Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

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Job ID: 28844
Agency: Health
Location:Rapid City, SDSalary: $27. 19 - $31. 50 Hourly, depending on qualifications
Pay Grade: I
Closing Date: Open Until Filled

About Us:

The South Dakota Department of Health's programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live, work and play; provide education to help people make good health decisions; prepare for, respond to, and prevent public health threats; and support efforts to enhance quality and accessibility of healthcare. Our services touch the lives of every person in the state of South Dakota.

We recognize that employees are our most valuable resource, and we are committed to promoting a culture of excellence in DOH. We trust our employees to be innovative, challenge existing processes, and make the best decisions. We are interested in employing a diverse and skilled workforce that exhibits the values of leadership, accountability, communication, integrity, and teamwork. Public health is a diverse and growing field that offers many career options for people from a variety of educational backgrounds. Imagine yourself as part of a winning team that is making the lives of South Dakotans healthier and safer.

The South Dakota Department of Health values flexibility in the workplace. Part of that flexibility includes the ability to work from home. Working from home is a meaningful way to meet individual needs, wants, and desires when it comes to balancing the entire team's home and work lives. That balance is something we value while allowing most positions the opportunity to work remotely up to 3 days a week. Working from home is a privilege and is subject to review depending upon the position.

Please visit our website at /doh. sd. gov/ for further information about the Department of Health and the WIC Program /doh. sd. gov/WIC.

Job Summary:

This opening is for a full-time Registered Dietitian/Licensed Nutritionist (RD/LN) with the SD Department of Health, Division of Family and Community Health, Office of Family Nutrition Services (OFNS). The RD/LN works in collaboration with a healthcare team under the supervision of a Dietician Manager assigned to the west region. The position provides services for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Supplemental Food Program which promotes nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices and leads participants to develop a client-centered plan to meet identified needs. The primary functions of this position are to provide case management of high-risk participants for the delivery of WIC services. In addition, approve special formula requests, consult with prescribing healthcare providers as needed, and provide quality assurance activities to include documentation review for nutritional high-risk participants

This is a position assigned to provide services to clients in the west part of the state. Travel for meetings and on-site visits to maintain caseloads will be required.

Additional functions of the position include, but are not limited to:

• determination of eligibility including identity, income, residency, categorical and nutritional risk;
• counsel high-risk participants;
• nutrition and health assessments;
• nutrition and health education;
• breastfeeding education and support;
• linking clients to health and social resources;
• provides nutrition related technical assistance to team members;
• provides nutrition education in community settings;
• works collaboratively to develop nutrition, outreach, and breastfeeding goals for the population served;
• provides additional Maternal Child Health services such as developmental screening and infant safe sleep education, and promotes immunizations, oral health, and other public health services;
• collaborates with community partners and providers to build effective working relationships, enhance referral pathways, and explore opportunities to partner in new and innovative ways.

• fundamental theories, concepts, methods and basic sciences involved in nutrition and public health;
• effective communication skills, active listening and skilled motivational interviewing;
• providing services to clients in a public health setting;
• motivational interviewing and client-centered counseling techniques; wellness coaching;
• principles and practices of food and nutrition sciences;
• infant safe sleep recommendations;
• breastfeeding education;
• infant/child developmental milestones .

• explain complex nutrition information at client level of understanding;
• exercise independent judgement in attaining program goals and activities while adhering to prescribed policies, procedures and protocols;
• establish and maintain good relationships with program staff, health care providers, the community and public health teams in multiple settings;
• organize, be flexible and prioritize complex situations;
• establish and maintain rapport with clients;
• motivate participants to make decisions/goals to improve their nutritional status;
• provide nutrition and health information effectively via one-to-one and group settings; virtual settings (zoom, teams, telemedicine); phone and text; and/or online;
• share education at the client's level of understanding;
• prioritize and facilitate referrals within the context of multiple and complicated participant needs;
• apply federal and state regulations; policies and procedures in the functions of the position;
• work both autonomously and in a team environment;
• communicate effectively;<.