Posting End Date: 03/29/23 Center for Local Public Health – Southeast Region
Additional Preferences:
This position is for a Nutritionist with the WIC Program.
RD or RD eligible is required to apply.
A valid driver’s license is required.
Polite and caring customer service skills, in person and over the phone.
Adequate computer skills. Knowledge of Microsoft Office preferred.
Occasional heavy lifting may be required.
This position will cover multiple counties within the Southeast Region.
The applicant’s office base can be located in one of the following counties: Jefferson, Monroe, Arkansas, Prairie, St. Francis, or Phillips.
The mission of the Department of Health is to protect and improve the health and well-being of all Arkansans.
Minimum Qualifications
Licensed as a dietician, or deemed eligible for licensure and registration within one year of employment, by the Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board in accordance with ACA 17-83-301; plus the education equivalent of a bachelor's degree in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, food systems management, or a related field; plus two years of work-related experience.
Additional requirements determined by the agency for recruiting purposes require review and approval by the Office of Personnel Management. OTHER JOB RELATED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR ALL OR PART OF THESE BASIC REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT FOR CERTIFICATION OR LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS, UPON APPROVAL OF THE QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW COMMITTEE.
Mission Statement: To protect and improve the health and well-being of all Arkansans.
Vision Statement: Optimal health for all Arkansans to achieve maximum personal, economic and social impact.
What is public health? One definition – from a 1988 report by the Institute of Medicine’s “The Future of Public Health” – is this: “Public health is the science and the art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and organizing community efforts to do the following: keep the environment clean, control communicable infections, educate individuals in personal hygiene (like hand washing for example), organize medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and treatment of disease, and develop the social machinery to ensure everyone a healthy standard of living.”
To say that another way, public health is everything the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) does to protect and improve the health and well-being of all Arkansans – more than 100 services provided statewide by public health professionals to assure that your water is safe, your children have their immunizations, your restaurants are safe and your birth certificate is correct – to name just a few.
