Nutritionist - Pinal County, AZ

• Measure height/weight and hemoglobin (blood) testing.
• Provide services to participants in the Community Health Nutrition Programs (CHNP) for the Public Health Services Department (PHSD), including the Federal Women Infants & Children (WIC) Program, Commodity Supplemental Food Programs (CSFP), and other nutritional/breastfeeding counseling programs and support services.
• Provide nutrition/breastfeeding counseling for low income, pregnant, breastfeeding women, postpartum women, infants, and children.
• Manage high priority counseling cases and complex assessment and infant formula calculations, perform anthropometric and biochemical measurements, and approve specialty infant formulas.
• Counsel high-risk individuals on complex health issues, including anemia, overweight/underweight, and wellness.
• Plan, develop, and teach classes on nutrition/breastfeeding, prenatal, and breastfeeding education.
• Provide training and education on breastfeeding practices and child and infant nutrition/breastfeeding issues.
• Counsel and educate clients on proper nutrition/breastfeeding practices and provide referrals to other community service agencies as appropriate.
• Distribute educational, training, and procedural materials to clients.
• Provide outreach programs to explain the nature of PHSD programs and services to community groups and identify, evaluate, and report community needs.
• Perform work of a Nutrition Specialists as needed to meet workload demands.
• Assist with training and cross-training of Nutrition Specialists.

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