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Louisiana Department of State Civil Service REGISTERED DIETITIAN SPECIALIST in Jackson, Louisiana
REGISTERED DIETITIAN SPECIALIST
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REGISTERED DIETITIAN SPECIALIST
Salary
$32.50 Hourly
Location
Jackson, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
ELMHS6.2.23RDWAE
Department
LDH-Office of Behavioral Health
Opening Date
06/02/2023
Description
Benefits
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Supplemental Information
This vacancy is located in the Dietary/Nutritional Services Department at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System in Jackson, LA (East Feliciana Parish). ELMHS is the largest 24-hour, multisite, state psychiatric complex, comprised of residential, outpatient and inpatient services.
*This posting may be used to fill vacancies in other divisions or units at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System within 90 days of closing.
This position will be filled as a part-time WAE (open to all qualified candidates).
The WAE hourly rate for this position is $32.50
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
- Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. *
For further information about this vacancy, please contact:
ELMHS-HR@LA.GOV
(225) 634-0571
Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected. However, there is no guarantee that everybody that applies to this posting will be interviewed.
Minimum Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics followed by two years of professional level dietetics experience.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
A master's degree in food and nutrition, dietetics or institutional management will substitute for one year of the required experience.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:
Possession of a permanent or provisional Louisiana dietitian/nutritionist license.
NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
Job Concepts
Function of Work:
To serve as a specialist in the nutritional care of patients with severe medical and/or nutritional problems.
Level of Work:
Advanced.
Supervision Received:
General from a higher level Registered Dietitian or administrative official.
Supervision Exercised:
May exercise direct line over professional, paraprofessional, and non-professional dietary personnel.
Location of Work:
Twenty-four hour facilities statewide.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Dietitian by the highly specialized nature of work.
Differs from higher level Registered Dietitian jobs by lack of emphasis on supervisory and management responsibilities.
Examples of Work
Serves as specialist in hospitals in the care of patients with medically acute and chronic nutritional problems such as; the leukemia, renal, oncology, obstetrics and GYN, surgery, medicine, neurology, orthopedics, psychiatric rehabilitation, or neo-natal units.
Develops and implements highly specialized diets and nutrition plans for clinics, out-patients, and hospitalized patients.
Calculates, writes, adapts, and modifies diets or menus to meet individual needs.
Visits patients daily and teaches patients and their families the practical and technical aspects of the diet as it relates to the particular patient's health problem.
Develops and implements nutritional assessment care plan for patients with severe nutritional problems.
Calculates, determines, and schedules amounts of food and supplies needed to be purchased.
Determines specifications for food, supplies, and equipment to meet the needs of the institution, such as teaching hospital.
Serves as an administrative specialist in inventory control and procedures, food cost determinations, and allocations and financial reports.
Teaches nutrition classes to medical and dietetic students, interns, and residents.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
* Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your_Retirement_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
01
Have you ever been on probation or sentenced to jail/prison as a result of a felony conviction or guilty plea to a felony charge?
Yes
No
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If 'YES', give the law enforcement authority (city police, sheriff, FBI, etc.), the offense, place and disposition of case. If 'NO', enter N/A.
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Are you a current employee at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System?
Yes
No
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Are you registered as a dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics?
Yes
No
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If you answered 'YES' to the question above, please list the registration NUMBER, ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE and EXPIRATION DATE. If you answered no, enter N/A
Required Question
Agency
State of Louisiana
Address
For agency contact information, please refer to
the supplemental information above.
Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
(866) 783-5462
Website
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm
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