WICCertifier

**Join a team that shares your calling** At MultiCare, you’re more than just a job title — you’re part of a team built on trust that cares for each other, our patients and our communities. Belonging here means living our mission and values every day. If your purpose and passions align with ours, you’ll find a place to grow, do meaningful work and build a career you love in a community that feels like home. 1.0_Day_ **FTE:1.0** , **Shift:** Day, **Schedule:** 8:30am-5pm **Position Summary** The WIC Certifier I is responsible for determining WIC eligibility, scheduling potential participants and enrolling when qualified. External contacts include patients, families, physicians and outside organizations and agencies. **Responsibilities:** * Communicates with participants in a sensitive manner regarding lifestyle, medical history, nutritional practices and income * Performs clerical tasks, including answering phones, prequalifying prospective clients, scheduling appointments, making reminder calls, etc. * Uses participant-centered techniques to provide personalized nutrition education/referrals and to educate pregnant women on how to initiate and sustain breastfeeding and to help breastfeeding clients solve common breastfeeding problems * Assesses participants’ health and nutrition status using Washington State WIC Assessment Questions * Ability and willingness to meet with families individually in clinic and virtually. * This position may work in any clinic location operated by MHS WIC Services across Pierce County, use of personal vehicle is required • Communicates in person and remotely with participants in a sensitive manner regarding lifestyle, medical history, nutritional practices and income * Evaluates income and health risks to determine participant program eligibility * Utilizes motivational interviewing techniques * Uses participant-centered techniques to provide personalized nutrition education/referrals and to educate pregnant women on how to initiate and s