Public Health Nutrition Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida.

📋 Description

• Oversee adherence to nutrition and food service policies and procedures within the Department.

• Offer technical support related to nutrition and food service.

• Execute on-site inspections of regional operations.

• Supervise compliance with therapeutic diets, meal preparation, meal service, and address operational challenges.

• Ensure that the Department's Master Menu and Therapeutic Diet Menus align with Dietary Reference Intakes set by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences.

• Provide clinical expertise for updates to nutrition-related procedures and manuals.

• Act as a liaison between food service and health service personnel.

• Evaluate and recommend medical nutrition therapy.

• Inform senior management about program-related issues, challenges, and policies.

• Deliver technical assistance, training, and guidance on menu planning, nutritional practices, food safety, and sanitation.

• Collaborate with Department staff to formulate solutions to issues.

• Compile monthly reports on diet compliance, schedules, facility evaluations, correspondence, and work projects.

• Oversee diet prescriptions and work with Health Services to ensure proper diets are assigned.

• Design and assess specialized diets in accordance with medical nutrition therapy guidelines and the Department of Corrections Diet Manual.

• Perform additional duties as needed.

⛳️ Requirements

• Official transcripts will be necessary if a college/university degree is provided and the candidate is selected.

• A valid driver’s license is required.

• Nutritionist roles necessitate registration with the American Dietetic Association as a Registered Dietitian (RD) and licensing in the State of Florida in compliance with Chapter 468, Part X, Florida Statutes, or eligibility to practice dietetics under Chapter 64B8-40 to 45, Florida Administrative Code.

• A Level 2 background check must be successfully completed prior to starting employment.

• Must be a U.S. citizen or authorized to work in the U.S.

• The Florida Department of Corrections does not currently provide H-1B Visa Sponsorship.

• Preferred: experience in monitoring and assessing menu preparation and service in an institutional context.

• Candidates eligible for Registered Dietitian status must perform duties under the supervision and approval of a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist; practice parameters are restricted until fully registered.

• Some overnight travel may be required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.

• Comprehensive health insurance and life insurance that includes accidental death and dismemberment benefits.

• Supplemental dental, vision, life, disability, and hospitalization insurance.

• Tuition-free college courses.

• Retirement Plans with the Florida Retirement System: Pension Plan, Investment Plan (401(K)-Type Retirement Plan), Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP), and Deferred Compensation.

• No reemployment limitations for recently retired FRS members starting July 1, 2024, subject to specified distribution-date regulations.

• Eligibility for teleworking, subject to departmental guidelines and approval.

• Veterans’ Preference for qualified candidates.