Health Technician (Dietetic)

Veterans Health Administration

Providence (RI)

On-site

USD 37,000 - 60,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration seeks a Health Technician (Dietetic) at the Providence VA Medical Center in Rhode Island to provide administrative and patient meal support within the Nutrition and Food Service.

This full-time position offers varied shifts (6:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.) including weekends and holidays, with opportunities to advance from GS-3/4 toward the full GS-5 level, pending performance and funding.

Qualifications

Administrative and customer service support in hospital food service.
Ability to interpret diet orders and communicate with clinical staff.

Responsibilities

Handles patient meal service orders and enters meal orders into Dietetics Software system.
Provides professional and courteous customer service via telephone, e-mail, and in-person.
Collaborates with Dietitians regarding Food/Drug Interactions and notifies clinical staff of issues.
Interprets and processes diet orders and prepares meal tickets.
Triages calls from inpatient units or outpatient clinics related to meal trays or nourishments.

Job description

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

This position is in the Nutrition and Food Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at the Providence VA Medical Center. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week; varied shifts, to include weekends and holidays.

Key Responsibilities

This position involves a multigrade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-5. At the GS-3 and GS-4 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-5.

Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher work level, and availability of funds. This position is in the Nutrition and Food Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The Health Technician (Dietetic) provides administrative and customer service support for the hospital food service program.

Major duties and responsibilities include: Handles patient meal service orders, and enters meal orders into Dietetics Software system Provides professional and courteous customer service via telephone, e-mail, and in-person Collaborates with Dietitians regarding Food/Drug Interactions, notifying clinical staff of potential issues with meal service and delivery Interprets and processes diet orders Prints, prepares, and reviews meal tickets Triages calls from inpatient units or outpatient clinics and procedure areas relating to patient meal trays or nourishments Retrieves computerized information/printouts to assist with tray and/or nourishment assembly such as standing orders, nourishment labels, tabulated recipe lists, and other simple information to assist in meal delivery Provides basic-level education and information on therapeutic diets Correctly interprets diet activity and patient information, to ensure meals trays contain food items adhering to patient requests and preferences, and current therapeutic diet order Communicates patient concerns with registered dietitian or dietetic technician Verifies physician orders for unusual diets, conflicting modifications, tube feeding orders and nutritional supplements Uses a computer to record, retrieve and print recipes, menus, and inventory reports Performs other related duties as assigned DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.

Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Varied shifts, 6:00am-6:30pm, including holidays and weekends. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health Technician (Dietetic)/PD99796S, PD99796S GS-4 SOD, and PD99796S GS-3 SOD Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Notifications: Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50.

The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is a LIUNA Bargaining Unit position. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.

Requirements & Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $36735 – $59978/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-13.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.