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HEALTH EDUCATOR

Salary

$2,978.00 - $5,360.00 Monthly

Location

Leesville, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OPH/SG/210961

Department

LDH-Office of Public Health

Opening Date

07/22/2025

Closing Date

8/5/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

Learn more about Louisiana Department of Health (https://ldh.la.gov/)

The Health Educator position is assigned to the Vernon Parish Health Unit to support the WIC (Women, Infant, and Children) Nutrition program. This position functions as a Competent Professional Authority (CPA) to improve the health and nutritional status of the population participating in the federally-funded Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) by providing WIC participants with the nutritional knowledge, skills and behaviors necessary to maintain a healthy diet. Implement program requirements of WIC through contact with participants, vendors and healthcare providers, and by expanding outreach efforts to increase breastfeeding rates and community awareness of the benefits to breastfeeding in Region 6.

Minimum Qualifications

Four years of experience working as a WIC Clinic Nutrition Educator or in patient care; OR

Twelve semester hours in food and nutrition or dietetics plus three years of experience working as a WIC Clinic Nutrition Educator or in patient care; OR

An associate's degree in nutrition, dietetics, human ecology, family and consumer science, health promotion, pre-medicine, or nursing plus two years of experience working as a WIC Clinic Nutrition Educator; OR

A bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics, human ecology, family and consumer science, health promotion, pre-medicine, or nursing.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=125640) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ 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.

+ 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.

+ Performs anthropometric measurements and hemoglobin testing on WIC participants as necessary to facilitate the certification and/or recertification process.

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

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probationary appointment

Cost Center: 3262109006

Position Number(s): 50452774

LDH supports Louisiana’s commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

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

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Staff Name: Stephanie Gilmore

[email protected]

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

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.

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

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Do you have twelve semester hours in food and nutrition or dietetics?

+ Yes

+ No

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If you answered 'yes' to the previous question, you are required to type each course name, semester hours earned, and the accredited university. If you answered 'no,' type N/A.

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Employer

State of Louisiana

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the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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