Registered Dietitian

New York State Office of Mental Health; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement programs

Alternate work schedules

Tuition assistance

Career advancement

Paid time off

Job summary

Hutchings Psychiatric Center (HPC) is seeking a Registered Dietitian to support nutritional care and food service operations. The Dietitian 2 will ensure safe, therapeutic meals and maintain compliance with federal, state, and facility standards.

Your role includes conducting nutrition assessments, developing care plans, providing diet recommendations, and counseling patients and staff in a clinical setting within a psychiatric center.

Qualifications

• Current registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) as an RD or NYSED certification in dietetics-nutrition.
• Must have completed a minimum of 400 hours of supervised dietetics practice under a RD supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Conduct nutrition assessments for patients as ordered or required.
• Develop, implement, and monitor individualized nutrition care plans.
• Provide therapeutic diet recommendations based on medical, psychiatric, and behavioral needs.
• Provide nutrition counseling and education to patients and staff.
• Document nutrition assessments, interventions, and progress notes in the medical record.

Skills

Nutrition assessments

Care plans development

Therapeutic diet recommendations

Nutrition counseling

Medical record documentation

Food service oversight

Food safety & HACCP

Infection prevention awareness

Education

CDR Registered Dietitian (RD) certification

NYSED certification in dietetics-nutrition

Job description

Hutchings Psychiatric Center (HPC)

an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited hospital, is recruiting a Registered Dietitian (RD) to serve as a Dietitian 2 supporting nutritional care and food service operations. The schedule for this position is Monday – Friday, day shift; may require occasional weekend and holiday coverage.

As a Dietitian 2, you will be responsible for ensuring safe, therapeutic, and nutritionally adequate meal service for patients while maintaining compliance with federal, state, and facility standards including:

• Conducting nutrition assessments for patients as ordered or required.
• Developing, implementing, and monitoring individualized nutrition care plans.
• Providing therapeutic diet recommendations based on medical, psychiatric, and behavioral needs.
• Providing nutrition counseling and education to patients and staff.
• Documenting nutrition assessments, interventions, and progress notes in the medical record according to facility policy.
• Assisting with oversight of daily food service operations to ensure safe and efficient meal production and delivery.
• Assisting with infection prevention practices related to food handling and meal service.
• Monitoring compliance with food safety and sanitation standards including HACCP principles.

About HPC:

HPC is a comprehensive, community-based mental health facility serving individuals in the Central NY Region. HPC is committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities along with activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment for underserved populations.

If you would like to join HPC and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer the following benefits and opportunities:

• NYS medical, dental, and vision insurance
• NYS Retirement Programs
• Alternate Work Schedules
• Tuition Assistance programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement and professional growth
• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, personal, & sick leave

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) as a Registered Dietitian (RD) or
• New York State Education Department (NYSED) certification in dietetics-nutrition and have completed a minimum of an additional 400 hours of supervised dietetics practice under the supervision of a RD.

Additional Comments:

The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at [phone] or via email at [e-mail].

In order to be hired and to maintain your employment, candidates cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists. If appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists, you may be terminated from your employment.

If appointed, you may be required to become an enrolled Medicare provider; obtain and provide to your employer a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES); and otherwise actively participate to the degree necessary to allow for your services to be billed through Medicare and Medicaid. If you are appointed and you lose the ability to bill through Medicare and Medicaid, you may be terminated from your employment.