Greater Baden Medical Services, Inc. · 5 months ago
WIC CPA/NUTRITIONIST
Capitol Heights, MD
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$49K/yr - $50K/yrGreater Baden Medical Services, Inc. is seeking a WIC CPA/Nutritionist to provide nutrition services to clients in a public health setting. The role involves implementing nutrition services, conducting health education programs, and providing direct counseling to clients.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Assist with the plan, implement and evaluate nutrition services and breastfeeding promotional plan for an assigned population
Participate in breastfeeding activities
Organize and conduct the nutrition component of Greater Baden health education program
Provide direct nutrition and diet therapy counseling services (primary and secondary education) to Greater Baden clients and county residents through individual and group counseling
Determines and documents nutritional risks, and provide high-risk counseling to WIC participants
Develop, review, evaluate and distribute nutrition education materials
Serve as a resource person in nutrition matters to CPPAs
Analyze population characteristics within the service area and initiate outreach efforts for population subgroups whose characteristics indicate special nutritional requirements
Provide in-service training and nutrition education materials to paraprofessionals and support staff
Provide information on food assistance programs, prescribe food packages, and initiate referrals to appropriate programs
Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with local health agencies, community groups and vendors
Prescribes high risk (nutrition care) counseling, and food packages that provide a ready-to-use infant formula, special or non-contract standard infant formula, or special formula for women or children with special dietary needs
Research information in order to keep abreast of current practice, participate in food and nutrition surveys, and prepare reports for professional and other use
Performs biochemical and anthropometric assessments, data entry, check preparation and distribution, and participant intake procedures
Assist in health and clerical inventories as assigned
Participate in team meetings; in-service meetings and applicable workshops
Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in community nutrition, dietetics, food and human nutrition, food systems management, nutrition education, or equivalent discipline
Ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
Ability to cope with stress
The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc
Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer
The person in this position frequently communicates with patients and/or employees. Must be able to summarize and exchange accurate information
Occasionally moves office equipment weighing up to 25 pounds
Performs a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another
Performs with frequent interruption or distractions
Adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate
Ability to interact appropriately with colleagues for different purposes in different context
Expressing or exchanging information by means of the spoken word, or to convey detailed spoken instructions accurately, loudly or quickly
Ability to judge distances and spatial relationships to perceive objects where and as they actually are
Cognitive ability to analyze, count, summarize and synthesize information from multiple sources
Ability to recognize social or professional behavioral cues
Ability to read and interpret written or verbal documents and instructions
Ability to speak effectively to patients, employees and/or stakeholders of the organization
Preferred
Master's degree in community nutrition, dietetics, food and human nutrition, food systems management, nutrition education, or equivalent discipline
Bilingual a plus, but not required
Company
Greater Baden Medical Services, Inc.
GBMS is a non-profit organization that provides primary and preventive care services for both insured and uninsured patients.
Founded in 1972
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Christopher DeMarco
Chief Executive Officer
Chintan Patel, MD
Chief Medical Officer
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