Job Description

Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children is Hawai'i’s only maternity, newborn and pediatric specialty hospital. It is well recognized as Hawai'i’s leader in the care of women, infants and children. With 253 beds, the not-for-profit hospital delivers 6,000 babies a year, and is also a medical teaching and research facility. Specialty services for patients throughout Hawai'i and the Pacific Region include intensive care for infants and children, 24-hour emergency pediatric and adult care, critical care air transport and high-risk perinatal care. Over 1,400 employees and more than 700 physicians provide specialty care at Kapi'olani. The hospital is home to the Kapi'olani Women’s Center and the Women’s Cancer Center, and offers numerous community programs and services, such as specialty pediatric clinics, the Kapi'olani Child Protection Center and the Sex Abuse Treatment Center.

The WIC program is a federally-funded Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) within the Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children. The program provides Hawai‘i residents with nourishing supplemental foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding instruction and health and social service referrals. The participants of WIC are either pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum women, and infants and children under age five who meet income guidelines and are at medical or nutritional risk. Kapi‘olani recognizes the special health needs of Hawai‘i's women at each stage of their lives from childbearing to mid-life and beyond and we strive to keep our community healthy.

As a Nutrition Aide, you will form a part of the groundbreaking WIC program and help to provide essential education to at-risk populations of women and children facing dietary and nutritional challenges. You will be responsible for the certification of WIC Program applicants and assist with presenting nutrition education activities and materials to clients, their families and other members of the health care team. We are looking for someone dynamic and dedicated, with outstanding communication skills and a commitment to delivering the highest quality health care to Hawai‘i’s people.

Location: Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, HI

Work Schedule: Day - 8 Hours

Work Type: Full Time Regular

FTE: 1.000000

Bargaining Unit: Non-Bargaining

Starting Hourly Rate: 18.76

Exempt: No

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Sciences, Community Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition, Dietetics, Public Health Nutrition, Home Economics with emphasis in Nutrition OR certified by the Hawai‘i State WIC Program as a Para-professional Competent Professional Authority (P-CPA).

Preferred Qualifications: Six (6) months of experience working in public health or community nutrition.

EOE/AA/Disabled/Vets

Hawai‘i Pacific Health offers a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package that includes pay and benefits. The pay rate, if displayed, is the minimum hourly rate for the position. Rate of pay for selected candidates will be determined by various factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, relevant experience and training, as well as internal peer equity.

Please be advised the Hawai‘i Nurses’ Association (HNA) at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children is conducting a strike from September 13, 2024 at 7 a.m. until September 14, 2024 at 6:59 a.m. Kapi‘olani has advised HNA that it will impose a lockout of all registered nurses represented by HNA effective beginning at the end of the strike.

Position Nutrition Aide - WIC Program

Category Social Services

Employment Type Employee

Location Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Honolulu, HI

Req ID 25785