REGISTERED DIETITIAN APPLICANT / REGISTERED DIETITIAN / REGISTERED DIETITIAN SPECIALIST

Registered Dietitian

Pinecrest Supports & Services Center is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Registered Dietitian to join our dynamic healthcare team. In this rewarding role, you'll play a vital part in promoting health and wellness by developing and overseeing nutrition plans that enhance the quality of life for the individuals we serve.

If you're passionate about using your expertise to support others and want to grow your career in a supportive environment, PSSC is the place for you!

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of provisional Louisiana dietitian/nutritionist license.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Calculates, writes, adapts, and modifies diets or menus to meet individual needs.
• Counsels and teaches patients and their families the practical and technical aspects for the diet as it relates to the particular patient's health problem.
• Supervises subordinates in the production of meals and service, sanitation and storage.
• Assesses and plans nutritional development of a caseload of approximately 90 intellectually disabled individuals.
• Consults and collaborates with physicians and other professionals regarding individual needs to ensure best quality of life.
• Provides medical nutritional therapy for those individuals with acute and chronic nutritional problems.
• Does monthly weight analysis and determines potential risk factors and makes diet recommendations.
• Completes a monthly progress note for all assigned individuals and a yearly in depth assessment, including pertinent lab value, food and medication interactions

Position-Specific Details:

Location: LDH Dietary

SHIFT: 7:30 AM 4:00 PM PASS DAYS: Saturday / Sunday

Appointment Type: This position may be filled by Detail, Job Appt., Probation, Promotion, Demotion, or Lateral Transfer. Preference may be given to permanent classified employees of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center.

Career Progression: Registered Dietitian Applicant, Registered Dietitian, Registered Dietitian Specialist

Compensation: (Depends on Qualifications)

• Registered Dietitian Applicant: $21.46 Hourly - $38.67 Hourly
• Registered Dietitian: $22.96 Hourly - $41.38 Hourly
• Registered Dietitian Specialist: $ 24.57 Hourly - $44.28 Hourly

Benefits

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through 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

Parental Leave Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found at

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 ( LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System ( among others