Klamath County is located in beautiful southern Oregon and offers everything for outdoor adventurers: hiking, camping, hunting, skiing, snowshoeing, kayaking, rafting, golfing and the list goes on! Home to Oregon Institute of Technology and Kingsley Field Air Base, home of the 173rd Fighter Wing, Klamath County seeks to find candidates who want to make this beautiful area their home and are looking for a position where their contributions are valued and recognized. We offer a generous benefits package which includes:

• County contributions to health insurance
• County contributions to a retirement plan
• Paid life insurance
• Paid short term disability
• Paid holidays and more!

General Position Summary

Provides technical and staff support in nutritional program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) clients; provides direct services to WIC clients through nutrition assessments, eligibility determination, certification, education and counseling; assists in coordinating the activities of the WIC Program with other services provided by the Health Department through referrals. This position provides bilingual WIC services both in the office and at outreach events. Must submit to and pass a background and financial check prior to offer of employment.

Essential Functions

The following may not be all inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

• Provides high quality customer service in person and on the telephone, in both English and Spanish to meet client needs.
• Determines WIC program eligibility in accordance with local, state and federal regulations and procedures.
• Obtains anthropometric and biochemical measurements; evaluates and explains results to clients.
• Reviews and assesses the diet and health histories of clients, identifies all relevant risk factors and refers high risk clients to WIC Dietician; develops plans for diet improvement; educates clients on various health and nutrition issues; makes referrals to other community resource agencies and monitors client progress; determines and assigns appropriate food packages.
• Utilizes participant centered education techniques when working with clients.
• Provides nutrition education to groups of clients; presents information on nutrition during pregnancy, breastfeeding, infancy and early childhood, as well as a variety of nutrition topics such as picky eaters, encouraging childhood activity, menu planning, shopping, and healthy food preparation.
• Maintains client confidentiality and accuracy of electronic record.
• Assists in monitoring client census in relationship to program's targeted caseload.
• Conducts ongoing quality assurance in laboratory procedures.
• Promotes breastfeeding as the optimal infant feeding choice, while allowing participant personal choice.
• Distributes WIC breast pumps according to established guidelines.
• Completes all WIC training modules within six months of initial employment, and new training modules as required.
• Participates in quarterly time study.
• Assists in translating materials for use during office visits, educational classes, and outreach events as needed.
• Assists as Spanish interpreter as needed by the Department.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education, Certification, & Experience

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Graduation from a four-year college or university in Health Education, Home Economics, Nursing, Psychology/Sociology or Social Work with courses in nutrition education is preferred, or comparable WIC certifier experience; thorough knowledge of current nutrition information; knowledge of parenting skills, childhood growth and development and maternal health care. Any combination of training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be college level training in nutrition/dietetics or community-based experience in nutrition/dietetics.

Current Driver’s License

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Must be able to fluently read, write, and speak in Spanish.

Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to sit; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals for cleaning and disinfecting. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud (kids).

Salary & Work Schedule

This position is an hourly non-exempt position with a starting wage range of $19.36 - $20.94 per hour depending on experience.

The normal work schedule is 8.00 hours per day 5 days per week; exact schedules are assigned by management. It is the attendance standard of the employer that all employees be present and on time each shift they are scheduled to work. Full or partial absence during any scheduled shift, arriving late, or leaving early, for whatever reason, may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Time off may be approved if allowed by applicable policies covering illness, injury, or other personal emergency. The Public Health Employee may be required to stay at or return to work during public health incidents and/or emergencies to perform duties specific to his/her position, or to perform other duties as requested in an assigned response position. This may require working a non-traditional work schedule or working outside normal assigned duties during the incident and/or emergency.

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