Qualified Nutritionist

p style="padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:left;"span style="padding:0px;font-variant:normal;color:#4471c4;font-size:14pt;text-transform:none;line-height:23px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Overview/span/span/p p style="padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:justify;"span style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"span style="padding:0px;line-height:18px;"span style="padding:0px;"Catholic Charities is /spanspan style="padding:0px;"seeking/spanspan style="padding:0px;" a full-time or part-time /span/spanstrongspan style="padding:0px;line-height:18px;"span style="padding:0px;"WIC Qualified Nutritionist/spanspan style="padding:0px;" in Buffalo/spanspan style="padding:0px;",/spanspan style="padding:0px;" NY./span/span/strong span style="padding:0px;line-height:18px;"span style="padding:0px;"The Qualified Nutritionist works cooperatively with all staff to ensure smooth and efficient clinic flow. Administers the nutrition related components of the WIC Program, following the policies and procedures of the NYS Department of Health WIC Program M/spanspan style="padding:0px;"anual. /spanspan style="padding:0px;"Det/spanspan style="padding:0px;"ermines/spanspan style="padding:0px;" participant medical and nutritional eligibility./span/span/span/p pspan style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"Catholic Charities is non-profit human services agency that strives to empower individuals, children, and families across the eight counties of Western New York. For more than 100 years, Catholic Charities of Buffalo has provided HOPE to individuals and families of all faiths, backgrounds, and circumstances. As the most comprehensive provider of human services in Western New York, Catholic Charities delivers wide-ranging programs to address systemic poverty, sudden financial crisis, hunger, behavioral health, workforce readiness, family stability, legal immigration and resettlement, and help for older adults. As a trauma-informed agency, we strive to support the total wellbeing of clients and employees. Catholic Charities prioritizes wellness and diversity through various committees such as: CARE (Compassion, Acceptance, Respect for Everyone) Committee to create an inclusive environment where every individual feels seen, heard, and valued; Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Committee to lead agency efforts in creating and maintaining a trauma-informed workplace; Wellbeing Committee to empower staff to reach their full potential through personal wellness and community support; and the Safety Committee to maintain a physically and psychologically safe and welcoming environment for all. /span/p br / p style="padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:left;"span style="font-size:14pt;"span style="color:#0070c0;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"Job Responsibilities/span/span/p ul li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Provide Participant Centered Nutrition Services (PCNS) by phone or in person./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"May conduct all duties of the Competent Professional Authority (CPA), Nutrition Assistant (NA) and Program Support Staff./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Assist/spanspan style="padding:0px;" participant with WIC Health online nutrition education./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Enroll participants by completing a nutritional assessment, program eligibility and /spanspan style="padding:0px;background-position:0px 100%;background-repeat:repeat-x;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"determine/spanspan style="padding:0px;" nutrition risk./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Prescribe, tailor, authorize, issue, and reissue all food packages. Document nutrition services provided, including referrals and follow-up./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Review and approve formula requests requiring medical documentation in consultation with the Health Care Provider./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Conducts nutrition risk assessment to /spanspan style="padding:0px;"determine/spanspan style="padding:0px;" all nutrition risk criteria and program eligibility./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Coordinate nutrition education, including breastfeeding promotion and support that is responsive to the identified needs/ interests of each high-risk participant./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Conducts breastfeeding assessments and provides counseling in regard to any breastfeeding /spanspan style="padding:0px;background-position:0px 100%;background-repeat:repeat-x;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"concern/spanspan style="padding:0px;" or issues. Refer to Designated Breastfeeding Expert as needed./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Refers participants to other health-related and social services, as necessary./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Tracks high- risk participants' progress in improving their health and document for outcomes./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Ensure the efficient flow of the assessment and education processes./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Complete required Catholic Charities, WIC and DOH trainings./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Maintain continuing education credits as required by position./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Comply with/spanspan style="padding:0px;" the Agency's Compliance Program, Code of Ethics, laws, regulations, and ethical standards applicable to your position in the WIC program and Catholic Charities./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Provides leadership and /spanspan style="padding:0px;background-position:0px 100%;background-repeat:repeat-x;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"assist/spanspan style="padding:0px;" in orienting, /spanspan style="padding:0px;"training/spanspan style="padding:0px;" and mentoring new Local Agency staff./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Provides oversight and guidance to the CPA and NA staff./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Travels to all sites, transports laptops, /spanspan style="padding:0px;"computers/spanspan style="padding:0px;" and other equipment to sites./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"May have to /spanspan style="padding:0px;background-position:0px 100%;background-repeat:repeat-x;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;"lift up/spanspan style="padding:0px;" to 30lbs./span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Performs other duties as assigned./span/span/p /li /ul br / p style="padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:#ffffff;text-align:left;"span style="padding:0px;color:#0070c0;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Qualifications/span/span/p ul li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Registered Dietician Nutritionist (RD/RDN) OR/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Bachelors, /spanspan style="padding:0px;"master's/spanspan style="padding:0px;" or PhD in Nutrition/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Basic computer skills/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;line-height:19.425px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Must have reliable transportation, with the ability to travel to other WIC sites and transport equipment (sometimes in the middle of workday) such as laptops, printers, medical equipment, nutrition materials and scanners./span/span/p /li /ul br / p style="padding:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;text-align:justify;"span style="padding:0px;color:#0070c0;font-size:14pt;line-height:23px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"What/span span style="padding:0px;"We Offer/span/span/p ul li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:20.7px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"37.50 hours/spanspan style="padding:0px;" per week/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:10pt;line-height:20.7px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"13 paid holidays /span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:10pt;line-height:20.7px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"25 PTO days per year (/spanspan style="padding:0px;"P/spanspan style="padding:0px;"ro-rated based on /spanspan style="padding:0px;"first year/spanspan style="padding:0px;" start date)/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:10pt;line-height:20.7px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Comprehensive health, dental amp; visi/spanspan style="padding:0px;"on offerings for full-time/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:10pt;line-height:20.7px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Employer-paid life insurance for full-time/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:10pt;line-height:20.7px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Ancillary benefit offerings for full-time/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:10pt;line-height:20.7px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Flexible Spending Account (FSA) /spanspan style="padding:0px;"option/spanspan style="padding:0px;" for full-time/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:10pt;line-height:20.7px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Health Savings Account (HSA) when /spanspan style="padding:0px;"electing/spanspan style="padding:0px;" a high deductible health plan for full-time/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-size:10pt;line-height:20.7px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Employer-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP) /span/span/p /li li pspan style="font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"span style="padding:0px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;line-height:20.7px;"span style="padding:0px;"403b /spanspan style="padding:0px;"Retirement Plan /span/spanspan style="padding:0px;background-color:#ffffff;line-height:20.7px;"span style="padding:0px;"(/spanspan style="padding:0px;"Eligible/span span style="padding:0px;"a/span/spanspan style="padding:0px;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;line-height:20.7px;"span style="padding:0px;"fter first pay period) with employer contribution after six months/span/span/span/p /li li pspan style="padding:0px;font-size:10pt;line-height:20.7px;font-family:verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"span style="padding:0px;"Training amp; Development Opportunities/span/span/p /li /ul pbr /br //p pspan style="font-size:10pt;"emApplicants must reside in New York State to be considered./em/span/p br / pspan style="font-size:10pt;"emCompensation range may vary based on factors including but not limited to skills, education, location and experience./em/span/p pbr /br //p pspan style="font-size:10pt;"strongApply today at: /stronga href="https://ccwny.applicantpro.com/jobs/"stronghttps://ccwny.applicantpro.com/jobs//strong/a/span/p br / pspan style="font-size:10pt;"As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Catholic Charities of Buffalo is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. Catholic Charities of Buffalo will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the business. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact a href="mailto:recruitment@ccwny.org"recruitment@ccwny.org/a./span/p