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Department

• Leadership ? Supervises professional and paraprofessional staff ? Sets behavior and performance expectations ? Evaluates performance of direct reports through observations, chart reviews, and productivity reports ? Provides ongoing coaching and performance feedback and conducts a formal annual appraisal ? Addresses performance or behavior concerns in a timely fashion ? Manages operations of WIC clinic through ensuring adequate staffing, offering guidance and expertise to staff, and assisting with appointments and clerical duties depending on clinic demands ? Assures that WIC participant complaints are mediated and resolved in a timely and appropriate manner ? Recruits, screens, interviews, orients, and trains new staff ? Prepares and moderates clinic meetings and presents at all-staff meetings ? Oversees partner grant activities, staff, and deliverables ? Precepts dietetic interns (50%)
• Client Interaction ? Assesses nutrition status of WIC participants based on anthropometric, laboratory, and verbally reported data ? Counsels WIC participants on high nutrition risk factors as determined by federal WIC policies and procedures ? Consults with healthcare providers on participant nutritional needs or requests for specialty formulas and nutritional supplements ? Considers income, cultural and religious food patterns, home facilities, education level, and psychosocial factors when providing patient-centered nutrition care ? Obtains advanced training in lactation and provides prenatal and postpartum breastfeeding education and support (50%)

• Bachelor's Degree Required

• 1-3 years Typically, 1-2 years of experience supervising staff Required and
• 1-3 years one year of WIC experience Required and

• CLC-Certified Lactation Counselor - ALPP - Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice Required and
• DIETICIAN-Registered Dietitian Certification - CDR - Commission on Dietetic Registration Required

• Ability to supervise paraprofessional and professional staff and complete performance evaluations.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Knowledge of human nutrition in health and disease and its application to public health practices.
• Knowledge of nutrition needs for infants and children and women during prenatal, postpartum, and breastfeeding stages.
• Effective counseling and education skills.
• Prefer that the candidate be bilingual (English/Spanish).

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Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program 

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver?s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado?s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community.

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.

About Denver Health

Take your career to the next level at Denver Health, where we offer a robust benefits package and endless opportunities for growth. Denver Health is a nationally-ranked, locally-trusted, premier healthcare institution located in the heart of Denver, Colorado.Twenty-five percent of all Denver residents, or approximately 150,000 individuals, receive their health care here. We are known as an integrated health care system that encompasses multidisciplinary academic specialties, a community health system, a level I adult trauma center, pediatric emergency and urgent care center home to Denver Public Health and many of the nation's leaders in medicine.Denver Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer At Denver Health we pride ourselves on our commitment to diversity. Equal opportunity is a fundamental principle of Denver Health. As an equal opportunity employer, Denver Health is committed to recruit, hire, promote and administer all human resource actions in a non-discriminatory manner. Denver Health is committed to providing equal opportunities in all business practices and to all persons regardless of age, race, color, national origin, genetic information, religion, sex, pregnancy, disab...ility, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or veteran status (collectively “protected status”). Denver Health strives to maintain a work environment that is free from unlawful harassment and discrimination and will not tolerate any such conduct by employees or directed at employees within the scope of their employment. Read the full Human Resources Employee Principles and Practices policy.

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