Community Health Registered Dietitian

Salary: $31.10 - $35.54 Hourly
Location : West Allis, WI
Job Type: Permanent full time
Job Number: 2024-00260
Department: Health Department
Division: WIC Program
Opening Date: 03/25/2024
Description
If you're passionate about the power of healthy food and inspired to advocate for women and children, join the City of West Allis as WIC Community Health Registered Dietitian. In this role, you'll serve participants in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition program West Allis, Greenfield and Cudahy Health Departments. You'll assess the nutritional needs of diverse participants and provide education, counseling, documentation and care plans that empower families to live fully and healthfully. You'll also provide breastfeeding education and support new mothers as their little ones start to grow. This full-time position requires completion of an Accredited Bachelor's and/or Master's program (beginning in 2024) in Dietetics, Nutrition or Foods and Nutrition, completion of an accredited internship and obtaining the credential Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) within one year of hire. We'd also love to hear from you if you're Dietetic Technician Registered (NDTR) at time of hire or within one year of hire, hold a nutritionist (masters or bachelor's degree in Nutritional Sciences, Community Nutrition, Dietetics, Public Health Nutrition or Home Economics with an emphasis in nutrition), are a physician or physician's assistant certified by the National Committee on Certification of Physician's Assistants or certified by the state medical authority, or a state or local medically trained health official. Enjoy a competitive benefits package including contributory medical and fully paid dental, a contributory dual pension program, and generous time off. West Allis residents earn an additional 5% on top of the pay range. Learn more and apply today!
Examples of Duties

• Provide assessment, health education/counseling and referral assistance to maternal/child health population.
• Use critical thinking to assess health data and dietary patterns of pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants and children up to age 5.
• Use and apply evidence based nutrition interventions to counsel and education WIC participants.
• Use and apply motivational interviewing skills in setting behavioral goals and actions to improve identified medical and nutritional risks to improve lifelong health outcomes. Documents education and care plan in WIC ROSIE system following established standards. Determines appropriate food package and issues WIC benefits.
• Assesses and approves requests for medical nutritional foods from health care providers.
• Signs off on requests for medical nutritional foods received as referral for WIC Community Health Nutritionist.
• Oversight of high risk cases in WIC program of care provided by Community Health Nutritionist through referral process.
• Promotes and educates about breastfeeding using evidenced based interventions
• Performs duties of WIC Designated Breastfeeding Expert-assesses and initiates intervention, follow-up and referral to address complex breastfeeding situations.
• Performs basic blood tests and takes height and weight measurements for women, infant and children as needed.
• Screens for and initiates outgoing client referrals to community resources and healthcare providers.
• Accesses and utilizes current references and resources as needed when educating WIC participants

Qualifications

• Accredited Bachelor's and/or Master's program (beginning in 2024) in Dietetics, Nutrition or Foods and Nutrition, completion of an accredited internship and obtaining the credential Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) within one year of hire.
• Experience delivering nutrition programming to groups or individuals: experience in Maternal Child Health and/or WIC desirable.

Benefits include: Time off Bank with the ability to accrue up to 25 days in one year to be used at your discretion with management approval; nine (9) paid holidays; eligibility for health insurance the first of the month following thirty (30) days of service with choice of a PPO Plan or High Deductible Health Plan (with optional participation in a Health Savings Account) - both plans are contributory and cover the employee and his/her family; fully paid dental insurance covering the employee and his/her family, with eligibility the first of the first of the month following thirty (30) days of service; a dual pension system comprised of the Wisconsin Retirement Fund* and Federal Social Security (both of which are contributory); a fully paid Life Insurance Program* with coverage in the amount of the employee's annual salary adjusted to the next highest one thousand dollars, with the option for additional coverage; an educational reimbursement plan for the pursuit of job related courses including personal and professional training opportunities and professional organization memberships; voluntary benefit programs consisting of vision, Flexible Spending Benefits for Dependent Care and Medical Reimbursement, Section 457: Deferred Compensation, Treasury Direct Payroll Savings Plan for Savings Bonds, and other various benefits including, but not limited to, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Wellness Program, Armed Services Reserve Training, and Federal Loan Program. For more detailed benefit information click
*The Wisconsin Retirement Fund and Life Insurance Program benefits are provided according to plan guidelines of the State of Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds.