Bilingual (English/Spanish) Nutritionist - WIC Program - Children's Home Society

Overview

The Bilingual (English/Spanish) WIC Nutritionist will provide individual nutrition counseling, facilitate group education, and serve as site coordinator at satellite sites as needed.

Schedule: 35 Hours Per Week

Must be able to be flexible and able to work late hours and weekend as needed.

Monday and Thursday – 8:30AM -4:30PM or 09:00AM – 05:00PM

Tuesdays – 07:00AM – 03:00PM or 08:00AM – 04:00PM

Wednesdays – 10:30AM – 06:30PM or 11:30AM – 7:30PM

WIC Office/Work Location:

1440 Parkside Avenue

Ewing, New Jersey 08618

Responsibilities

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• The Nutritionist will serve as site coordinators at satellite sites as needed
• Provide individual nutrition counseling and facilitate group education. 
• Attend DHSS meetings as requested and required. 
• Nutritionists will attend training to keep up to date with health, nutrition, breastfeeding and WIC topics.
• Represents the WIC program at health fairs and outreach events, meetings, etc., as needed
• Serves as a breastfeeding advocate and refers clients to WIC breastfeeding staff
• Prescribes the authorized supplemental foods based on nutrition needs and participant preferences
• Provides nutrition education responsive to the identified needs and interests of participants
• Documents an assessment and plan of care for all WIC participants
• Makes appropriate referrals
• Documents in WIC ACCESS, the nutrition risk, nutrition education contacts, assigned food packages and appropriate referral

Qualifications

Education Requirement: Qualified applicants must be one of the following:

• Nutritionist (M.P.H., or M.S. in Clinical Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition, Community Nutrition, Dietetics, Nutritional Dietetics, Nutritional Science, or Home Economics with emphasis in Nutrition)
• Nutritionist with a Bachelor of Science degree in an approved Program in Dietetics with a DPD Verification Statement or Plan IV or V.
• Registered Dietitian (or eligible for registration, with completion of the Dietetic Internship)
• Physician
• Registered Nurse

Work Experience Requirement:

A minimum of one year experience in counseling for the pregnant and postpartum woman, and newborn through early childhood preferred.   Experience leading group nutrition education classes required. 

Other Requirements:

• Reliable transportation needed, as travel throughout Mercer County is required
• Flexible hours and varied work schedule needed to accommodate evening and weekend program needs. 
• Bilingual English and Spanish required
• Computer Literacy