Nutrition Assistant - Public Health

County of Mecklenburg, NC•Charlotte, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Perform general nutrition functions within the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. This position, under direct supervision, will work with an interdisciplinary team model involving a variety of health care and child development professionals.

Requirements

Minimum of two years of human services or related experience
Post high school Medical Assistant certificate program.
May require a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver's License
Medical Assistant Certificate

Nice To Haves

Bilingual English/Spanish speaker preferred
Anthropometric and biochemical collection practices
Quality control principles and practices
Infection control principles and practices
Working with both adults and children
Safety procedures
Monitoring quality and infection control issues
Communication: Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the information provided
Customer Focus: Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs
Managing Work: Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently
Patient Education/Health Promotion: Supporting, explaining, and instructing patient and patient’s family (significant other, care giver, etc.) in understanding the clinical procedures and equipment used to facilitate optimum health status; promoting the lifestyle changes required of the patient and the patient’s family to achieve optimum health status
Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills: Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise
Proficient in various computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite

Responsibilities

Check in visiting patients
Obtain and document anthropometric data including height, weight, and hemoglobin for nutritionists to assess
Route clients to the next step in the workflow process
Maintain labs to meet infection control standards
Monitor supplies needed for lab and alerts supervisor appropriately
Assist with providing basic nutrition plans and dietary care to patients
Conduct nutritional assessments of dietary histories
Assist nutritionists in food service planning
Educate clients on healthy eating and nutrition
Respond in cases of urgent and/or emergent events that require public health interventions. Employees may be trained for and assigned duties unrelated to their regular work; work outside normal business hours and workdays and/or in a different work location may be required. Emergency events include, but are not limited to, communicable disease outbreaks, severe weather situations (e.g. snow or ice storms, tornados, hurricanes), natural disasters (e.g. earthquakes), fire, or power outages, and acts of terrorism.