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About the Role

Under general supervision, this role assesses nutritional needs, and develops and implements diets to meet the nutritional needs of the client population. This professional work involves overall menu development to meet the dietary needs of senior citizens, participants in the WIC program or patients, potentially including therapeutic or specialized diets. The incumbent coordinates clinical and administrative aspects of dietetics to provide appropriate care and services.

Responsibilities

• Confers with supervisors and/or medical staff to ascertain dietary or nutritional needs of senior citizens, participants in the WIC program or patients, including individuals with medical conditions, such as diabetic or cardiac patients.
• Reviews nutritional needs of client population and develops menu patterns for regular and therapeutic diets.
• Monitors congregate and home delivered meal programs for senior citizens for compliance with federal, state and local mandates.
• Reviews and approves menus.
• Evaluates food service to ensure that nutritional needs are being met and that diet foods are served in conformity with individual dietary prescriptions.
• Speaks to clients or patients to ascertain their reactions to foods they have received so that diets may be modified to fit the habits, needs, likes and dislikes of the individual person.
• Conducts in-service training in nutrition and diet for staff.
• Conducts nutritional classes for clients to discuss general and therapeutic diets, dietary restrictions, economical food buying, food preparation and proper food storage.
• Enters appropriate nutrition care data in patients' medical records, including nutritional assessments, nutritional care plans and progress notes.
• Assists in the preparation of the annual budget by providing data pertinent to expenditures for meals, equipment and personnel.

Requirements

• Graduation from a college with federally-authorized accreditation or registration by NY State with a Bachelor's Degree.
• Status as a Registered Dietitian or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Must take the next examination for the position in question to become permanent after provisional appointment.

Skills

• Menu development
• Dietary assessment
• Nutritional planning
• Client education
• Staff training
• Budget preparation
• Data entry

Location

• Riverhead

Work Type

• Provisional Appointment

Education Level

• Bachelor's Degree

Salary/Compensations

• $49,642

Benefits

• Health Insurance (medical, dental, and vision coverage)
• Pension
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, sick leave, personal days)
• Thirteen (13) paid holidays
• Work-Life Balance (regular working hours)

About the Company

• Suffolk County Department of Health Services is committed to promoting, supporting, and implementing the County-wide diversity and inclusion strategic plan.
• The Division of Human Resources is committed to anticipating and meeting the changing needs of our workforce by keeping our employees at the forefront of every decision.
• We strive to elevate efficiency and engagement at the county and department level through standardized processes and state-of-the-art HR technology solutions.
• We are dedicated to achieving, encouraging, and supporting a diverse workforce and growing a community of employees that are engaged and excited about all the possibilities that working for the County Government can offer.

Equal Opportunity

• Suffolk County is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability that can be reasonably accommodated without undue hardship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status.