Nutrition Services Administrator 1 (NY HELPS), Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center, P28193

Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center (RCPC), an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited facility, is recruiting a Nutrition Service Administrator to join their team. The Nutrition Services Administrator oversees, manages, and administers food, nutrition and dietetic programs. The work schedule is Monday – Friday from 8:00AM – 4:30PM.

As a Nutrition Services Administrator at RCPC, you will be responsible for:

• Developing, reviewing, implementing, and monitoring nutrition program policies and procedures
• Conducting and reviewing nutrition assessments
• Evaluating special diet, menu, and food plans, including modifications, substitutions, and recipe standardization
• Conducting and supervising the inspection of food preparation, service areas, and meals
• Serving as liaison with facility and providing guidance, direction, and training on nutrition counseling, policies, procedures, food preparation, sanitation, and safety standards
• Consulting with nutrition and healthcare staff to coordinate care and ensure that individuals nutritional needs are met
• Supervising nutrition staff
• Developing nutrition program budgets

About RCPC:

RCPC is a psychiatric hospital exclusively for children and adolescents ages 11 – 18 from the Hudson Valley Region. Located in Orangeburg, NY, RCPC provides an intensive, family-based inpatient psychiatric treatment program with the goal of returning children to their families with minimal disruption. In addition to RCPC’s inpatient facility, they provide a network of outpatient services, including school-based intensive day treatment programs, and clinics. RCPC focuses on providing services that are tailored to the individual needs of the child and their family.

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates from outside or within State Service can be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement – Statewide (NY HELPS) program as a Nutrition Services Administrator 1 if they have:

• Current registration with the Commission on Dietetics Registration (CDR) as a Registered Dietitian (RD) or certification in Dietetics-Nutrition by the New York State Education Department, and
• 2 years post-registration/certification professional administrative experience in a food or nutrition program, 1 year of which much have been at a supervisory level.

OR

Candidates from outside or within State Service can be considered for a competitive class appointment if they are reachable on the current Nutrition Services Administrator 1 eligible list.

OR

Candidates within State Service can be considered transfer to a competitive class position if they have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service in a title eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.

OR

In accordance with Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law, this notice advises all employees of the Office of Mental Health of our intention to conduct a non-competitive promotion examination for the position of Nutrition Services Administrator 1 at Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center. Permanent appointment may be made by non-competitive promotion of an applicant who meets the position’s minimum qualifications if all requirements of non-competitive promotion are met.

The promotion field for the Nutrition Services Administrator 1 position consists of candidates who have 1 year of permanent service as a Dietitian 2.

Additional Information

All OMH employees receive a generous benefits package including:

• NYS medical, dental, & vision insurance
• Access to tuition assistance programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement & professional growth
• Paid time off – 13 paid vacation days in the first year, 5 paid personal days, 13 paid holidays, & paid sick leave
• NYS Retirement programs

This position is eligible for Downstate Adjustment of $4,150.

Background checks will be required.

Notes:

• If you fail to maintain your license and/or registration once you are appointed, action will be taken to remove you from the position.
• In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), 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.

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