Western State Hospital is seeking a full time Program Admin. Support II – Dietitian Supervisor to manage and direct the clinical nutrition program; supervise dietary staff to ensure provision of appropriate medical nutrition therapy for all patients; support departmental management of CBORD computer system through collaboration on the management/revision of the Nutrition Services component of the CBORD system as it relates to patient diets/menus, etc.; to evaluate patients’ nutritional status and dietary and nutrition education needs through initial and re-assessment processes and provide appropriate medical nutrition therapy for patients through the development and implementation and documentation in the Electronic Health Record of individualized nutrition care plans and nutrition education; and to function as a part of the departmental management team as the clinical nutrition advisor to the director and to work within established departmental guidelines to develop and implement nutritionally appropriate, cost-effective menus and nutrition support programs. 

This position is eligible for:

– retirement with cash match

– paid time off, sick time, community service time, and family/personal time

– health, vision, and dental insurance

– life insurance 

– Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree in nutrition or related field from an accredited college or university

– Registered (or eligible to register) through the Commission on Dietetic Registration as a registered dietitian (RD)

– Experience in the field of nutrition gained through work as a dietetic intern, in public health nutrition, institutional dietetics, nutrition research, or related nutrition field

– Comprehensive knowledge of the scientific principles and clinical practices of nutrition and dietetics

– Good written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, computer application and critical thinking skills and the ability to read, interpret and analyze reports

– Good organizational skills

– Flexibility and able to adapt to changing work tasks

– Ability to prioritize schedule and to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team

– Comfortable teaching in both a group and individual setting

– Ability to cope with the stress of balancing and prioritizing monitoring of patient nutritional requirements with other job and departmental requirements.  

– Experience in supervision

– Bilingual

– Veteran