Nutrition Health Education Program Coordinator

Title: Nutrition Health Education Program Coordinator

Division: Programs and Services

Department: Community Supportive Services

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Reports To: Manager, Supportive Services

Direct Reports:  None

Purpose: Support the Nutrition Health Education program by: tracking client program participation, engaging in community coordination activities, and documenting progress notes that summarize client progress for the purpose of improved health outcomes.

Key Job Responsibility Areas

1. Documentation and Record Keeping
2. Community Coordination
3. Miscellaneous

Detail of Key Job Responsibility Areas

Documentation and Record Keeping

1. Work with Nutrition Health Educator to ensure complete and accurate documentation of client participation in Nutrition Program including services, progress, accomplishments, further needs, and referrals.
2. Attend nutrition programs to support Nutrition Health Educator.
3. Track receipts utilized in voucher program to ensure food and meals are meeting AIDS Institute approved standards.

Community Coordination

1. Work with Nutrition Health Educator to facilitate and follow up on referrals for program participants that will enable them to access needed services such as food, nutrition, and financial resources (food stamps, WIC), case management services, and other needed community services.
2. Increase individuals’ awareness of and access to local health and human service care system for the purpose of leveraging community resources which include: other nutrition programs, food meal and financial resources, primary care, care management mental health, transportation and substance use services.

Miscellaneous

1. Requires the ability and commitment to respect and support inclusiveness and diversity including but not limited to individuals of different backgrounds, cultures, races, ages, sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, experiences, opinions, etc.
2. Requires individual demonstration of commitment to the One Trillium behaviors and business impacts and modeling them in the organization.
3. Responsible for maintaining confidentiality of all patient, client, employee, protected and proprietary information.
4. Employees are accountable for meeting the performance standards of their departments and must participate as requested in compliance audits, process improvement and quality improvement plans.
5. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Associates, or Bachelor’s degree in health or human services field; 1-2 year experience working in HIV/AIDS field; familiarity with geographic region and community health services in the area; good communication skills.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job the employee is required to stand, sit, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.  Occasionally the employee must stoop, bend and lift or move up to 25 lbs.  Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

In support of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this job description lists only those responsibilities and qualifications deemed essential to the position.