Department: Health Dept.
Pay: $50,606.40 annually
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday 8:00am-5:00pm; one night per week until 6:30pm
Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities. For more detailed information, please visit our benefits page at SCBenefits.
This is a supervisory position within the local Women, Infants and Children’s (WIC) Program that functions as a WIC site supervisor. Directly supervise staff assigned to the clinic.
This position works to meet the mission of the Sedgwick County Health Department by promoting the wellness of SG County residents through overseeing clinic operations while complying with WIC, County and Division of Health policies and procedures and ensuring the provision of high-quality services including; nutrition education, immunization screenings, lactation support, referrals to community, and supplemental nutritious foods. Reports directly to the WIC program manager.
Personnel Management:
- Assist in hiring new staff.
- Orient and train new staff.
- Supervise staff assigned to the WIC clinic site.
- Prepare and provide individual coaching for staff development and evaluations.
Clinic Operations:
- Monitors schedules and staffing for maximum productivity.
- Handles client complaints at the WIC site and reports to WIC administration.
Client Services:
- Assess nutrition risk for client eligibility.
- Determine frequency and type of client follow-up appointments.
- Use goal setting and stage of change principles to assess client’s state of behavioral change.
- Provide nutritional counseling to clients and families.
- Accurately collect client’s medical data.
- Use motivational counseling methods.
- Make appropriate community and medical referrals.
- Accurately read immunization records.
- Provide community outreach.
- Provide breastfeeding education, promotion and support.
- Prescribe appropriate WIC food package.
- Authorize and coordinate special formula issuance.
- Schedule future WIC appropriately for program requirements.
- Complete documentation in the program software timely and thoroughly.
- Report success stories.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in foods, Nutrition or related Science and completes a Dietetic route accredited by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics OR a graduate of an accredited educational program in nursing. Licensed in the State of Kansas as a Registered Nurse or a Registered Dietitian. Registered dietitian must also be registered with the Academy on Nutrition and Dietetics. Hepatitis B vaccine series completed or willing to complete upon hire. In order to comply with the requirements of the federal health care staff COVID-19 vaccination mandate, all employees of COMCARE and the Health Department must be fully vaccinated. All offers of employment are contingent upon submission of vaccination documentation prior to start date.
Preferred Qualifications: Must be a Registered Dietitian or a Registered Nurse. Two or more years WIC experience with personnel and managerial experience. Registered Dietitian membership with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is optional. Certified as a breastfeeding educator preferred. Bilingual and interpreter preferred – be able to pass medical fluency and/or medical interpreter testing.
It is the policy of Sedgwick County not to discriminate in its programs or services provided to the general public, including employment and all other activities, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, disability, veteran status or any other similarly protected status. Sedgwick County is committed to making the application, interview, and pre-employment testing process accessible to persons with disabilities. If you wish to volunteer information regarding any special assistance you may need, please notify Human Resources by phone at (316) 660-7050, TDD (Kansas Relay at 711 or 800-766-3777). Do not use this phone number for employment questions. This number is provided only for those requiring ADA assistance. You will be contacted should the department feel that you are a qualified candidate.