Job Description
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Job ID: 30408
Agency: Health
Location: Chamberlain, SD & Winner, SD
Salary: $26.29-$30.93 Hourly, depending on qualifications
Pay Grade: I
Closing Date: 02/21/2024
About us:
The South Dakota Department of Health's programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live, work and play; provide education to help people make good health decisions; prepare for, respond to, and prevent public health threats; and support efforts to enhance quality and accessibility of healthcare. Our services touch the lives of every person in the state of South Dakota.
We recognize that employees are our most valuable resource and we are committed to promoting a culture of excellence in DOH. We trust our employees to be innovative, challenge existing processes, and make the best decisions. We are interested in employing a diverse and skilled workforce that exhibits the values of leadership, accountability, communication, integrity, and teamwork. Public health is a diverse and growing field that offers many career options for people from a variety of educational backgrounds. Imagine yourself as part of a winning team that is making the lives of South Dakotans healthier and safer.
The South Dakota Department of Health values flexibility in the workplace. Part of that flexibility includes the ability to work from home. Working from home is a meaningful way to meet individual needs, wants, and desires when it comes to balancing the entire team's home and work lives. That balance is something we value while allowing most positions the opportunity to work remotely up to 3 days a week. Working from home is a privilege and is subject to review depending upon the position.
Please visit our website at http://doh.sd.gov/ for further information about the Department of Health and the WIC Program sd.gov/WIC .
Job Summary:
This opening is for a full-time Registered Dietitian/Licensed Nutritionist (RD/LN) with the SD Department of Health, Division of Family and Community Health, Office of Family Nutrition Services (OFNS). As a member of the OFNS, this position will assist with the provision of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) services for individuals, families, and communities. This includes making appointments, determining income, identity and residency eligibility, providing nutrition assessment and support to promote normal growth and healthy lifestyle choices, providing breastfeeding promotion and support, referring participants to other social services and community resources, and issuing food benefits. This position leads participants in developing participant-centered plans to meet individual goals, reviews or develops all high-risk care plans, and provides nutrition support to those with complex nutritional conditions or medical needs. Responsibilities include prescribing food packages and reviewing and approving special formula requests. WIC team members collaborate within the Department of Health (DOH), local agencies, and regional staff to ensure exceptional service provision. This position works under the direction of a Manager and Team Lead and is supervised by the Manager.
- Refer breastfeeding complications to Designated Breastfeeding Experts (DBE), Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC), or International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC).
- Refer to essential resources within the community and surrounding areas to provide support and care beyond WIC.
- Assist with benefit issuance to provide individually tailored food packages and ensure special dietary needs of participants are met. Approve and order special formulas. Educate participants on benefit process and eWIC card usage.
- Works collaboratively with local agency to develop Strategic Community Outreach & Outcomes Plan (SCOOP) focusing on nutrition, outreach, and breastfeeding goals for the population served.
- Collaborates with community partners and providers to build effective working relationships, enhance referral pathways, and explore opportunities to partner in new and innovative ways.
- Participate in outreach activities and participant special events.
- Promote referrals to Head Start, Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, EFNEP and other appropriate external programs as well as internal Department of Health services including, but not limited to, immunizations, safe sleep, and pregnancy care.
- Participate in trainings, conferences, WIC meetings, and in-services.
- Provides additional Maternal Child Health services such as developmental screening and infant safe sleep education, and promotes immunizations, oral health, and other public health services
Licenses and Certifications:
- Possession of a Registered Dietitian or Licensed Nutritionist in the State of South Dakota in accordance with a South Dakota law.
The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
Completed one of these two requirements:
- Dietetics; has received a baccalaureate or postgraduate degree from an accredited college or university with a major course of study in human nutrition, nutrition education, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food service management; and (a) Has completed a documented, supervised pre-professional practice experience component in dietetic practice of not less than nine hundred hours under the supervision of a registered dietitian, nutrition or dietetic professional licensed by a state, or a person with a doctoral degree conferred by an accredited college or university with a major course of study in human nutrition, nutrition education, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food systems management. (b) Has successfully completed or is eligible to sit for the registration examination for dietitians administered by the commission.
- Nutrition; (a) Has received a master's or doctoral degree from an accredited college or university with a major course of study in human nutrition, public health nutrition, clinical nutrition, nutrition education, community nutrition, or foods and nutrition; and (b) Has successfully completed a comprehensive nutrition competence examination administered by the commission.
Knowledge of:
- fundamental theories, concepts, methods and basic sciences involved in nutrition and public health;
- effective communication skills, active listening and skilled motivational interviewing;
- providing services to clients in a public health setting;
- motivational interviewing and client-centered counseling techniques; wellness coaching;
- principles and practices of food and nutrition sciences;
- infant safe sleep recommendations;
- breastfeeding education;
- infant/child developmental milestones .
Ability to:
- explain complex nutrition information at client level of understanding;
- exercise independent judgement in attaining program goals and activities while adhering to prescribed policies, procedures and protocols;
- establish and maintain good relationships with program staff, health care providers, the community and public health teams in multiple settings;
- organize, be flexible and prioritize complex situations;
- establish and maintain rapport with clients;
- motivate participants to make decisions/goals to improve their nutritional status;
- provide nutrition and health information effectively via one-to-one and group settings; virtual settings (zoom, teams, telemedicine); phone and text; and/or online;
- share education at the client's level of understanding;
- prioritize and facilitate referrals within the context of multiple and complicated participant needs;
- apply federal and state regulations; policies and procedures in the functions of the position;
- work both autonomously and in a team environment;
- communicate effectively;
- demonstrate cultural competency when working with socioeconomically and culturally diverse populations;
- recognize and facilitate opportunities for outreach, marketing, and partnership building;
- communicate effectively with interpreters either in-person, by phone, or during virtual service delivery;
- multitask, prioritize complex situations and adapt to quickly shifting priorities.
Additional Requirements: To be considered, please attach your resume.
This position is eligible for Veterans' Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.
NCRC: If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate, please submit the certificate with your application. For more information on how to acquire a National Career Readiness Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation Job Service Office. A certificate is not necessary to be considered.
The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.
The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at https://bhr.sd.gov/job-seekers/work-for-state-government/ . This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.
Must apply online: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=13M
You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us
http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"
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