What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nutrition Educator TEAM LEAD-Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) position at S.C. Department of Public Health?
Job Responsibilities
Careers at DPH:
Work that makes a difference!
Embracing Service, Inspiring Innovation, Promoting Teamwork, Pursuing Excellence, and Advancing Equity
Under the supervision of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Clinic Coordinator, the Team LEAD would assess, plan, implement, supervise, and evaluate the assigned counties' (WIC) team and nutritional services provided through the Region.
Supervision and Leadership:
Agency lead to participate in an emergency response, natural or man-made disasters, may involve being on call 24/7 during the emergency response.
This position headquarters are negotiable within the counties of Fairfield, Kershaw, or Lancaster.
Minimum And Additional Requirements
State Minimum Requirements:
A bachelor's degree in home economics, home economics education, human ecology, family and child development, dietetics, or foods and nutrition or institutional management.
Institutions of Higher Learning must be recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application may upload an unofficial copy of the transcript as an attachment to the application. Please note the agency will require an official, certified copy of the transcript or diploma prior to hiring.
Agency Additional Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field with at least 2 years of relevant nutritional experience in a clinical, public health or institutional setting; o r an associate degrees in applied science, child development, dietetics, culinary arts, or a related field with at least two (2) years of relevant nutrition experience in a clinical, public health or institutional setting.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of the principles and practices of normal nutrition related to the maternal, infant, and child population.
Additional Comments
DRIVING RECORD: If this position requires the applicant to possess a valid driver’s license to operate a state vehicle or personal vehicle, any applicant being considered in the final stages of selection for the position will be required to provide a certified copy of a 10-year driving record.
Equal Employment: SCDPH is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employing agency. We are committed to a diverse workforce. SCDPH does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
Reasonable Accommodation: Applicants needing an accommodation for medical reasons or a sincerely held religious belief may submit a request for an accommodation. A reasonable accommodation may be granted if it doesn't impose an undue hardship or pose a direct threat to the health and safety of others.
Immunization Requirements:
All new employees who are healthcare providers will be required to provide documentation of immunity or be immunized against measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, varicella, and Hepatitis B prior to beginning employment.
The South Carolina Department of Public Health offers an exceptional benefits package for Full Time (FTE) positions that includes:
Careers at DPH:
Work that makes a difference!
Embracing Service, Inspiring Innovation, Promoting Teamwork, Pursuing Excellence, and Advancing Equity
Under the supervision of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Clinic Coordinator, the Team LEAD would assess, plan, implement, supervise, and evaluate the assigned counties' (WIC) team and nutritional services provided through the Region.
Supervision and Leadership:
- Provide leadership, direction, and training to include food packages, nutrition updates, certifications, and floor supervision for the Nutrition Educators/Certified Competent Professional Authority (CPA) and program guidelines.
- Recruit, orientate, provide on-going professional development, and performance of the site's nutrition team upon the request of the Manager and the WIC Nutrition Program Manager of the Region.
- Complete employee's performance management system ( EPMS) annually as mandated per state policy; review, approve all time and leave through the State's Enterprise Information System ( SCEIS).
- Monitor and supervise staff in the completion of the WIC certification process including anthropometrics, evaluation of risk status, nutrition counseling, follow-up, documentation, and prescriptions for WIC food packages in the SC-WIC system.
- Plan, conduct, document, and evaluate group nutrition education sessions to include tele-nutrition.
- Provide leadership in clinic and class scheduling, caseload monitoring, and outreach as a key member of the multidisciplinary WIC team; c omplete certifications and fingerstick as needed.
- Supervise the ordering, tracking, and inventory of WIC nutrition educational materials and WIC contract formula, breastfeeding supplies, and issuance. Promote breastfeeding as per agency protocol. Work with other program staff and discipline to enhance clinic flow, integration, and quality of service delivery.
Agency lead to participate in an emergency response, natural or man-made disasters, may involve being on call 24/7 during the emergency response.
This position headquarters are negotiable within the counties of Fairfield, Kershaw, or Lancaster.
Minimum And Additional Requirements
State Minimum Requirements:
A bachelor's degree in home economics, home economics education, human ecology, family and child development, dietetics, or foods and nutrition or institutional management.
Institutions of Higher Learning must be recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application may upload an unofficial copy of the transcript as an attachment to the application. Please note the agency will require an official, certified copy of the transcript or diploma prior to hiring.
Agency Additional Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field with at least 2 years of relevant nutritional experience in a clinical, public health or institutional setting; o r an associate degrees in applied science, child development, dietetics, culinary arts, or a related field with at least two (2) years of relevant nutrition experience in a clinical, public health or institutional setting.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of the principles and practices of normal nutrition related to the maternal, infant, and child population.
Additional Comments
DRIVING RECORD: If this position requires the applicant to possess a valid driver’s license to operate a state vehicle or personal vehicle, any applicant being considered in the final stages of selection for the position will be required to provide a certified copy of a 10-year driving record.
Equal Employment: SCDPH is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employing agency. We are committed to a diverse workforce. SCDPH does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
Reasonable Accommodation: Applicants needing an accommodation for medical reasons or a sincerely held religious belief may submit a request for an accommodation. A reasonable accommodation may be granted if it doesn't impose an undue hardship or pose a direct threat to the health and safety of others.
Immunization Requirements:
All new employees who are healthcare providers will be required to provide documentation of immunity or be immunized against measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, varicella, and Hepatitis B prior to beginning employment.
The South Carolina Department of Public Health offers an exceptional benefits package for Full Time (FTE) positions that includes:
- Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, & Children
- 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
- 15 days sick leave per year
- 13 paid holidays
- State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs
