WIC Eligibility Clerk
About Us
Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 138 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings.
Our Mission
As CommonSpirit Health, we make the healing presence of God known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all. To learn more about a calling that defines and unites, please click here for more information about our mission, vision, and values.
The posted compensation range of $18.15 - $25.63 /hour is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay CommonSpirit in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. CommonSpirit may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.
Position Summary:
Responsible for determining WIC eligibility, providing nutrition and breastfeeding education and providing resource referrals for WIC clients in accordance with State and Federal guidelines. Assists with overseeing, training and auditing the WIC CPAs, Peer Counselors and Clerks.
Wellness & Outreach Centers
The Dignity Health Wellness and Outreach Centers have embraced men and women of all ages since 1998, encouraging them in their roles as fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, caregivers and friends. These Outreach Centers offer over 4,000 classes every year reaching 80,000 residents with programs that cover the following topics:
- Evidence-Based Disease Management & Prevention Programs: Chronic Pain Self-Management, Diabetes Prevention Program, Prediabetes Programs, Stepping On: Fall Prevention, Powerful Tools for Caregivers, Enhance Fitness (an exercise group program that helps older adults at all levels of fitness), asthma, CHAMP (Congestive Heart Active Management Program)
- Prevention: fitness, nutrition, wellness, smoking cessation, meditation
- Pregnancy & Childbirth, Family Education & Breastfeeding
- Support Groups & Senior Peer Counseling
- WIC (Women, Infants & Children) Program
Job Requirements
Minimum:
- A work history demonstrating attendance and punctuality.
- Demonstrated skill and aptitude in detail management and customer relations.
- Computer experience required.
- High School Diploma/GED
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize and follow-up in a fast-paced work environment.
- Excellent oral and written communication.
- Strong awareness, understanding and empathy of cultural issues.
- Sensitive to the needs and situations of a multi- cultural, low-income population and a desire to work with this population.
- Ability to work non-traditional days and hours, as required.
- Must complete the following courses and obtain certifications within three years of hire: 1) Nevada State WIC Certified Professional Authority course, exam and certificate, 2) Certified Lactation Counselor/Educator course and certificate.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Social service, public health or medical field highly desirable.
- Some college preferred.
- Bilingual (Spanish/English)
Where You'll Work
As the only not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system in the area, Dignity Health Nevada, guided by the Adrian Dominican Sisters' vision for over 70 years, continues to serve the Henderson and Las Vegas communities. The Siena Campus, a 326-bed acute care hospital opened in 2000, expanded the services of the Rose de Lima Campus to meet growing healthcare needs. St. Rose Dominican is part of Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems, with over 9,000 physicians, 60,000 team members, and 400 care centers across 22 states, including hospitals, urgent care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to compassionate, high-quality care, especially for the underserved.
Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit https://www.commonspirit.careers/benefits.
Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.
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CommonSpirit Health™ is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, ancestry, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, please click here.
CommonSpirit Health™ will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). External hires must pass a post-offer, pre-employment background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with an arrest and/or conviction will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, ban the box laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by telephone at (415) 438-5575 and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process. We will accommodate the needs of any qualified candidate who requests a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). CommonSpirit Health™ participates in E-Verify.