Nutritionist

About This Role

This full-time nutritionist position involves planning and conducting nutritional programs to promote health and control disease. The role focuses on providing nutritional assessment, education, and counseling to individuals, groups, and the public, while also serving as a resource for other healthcare providers.

Responsibilities

• Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling
• Consult with physicians and healthcare personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of clients
• Advise clients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans and diet modifications, and food selection and preparation
• Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life
• Develop policies for food service or nutritional programs to assist in health promotion and disease control
• Develop curriculum and prepare manuals, visual aids, course outlines, and other materials used in teaching
• Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate strategies for promoting and supporting breastfeeding

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in dietetics, human nutrition, foods, and nutrition, nutrition education, food systems management, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university
• Verification statement of completion of a didactic program accredited by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Nutritionist 2:

• Two years at the lower-level Dietitian/Nutritionist 1 (HCP 020) or equivalent position (i.e. Must have two years of experience as a nutritionist providing education to groups and individuals); OR two years of experience at the lower-level Dietitian/nutritionist 1 (HCP 020) or position equivalent

Nutritionist 3:

• Registered and Licensed Dietitian (D4 WIC requirement)
• Three years of job-related experience providing nutrition care to groups and individuals; OR two years of experience at the lower-level Dietitian/Nutritionist 2 (HCP 021) or position equivalent

Note: According to Georgia Public Health WIC Program Guidelines, candidates without a verification statement, who can comply with the following requirements, may be eligible for consideration in this position:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a nutrition

Important Details

• Schedule: Full-time

About the Company

All District 4 Public Health, County BOH employees are deemed essential employees in the event of an emergency. As such, you may be called on to participate in an event not limited to but including, staffing a shelter, a Specimen Point of Collection Site (SPOC) and/or Point of Distribution site (POD). When you are called on to participate, you are expected and it will be a part of your job requirement to participate, whether the emergency occurs during or outside regular work hours.