Nutritionist Supervisor

Title: Nutritionist Supervisor

State Role Title: Prog Admin Specialist

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: CENT VA-LYNCHBURG CITY-Cen-TW

Agency Website:https://www.vdh.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: Job

Job Duties:

Consider joining the Virginia Department of Health as we foster healthy and resilient communities. The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is dedicated to protecting and promoting the health of Virginians. VDH is made up of a statewide Central Office in Richmond and 35 local health districts.

The Central Virginia Health District seeks to fill a Nutritionist Supervisor position based at the Lynchburg Health Department. You must meet requirements for use of the title Dietitian-Nutritionist as authorized by Code of VA 54.1 - 2731.

Benefits:

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDH offers excellent employee benefits, including:

• Health and life insurance
• Pre-tax spending accounts
• State-funded Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Paid holidays
• Vacation
• Tuition assistance
• Free wellness programs
• A state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings, including employer matching

Job Responsibilities:

The incumbent of this position would supervise all nutritional programs and supporting staff for the health district, featuring intermediate-term program issues. Characteristic activities encompass overall responsibility for planning, implementing, and providing of nutrition services to a district, including areas of:

• Womens, Infants, & Children
• Maternal-Child Health
• General Medical
• Family Planning
• Baby Care
• Adolescent Health

This position also involves writing WIC grants and the WIC Service Plan program planning, monitoring, and analysis carried out via conducting the self-Local Agency Management Evaluations (LAME) reviews, along with ultimate responsibility for follow-up documentation and corrective action.

Additional Responsibilities:

This position will also perform technical training and programmatic assistance, developing satellite clinics, providing outreach to physicians offices, human services agencies, hospitals, and other related entities. Supervises professional and support employees within the nutritionist programs through observation of work activities, consultation, statistical data, and work reviews. May provide nutritional assessment and education to clients as needed.

May also perform other related administrative tasks. This benchmark serves as the sole district WIC and nutrition services supervisor and is responsible for all aspects of WIC and nutrition services in the health district. Thorough knowledge of program management, analytical principles, and service integration is necessary.

Special Considerations:

• This is a restricted position, which is solely funded by the WIC Program for a 1-year period ending September 30th each year. The availability of funding is scheduled for review before the grant expiration date and periodically thereafter. Employment is contingent on the continued availability of grant or non-grant funds.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Knowledge of principles, practices of nutrition, dietetics, and its relationship to public health, regulations, or standards for program
• Knowledge of nutrition principles and ability to make nutritional assessments
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff members
• Ability to respond to public inquiry regarding the nutrition program
• Must meet requirements for use of title Dietitian-Nutritionist as authorized by 54.1 - 2731 of Code of VA
• Prefer Registered Dietitian
• Additional Considerations:
• Registration by Commission on Dietetic Registration
• Obtain certification as Competent Professional Authority within 6 months of hire

Special Instructions:

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Employment Requirements:

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Services Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHS IG Exclusion List check, employment reference check, and E-Verify. Other financial, credit, driving background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions. VDH accepts only online applications. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be considered. Applications are accepted until 11:55 p.m. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should include relevant work history which indicates your qualifications for this position.

Equal Opportunity:

It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race or traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, age, veteran status, political affiliation, disability, genetic information, and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

Veterans:

VDH employees have a shared Code of Ethics, which can be found in the bottom banner of our website, www.vdh.virginia.gov. If you have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.30 layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form Yellow Card or a Preferential Hiring Form Blue Card, you must submit the card before the closing date for this position. The Card may be submitted with the state application as an attachment.

Virginia Values Veterans:

VDH Welcomes Veterans to apply. Supplemental Questions:

You may be required to respond to position-specific questions at the end of this application. This information will help us evaluate your credentials and qualifications for the job. Failure to respond to any questions may disqualify you from further consideration.

Contact Information:

Name: Cortez Jackson Phone: na Email: cortez.jackson@vdh.virginia.gov