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 under the direction of the Administrative Services Director II.  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 and all WIC monthly reports are completed. 

 

Prepares and administers the WIC budget; prepares reimbursement documents for county health department trust fund; Independently orders special formula & compiles with the Prompt Compliance Payment Section 215.422, Florida Statutes & Chapter 3A-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 professional and para-professional nutrition staff and other support staff; assures good communication through regular supervisor and staff meetings.

 

As Acting Breastfeeding Coordinator and Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Coordinator, coordinates, oversees and evaluates the WIC breastfeeding and peer counselor programs. Provides breastfeeding support to women during the prenatal and postpartum period. Refers clients to the Designated Breastfeeding Expert (DBE) or the breastfeeding peer counselors (PC) as needed. Plans and develops ongoing staff breastfeeding trainings.

 

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 well as the process of implementation throughout the county health department.  Ensures compliance with the current Department of Health security polices by fulfilling information custodian r