Position Overview

Examples of Duties

• Develop and manage breastfeeding policies for the local agency's Breastfeeding Peer Counselor (BFPC) Program.
• Provide supervision and guidance over the BFPC Program.
• Act on all referrals from the BFPC regarding complex breastfeeding situations beyond their scope of practice and makes referrals out as necessary.
• Perform outreach activities as assigned/requested in order to foster community awareness and collaboration.
• Perform program coordination, planning, policy development and training.
• Use program guidance and professional knowledge, assess the medical/nutritional status of high-risk program applicants
• Based on identified problem areas and needs, provide appropriate nutrition education counseling, documentation, and follow-ups
• Provide initial and on-going, in-depth nutrition screenings of low-risk and high-risk patients/participants
• Develop nutritional care plans to assist in the nutritional management of high-risk, complex, medical conditions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced knowledge and skill in comprehensive nutrition assessment and care planning, including problem diagnosis, counseling, and evaluating of clients from diverse backgrounds, and ages, who have a multitude of complex, high-risk medical needs.  
• Advanced knowledge and skill in theoretical principles and practices of normal nutrition/breastfeeding and dietetics, particularly in areas of disease path physiology and medical rehabilitation.
• Advanced in- depth expertise in a clinical specialty area and breastfeeding.  
• Ability to write and update breastfeeding policies and procedures as required.
• Ability to coordinate training and supervision of the BFPC and manage the BFPC Program according to State mandates.  
• Advanced skill in interpreting nutrition/breastfeeding standards to other health professionals and the public is needed.  
• Strong knowledge of current scientific information regarding nutrition/breastfeeding, diet, and health and the ability to relate this information to clients, professionals, and the general public. 
• Knowledge of human behavior and techniques for effecting behavior change.   
• Ability to understand an individual's socio-economic status and lifestyles with respect for individual differences.  
• Ability to monitor and maintain quality standards of nutrition/breastfeeding care using current standards of practice.  
• Ability to organize and manage time and resources.  
• Ability to make accurate observations and report changes accurately, to remain calm and function appropriately and efficiently in emergency and stressful situations, to understand, interpret and relate oral and written instructions, and to be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others. 

About Cumberland County Government

The Department of Public Health provides an array of services to the citizens of the County. Federal, State and County tax money fund the Health Department. Grants and fees for services generate additional funds. The Health Department is governed by the Cumberland County Board of Health, which is composed of up to eleven members appointed by the Board of Commissioners. The Health Department was founded in 1911 as the Cumberland County/Fayetteville City Board of Sanitation and Health, but it had no paid employees. In 1923, a part-time physician and two nurses were hired as the first paid employees. The Public Health Center is located at 1235 Ramsey Street and operates three satellite offices throughout the County.

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