Supervisor, Women and Infant Center (WIC) Educator - Westside Family Health Center

We are recruiting for a Supervisor, Women and Infant Center (WIC) Educator - Westside Family Health Center to join our team!

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Department

ACS-CHS Grants Funded Job Description Job Summary

Under minimal supervision, manages a WIC Clinic within Denver Health's Community Health Services (CHS). Directly supervises professional and paraprofessional staff. Responsible for coordinating the day-to-day operations of the clinic including coordination of the activities of all staff. Ensures that WIC Program and Denver Health policies are followed. Responsible for quality assurance and implementing policy/program changes. Ensures appropriate nutritional care is provided and delivers direct client services as needed. Participates in program planning, evaluation, and other program-wide responsibilities with the WIC Program Manager.

Essential Functions :

• Leadership
  
• Supervises professional and paraprofessional staff
  â—¦ Sets behavior and performance expectations
  â—¦ Evaluates performance of direct reports through observations, chart reviews, and productivity reports
  â—¦ Provides ongoing coaching and performance feedback and conducts a formal annual appraisal
  â—¦ Addresses performance or behavior concerns in a timely fashion
  
• Manages operations of WIC clinic through ensuring adequate staffing, offering guidance and expertise to staff, and assisting with appointments and clerical duties depending on clinic demands
  
• Assures that WIC participant complaints are mediated and resolved in a timely and appropriate manner
  
• Recruits, screens, interviews, orients, and trains new staff
  
• Prepares and moderates clinic meetings and presents at all-staff meetings
  
• Oversees partner grant activities, staff, and deliverables
  
• Precepts dietetic interns
  (50%)
• Client Interaction
  
• Assesses nutrition status of WIC participants based on anthropometric, laboratory, and verbally reported data
  
• Counsels WIC participants on high nutrition risk factors as determined by federal WIC policies and procedures
  
• Consults with healthcare providers on participant nutritional needs or requests for specialty formulas and nutritional supplements
  
• Considers income, cultural and religious food patterns, home facilities, education level, and psychosocial factors when providing patient-centered nutrition care
  
• Obtains advanced training in lactation and provides prenatal and postpartum breastfeeding education and support
  (50%)

Education :

• Bachelor's Degree Required

Work Experience :

• 1-3 years Typically, 1-2 years of experience supervising staff Required and
• 1-3 years one year of WIC experience Required and

Licenses :

• BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association Required and
• CLC-Certified Lactation Counselor - ALPP - Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice Required and
• DIETICIAN-Registered Dietitian Certification - CDR - Commission on Dietetic Registration Required and

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Ability to supervise paraprofessional and professional staff and complete performance evaluations.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Knowledge of human nutrition in health and disease and its application to public health practices.
• Knowledge of nutrition needs for infants and children and women during prenatal, postpartum, and breastfeeding stages.
• Effective counseling and education skills.
• Prefer that the candidate be bilingual (English/Spanish).

Shift

Work Type

Regular

Salary

$65, - $97, / yr

Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to , and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF programÂ

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

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• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

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