WIC TECHNICIAN II - HOURLY

City of Amarillo • Onekama Township, MI

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – better known as the WIC program – serves to safeguard the health of low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating including breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health care. As a representative of the WIC program, you will be reaching out and touching lives of individuals in your community and making a positive impact on the lives of many.

Requirements

• Ability to type at a rate of 30 WPM.
• Ability to work with the public in a high-volume manner.
• Skill in dealing with contentious clients.
• Skill in using a personal computer, calculator, copier, television, camera, film projector, and a multi-line telephone system.
• Requires a High School Diploma or its equivalent and a minimum of one year of clerical experience.
• Valid Texas Driver’s License required.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
• two years of clerical experience preferred.
• IT help desk or similar experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interview clients and determine eligibility for program benefits according to categorical, residence, and income criteria.
• Enter client information into the computer and print out results to be filed in the client’s chart.
• Issue food benefits according to diet prescription, obtain necessary signatures, file duplicate copies in an orderly manner.
• Schedule appointments, answer telephone in a polite professional manner and process calls efficiently.
• Alphabetically file and pull charts for clinics, screen immunization records, obtain 24-hout diet recall, weigh and measure participants and plot information on growth grids, obtain hematocrit/hemoglobin as required.
• Back up computer files on a daily basis, run daily, weekly, and monthly reports, mail out missed appointment reminders, stock supplies for clinics as required, and attend staff meetings and required trainings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED