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NUTRITION EDUCATOR -
The State Personnel System is an E-Verify employer. For more information click on our E-Verify Website. Agency: Department of Health Working Title: NUTRITION EDUCATOR - Pay Plan: Career Service Position Number: Salary: $ Bi-Weekly Posting Closing Date: 10/05/2026 Internal Agency Opportunity Applicants accepted only from Department of Health employees, (includes OPS, Career Service, SES or SMS employees). Applicants will not be accepted from outside of the department.
Your Specific Responsibilities:
Performs nutritional assessments on prenatal, postpartum, breastfeeding women, infants and children from birth to five years of age.
Provides evidence-based nutrition counseling to prenatal, postpartum, breastfeeding women, infants and children from birth to five years of age.
Determines nutritional risk factors and eligibility for potential clients in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program.
Performs anthropometrics (heights and weights) and hematological testing as needed on Women, Infants and Children.
Accurately documents assessments, care plans, notes and enters correctly into the electronic medical record.
Promotes WIC through participation in community outreach events.
Assists with reports.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of evidence-based nutrition principles
Nutritional assessment skills
Individual nutritional counseling skills
Setting specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timed (SMART) client-centered goals
Nutrition documentation in narrative and Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan (SOAP) format
Problem solving
Interpersonal skills
Communication skills
Customer service skills
Knowledge of computer for data entry, Microsoft Office software, electronic medical record
Qualifications:
Requires, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with the major course of study in nutritional science, community nutrition, clinical nutrition or dietetics in accordance with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Association and Florida Chapter 468.
Requires travel in various clinic locations and other community partners in Brevard County throughout the day.
Must be willing to work before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours in the event of an emergency.
This position is a full-time, in-office position.
Must be willing to physically come in the office to perform the duties & responsibilities of the positions.
Must be willing to provide breastfeeding education to clients.
Must be willing to provide anthropometric and hematological client services.
Must be currently employed by the Florida Department of Health.
Where You Will Work: Viera, FL
Worksite address
melbourne, FL, 32935, US
Who can apply
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