Job description
This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Public Health / Region 8 - Parish Health Unit / Ouachita Parish.
Announcement Number: OPH/AS/71478
Cost Center: 326-2109008
Position Number: 50474129
This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Job Appointment, Probationary appointment or Promotional appointment.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
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For further information about this vacancy contact:
Angela Selders
angela.selders@la.gov
LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES
BATON ROUGE, LA 70821
225 342-6477
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A baccalaureate degree in nutrition, dietetics, human ecology, home economics, family and consumer sciences, health promotion, pre-medicine or nursing.
An associate degree in nutrition, dietetics, human ecology, home economics, family and consumer sciences, health promotion, pre-medicine or nursing plus two years of experience working as a WIC Clinic Nutrition Educator in the State of Louisiana will substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
Function of Work:
To plan, promote, and implement health education programs.
Level of Work:
Experienced.
Supervision Received:
General from a Public Health Nutritionist or an agency administrative official.
Supervision Exercised:
None.
Location of Work:
Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Office of Public Health (OPH).
Job Distinctions:
Differs from lower-level nutrition education jobs by serving as a Competent Professional Authority (CPA) with the Louisiana WIC Program.
Differs from the Public Health Nutritionist 1 by the absence of a provisional Louisiana Dietitian/Nutritionist license.
Serves as a Competent Professional Authority (CPA) for the WIC Program, including determining eligibility for WIC, evaluating lab values, nutritional requirements, and prescribing a food package.
Performs nutritional assessments of individuals or families by evaluating anthropometric measurements, urinary and serum lab values, nutritional (rather than 24 hr recalls or diet histories), medical and social histories.
Develops care plans, prescribes food packages, counsels and monitors the progress of intervention in a parish health unit or a satellite clinic of a parish health unit.
Networks with other health professionals, such as private physicians/nurses, in the development and implementation of interagency information/referral systems to identify patients with nutritional problems and needs.
Conducts monthly mandatory outreach (health and medical organizations, religious/community agencies, social service agencies) to improve access to the Louisiana WIC Program.
Conducts federally mandated vendor monitoring of Louisiana WIC approved vendors by: Visiting the stores to document the inventory for compliance with minimum stock levels of approved WIC foods; Assuring adherence to WIC Food Instrument redemption procedures; Providing training to management and cashier staff regarding food packaging changes or any policy changes relative to WIC Food Instrument redemption; Securing a vendor or designated staff signature; Gathering information regarding grocer/patient complaints or allegations of fraud; Forwarding information to the Vendor Manager in the Nutrition Services central office in the Office of Public Health when applicable.
Provides breastfeeding support to WIC participants and women in the parish community and facilitates links to medical support in the area of breastfeeding concerns as needed by WIC and non-WIC parish residents.
Serves on the parish health unit personal health management team responsible for the activities related to the federally required annual management evaluation process.
Collects and evaluates health data to develop health promotion programs.
Consults with Regional Administrators and Nutritionists in planning and developing health promotion programs.
Conducts health promotional activities, provides health information and training to agency staff and other agencies, and develops health promotion materials for staff, other agencies and residents in the region.
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