Nutrition Assistant Certifier

Nutrition Assistant Certifier I

The Nutrition Assistant Certifier I is responsible for WIC participant enrollment, termination, orientation, benefit delivery and maintaining client files. He or she also performs preliminary participant risk assessment and some basic nutrition education, identifies and makes nutrition and other health or community service referrals. She/he also assists with the Nutrition Program clerical support including, but not limited to; completing participant reports, maintaining records and monthly statistics.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following listed below. The Nutrition Assistant Certifier I may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

· Maintains complete up-to-date WIC charts (documenting counseling session as specified by program guidelines in legible form), and statistical program records including but not limited to; documentation flow sheet, WIC diet records, certification sheets, weight/height grids, child evaluation sheets, infant birth outcomes, and appointment scheduling.

· Establishes and maintains professional working relationships with WIC team members and other Sea Mar staff. Serves as liaison between Nutrition/WIC and other clinic and community services and makes referrals as appropriate.

· Assists with the clerical and statistical program work as needed.

· Attends selected clinic, MSS, Preventative Health Services division and WIC meetings and participates in continuing education.

· Assists with breastfeeding promotion and community nutrition education, including travel as needed.

· Works efficiently with self-direction.

· Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.

· Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.

· Able to identify and categorize each patient's age-specific grouping needs, such as those for infant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.

· Interviews clients from diverse populations, reviews and documents client history, anthropometric and laboratory data, and reviews current eating habits.

· Uses standard assessment tools and follows department policies and practices to perform screening procedures such as weighing and measuring, taking hematocrits hemoglobin, plotting growth grids, and reviewing dietary evaluations.

· Compares information collected to program criteria to accurately determine WIC eligibility and nutrition risk factors.

· Refers clients to appropriate health or community service resources. Identifies when high-risk clients need immediate attention of Dietitian and makes appropriate referrals and facilitates the appointment.

· Provides individual and group nutrition education according to program guidelines, utilizing client appropriate methods and materials.

· Provides program orientation, nutrition requirements and assists in scheduling client appointment, considering all programmatic and client needs.

· Determine appropriate food package, explains nutrient content of WIC foods, identifies contracted food vendor, issues manual or computerized food benefits, and documents benefit issued.

· Maintains patient rights and confidentiality; documents vendor and participant complaints and infractions.

· This person must sign an oath of permanent confidentiality covering all patient-related information.

· This person must receive a background check from the Washington State Patrol.

· Must have and maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR certification bi-annually and TB test annually.

· The Nutrition Assistant shall sign and date the job description to affirm the validity of the information herein and to signify compliance with the conditions of employment, minimum qualifications and an understanding of the job responsibilities.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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