Health Technician (Dietetic)

Veterans Health Administration; New York (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration at the VA Medical Center in Manhattan, NY is seeking a Health Technician (Dietetic) in the Nutrition and Food Service (NFS) to provide administrative and customer service support for the hospital food service program.

Qualified applicants should have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-04 level or a 4-year degree with related coursework, with duties including patient food preferences entry, diet order verification, and meal service information for

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade GS-04.
• Education may substitute for experience.
• Combination of education and experience acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Enter patient food preferences into computer system.
• Run tally guides, production reports, nourishment labels and tube feeding reports.
• Process new admissions.
• Provide information on meal service and menus.
• Adjust patient diets and verify physician diet orders.

Skills

Data entry

Dietary knowledge

Diet orders

Menu information

Education

Bachelor's degree with relevant coursework

Job description

This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Service (N&FS) of the VA Medical Center in Manhattan NY serving as a Health Technician (Dietetic), providing administrative and customer service support for the VA hospital food service program.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/21/2026. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: entering patient food preferences into computer system; running tally guides, production reports, nourishment labels and tube feeding reports; processing new admissions; providing information on meal service and menus; making appropriate adjustments to patient diet patterns and taking corrective action when needed; verifying the physician's diet order. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or at least 24 semester hours in subjects directly related to the position. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond.

Physical Requirements: This work requires walking, standing, bending, lifting and carrying of light items, such as food trays, instruction materials, books, and manuals. NCC Associate function require long periods of sitting and moving about in an office environment, including repetitive motion activities of the hands and fingers for extensive keyboard and computer mouse use, and office tasks such as answering and holding a telephone, and writing. The work may require walking indoors, outdoors, or to and from other areas of the medical center. It may be necessary to lift and/or push equipment. Incumbent is subject to periods of continuous standing, sitting, walking and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. Frequently lifts or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds and pushing loaded carts of trays and/or nourishments.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.