Chief Dietitian

City of New York
US - New York - New York
May 10, 2024

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City's evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety.
The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees, visitors, volunteers and people in our custody.
Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities.
The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 9,000 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts.

The DOC seeks to hire a Chief Dietitian.
Duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:

- Direct, organize and inspect the day-to-day functions of the dietitians in their assigned facilities

for compliance with accepted departmental polices related to food preparation, portion control,

tray service and prescribed clinical standards.

- Direct and supervise the work of all dietitians, monitors usage of supplements for the agency.

- In the absence of the director, assumes full responsibility of clinical issues.

- Ensuring that the agency diet manual is prepared, revised, and updated.

- Planning and conducting clinical staff meetings to discuss issues pertinent to the agency's

clinical program.

- Assisting the director in reviewing, planning, updating, and analyzing the menus for the

general population as well as for therapeutic and religious diets.

- Organizing, planning, and directing functions of the clinical program and collaboration, interaction of

dietary service, i.e.
urgent menu change, substitutions, communication.

- Planning Dietitians' schedules and ensuring adequate coverage.

- Ensuring Dietitians' full compliance with prescribed clinical standards.

- Planning new cook's Therapeutic Diet Training and Orientation; assist in-servicing nutrition

education programs.

- Developing and coordinating ongoing quality assurance program.

- Implementing performance indicators and pursuing corrective remedies to ensure strict adherence to

established standards.

Qualifications

Qualification Requirements

1.
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, with a major in dietetics or foods and nutrition in a program approved by the American Dietetic Association (ADA); or

2.
Registration as a Registered Dietitian by the ADA.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

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