Wic site coordinator vs public health dietitian

Differences between wic site coordinator and public health dietitian duties and responsibilities

Wic site coordinator example responsibilities.

• Manage caseload by providing care coordination to individuals with a primary intellectual/developmental disability diagnosis all of whom receive community-base waiver services.
• Ensure program compliance to policies and procedures of state and USDA.
• Communicate with physicians to obtain and update immunization records.
• Formulate individualized nutrition care plans, monitor progress, and adjust goal-oriented interventions as appropriate for patients in an outpatient setting.
• Design evidence-base education materials including breastfeeding, infant complementary feeding and prenatal nutrition base on community needs.
• Deliver nutritional education and provide nutrition assessment to low income pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants and children using participant-centered methods.
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Public health dietitian example responsibilities.

• Manage the anemia status of patients by reviewing necessary lab data and initiating or adjusting medication doses.
• Partner with certify diabetes educator on consulting gestational diabetic patients on glucose monitors and diabetic eating guidelines.
• Provide diabetes education to community groups.
• Implement and develop diabetes information newsletters.
• Provide medical nutrition therapy for medically high risk patients.
• Write quarterly project newsletters, create tools need to properly assess for obesity causing behaviors and develop educationmaterials as needed.
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