HEALTH EDUCATOR in Colfax, Louisiana

HEALTH EDUCATOR

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HEALTH EDUCATOR

Salary

$2,978.00 – $5,360.00 Monthly

Location

Colfax, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OPH/EL/196937

Department

LDH-Office of Public Health

Opening Date

07/03/2024

Closing Date

7/17/2024 11:59 PM Central

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• Benefits

Supplemental Information

This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Public Health / Region 6-BRCO / Grant Parish

Announcement Number: OPH/EL/196937

Cost Center: 3262109006

Position Number(s): 50319155

This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and will be filled as a Probationary appointment.

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

Job Description:

The Health Educator position is assigned to the Grant Parish Health Unit to support the WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Nutrition program. The incumbent reports to the RN Supervisor A and may perform the following duties.

60% Identifies and assigns the appropriate risk factors. Interprets state policy and procedures regarding the federally funded supplemental Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Program (WIC). Implements state policy by providing certification and recertification services to eligible clients in the parish health unit. Serves as a Competent Professional Authority (CPA) for the WIC Program, including determining eligibility for WIC, evaluating lab values, nutritional requirements, and prescribing food benefits. Performs nutritional assessments by evaluating anthropometric measurements, HGB, nutritional diet histories, and medical and social histories.

Develops care plans, counsels and monitors the progress of intervention. Provides nutrition education based on the nutritional assessment and the appropriate risk codes. Provides referrals to other state and local services that assist the needs of the participants to reach healthy outcomes.

Issues WIC benefits as prescribed and maintains security as mandated by policy.

Collaborates with local pedestrians and hospitals as it pertains to WIC participant’s needs.

Fluent in using the language line.

35%Provides breastfeeding support to WIC participants. Facilitates links to medical support in the area of breastfeeding concerns as needed by WIC participants. Works directly with the WIC Peer Counselors. Provides breastfeeding bag education as well as demos the use of breast pumps to the participants. Assist with maintaining breast pump logs and issuance. Maintains logs for return formula and organizes the pickup of the excess formula with the food bank. Assist with providing a special formula order monthly, entering the formula in inventory, as well as issuing the formula from inventory while following state mandated policies and procedures.

Provides technical assistance and in-service training to health unit staff in the area of computer data entry (LAWIN) as it pertains to WIC certification, recertification and other WIC services. Performs intake data entry when necessary to facilitate the delivery of WIC services. Assist with training new employees and dietetic students.

5% Performs anthropometric measurements and hemoglobin testing on WIC participants as necessary to facilitate the certification and/or recertification process. Assist the Nutrition Educator as needed with the Nutrition Education Classes and loading the EBT cards with benefits. Helps plan and initiate events for National Nutrition Month, Breastfeeding Month, Farmer’s Market Day and any other outreach event deemed appropriate. Participates in assigned meetings. During a disaster situation, must report, as assigned to a Medical Special Needs Shelter (MSNS) or to the Health Unit. When assigned to the MSNS, incumbent is to report to the designated shelter. Perform duties assigned by the appropriate Incident Command (ICS) Staff Section Chief.

Performs any other additional duties not listed, but necessary for the work unit or to insure the overall quality of agency services.

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Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

A resume upload willNOTpopulate your information into your application. Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Ella Lewis

Ella.Lewis2@la.gov

LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES

BATON ROUGE, LA 70821

225 342-6477

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree in nutrition, dietetics, human ecology, home economics, family and consumer sciences, health promotion, pre-medicine or nursing.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

An associate degree in nutrition, dietetics, human ecology, home economics, family and consumer sciences, health promotion, pre-medicine or nursing plus two years of experience working as a WIC Clinic Nutrition Educator in the State of Louisiana will substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

Twelve semester hours in food and nutrition or dietetics plus three years of experience working as a WIC Clinic Nutrition Educator in the State of Louisiana will substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

Twelve semester hours in food and nutrition or dietetics plus three years of experience working in patient care will substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Job Concepts

Function of Work:

To plan, promote, and implement health education programs.

Level of Work:

Experienced.

Supervision Received:

General from a Public Health Nutritionist or an agency administrative official.

Supervision Exercised:

None.

Location of Work:

Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), Office of Public Health (OPH).

Job Distinctions:

Differs from lower-level nutrition education jobs by serving as a Competent Professional Authority (CPA) with the Louisiana WIC Program.

Differs from the Public Health Nutritionist 1 by the absence of a provisional Louisiana Dietitian/Nutritionist license.

Examples of Work

Serves as a Competent Professional Authority (CPA) for the WIC Program, including determining eligibility for WIC, evaluating lab values, nutritional requirements, and prescribing a food package.

Performs nutritional assessments of individuals or families by evaluating anthropometric measurements, urinary and serum lab values, nutritional (rather than 24 hr recalls or diet histories), medical and social histories.

Develops care plans, prescribes food packages, counsels and monitors the progress of intervention in a parish health unit or a satellite clinic of a parish health unit.

Networks with other health professionals, such as private physicians/nurses, in the development and implementation of interagency information/referral systems to identify patients with nutritional problems and needs.

Conducts monthly mandatory outreach (health and medical organizations, religious/community agencies, social service agencies) to improve access to the Louisiana WIC Program.

Conducts federally mandated vendor monitoring of Louisiana WIC approved vendors by: Visiting the stores to document the inventory for compliance with minimum stock levels of approved WIC foods; Assuring adherence to WIC Food Instrument redemption procedures; Providing training to management and cashier staff regarding food packaging changes or any policy changes relative to WIC Food Instrument redemption; Securing a vendor or designated staff signature; Gathering information regarding grocer/patient complaints or allegations of fraud; Forwarding information to the Vendor Manager in the Nutrition Services central office in the Office of Public Health when applicable.

Provides breastfeeding support to WIC participants and women in the parish community and facilitates links to medical support in the area of breastfeeding concerns as needed by WIC and non-WIC parish residents.

Serves on the parish health unit personal health management team responsible for the activities related to the federally required annual management evaluation process.

Collects and evaluates health data to develop health promotion programs.

Consults with Regional Administrators and Nutritionists in planning and developing health promotion programs.

Conducts health promotional activities, provides health information and training to agency staff and other agencies, and develops health promotion materials for staff, other agencies and residents in the region.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year’s Day

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

• Mardi Gras,

• Good Friday,

• Memorial Day,

• Independence Day,

• Labor Day,

• Veteran’s Day,

• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

• Teacher’s Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Agency

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

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