Summary:

This position has a high degree of client interaction with minor clinical responsibilities. The WIC Certification Specialist (WCS) is responsible for providing support to the Certifying Authorities. The WCS screens and determines participant eligibility; conducts clinical testing and analysis to include height and weight measurement and finger sticks to obtain lab values as necessary to provide WIC Program Services to participants. The WCS issues WIC benefits to participants, and provides counseling and breastfeeding education and support; prepares and processes program documentation and performs other duties as assigned including providing support for Clerks as staffing indicates. Clinical tasks to include performance of height and weight measurements as well as finger-sticks to obtain lab values as necessary to provide WIC Program services to participants. 

The CHRISTUS Children?s Hospital, established in 1959, was the first children?s hospital in South-Central Texas. Located downtown, this 190-plus-bed hospital serves more than 70,000 children annually from San Antonio, South Texas and around the world. The hospital (in partnership with Baylor College of Medicine) is the only academic children?s hospital in San Antonio. Our highly specialized services meet the unique medical needs of children, from Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care to Children?s Emergency Services, the latest treatments for deformities of the spine including titanium rib implants and halo traction, a Heart Center, a specialized asthma program, a highly regarded Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, and growing maternal services to include consultation, delivery, and maternal fetal medicine.

Requirements:

Education/Skills

• High school graduate or equivalent is required.

Experience

• A minimum of one year experience as a WIC Clerk or WIC Program Assistant

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• Must successfully complete certification by demonstrating competency on all the State Nutrition Modules within the first six months of employment.
• The State Agency suggests additional six months of monitoring post certification to gauge competency and skill level of the newly certified WCS. This additional monitoring is for education and competency building and will not be considered probationary unless there are competency or performance concerns.
• Valid Class A Driver?s License.
• Current automobile insurance.

Work Type:

Full Time

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About CHRISTUS Health

CHRISTUS HEALTH is an international Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system comprised of almost more than 600 services and facilities, including more than 60 hospitals and long-term care facilities, 350 clinics and outpatient centers, and dozens of other health ministries and ventures. CHRISTUS operates in 6 U.S. states, Colombia, Chile and 6 states in Mexico. To support our health care ministry, CHRISTUS Health employs approximately 45,000 Associates and has more than 15,000 physicians on medical staffs who provide care and support for patients. CHRISTUS Health is listed among the top ten largest Catholic health systems in the United States.

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