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NEOGOV · 1 day ago

Public Health Nutritionist Supervisor

New Iberia, LA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$4,470/mo - $8,044/mo

3+ years exp

NEOGOV is seeking a Public Health Nutritionist Supervisor to lead and inspire community health efforts. The role involves providing leadership in the WIC program and supporting public health initiatives, focusing on nutrition services for women, infants, and children.

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Responsibilities

Provide supervisory oversight and clinical leadership to Public Health Nutritionists, Health Educators, Nutrition Educators, and contract staff; monitor performance, approve work, manage clinic flow, and ensure high-quality WIC and public health nutrition services

Serve as the High Risk Nutritionist for the WIC program by conducting comprehensive nutrition assessments, determining nutrition risk, providing high-risk counseling, prescribing individualized food packages, performing anthropometric measurements and laboratory testing, and delivering wrap-around case management and referrals

Interpret and implement state and federal WIC policies and procedures; independently provide certification and recertification services; document services accurately in LAWIN; and monitor and approve clinical documentation completed by provisional staff

Oversee infant and pediatric formula management, including approving exempt formula prescriptions, ordering and tracking formula, maintaining inventory systems, projecting future needs, and ensuring timely and accurate distribution across assigned locations

Lead quality improvement, nutrition education, and outreach efforts by monitoring and enhancing clinical workflows, supervising outreach activities, promoting breastfeeding, developing educational materials and training programs, and serving as a subject matter expert in maternal and child nutrition

Manage staff development and program operations by conducting evaluations, approving leave and time, supporting hiring and disciplinary processes, assisting with strategic planning, supporting emergency response activities, collaborating with other program supervisors, and representing the program through training, coalitions, and special projects

Qualification

Louisiana Dietitian/Nutritionist licensePublic health nutritionClinical leadershipNutrition assessmentsStaff developmentQuality improvementNutrition educationOutreach activitiesTeam collaboration

Required

Possession of a permanent Louisiana Dietitian/Nutritionist license

Three years of licensed experience in public health nutrition or dietetics in a clinical setting

Benefits

Insurance Coverage

Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mardi Gras, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement– State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works).