Clinical Dietician - Walter B. Jones Center

Clinical Dietician - Walter

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B. Jones Center locations:
Pitt County, NCtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date:
January 28, 2026 (30+ days left to apply) job requisition :
JR-100439
** Agency
* * Dept of Health and Human Services
** Division
* * W B Jones Alcohol , Drug Abuse Trt Ctr
** Job Classification Title
** Clinical Dietitian (NS)
** Position Number
**** Grade
* * MH12

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence.
** Description of Work
** This Clinical Dietitian position provides on-going, in-depth nutritional assessment of patients who are at increased nutritional risk and requires the development, implementation and review of nutrition care plans to assure attainment and maintenance of optimal nutritional status. This position provides patient counseling with a significant amount of time devoted to those who have chronic or high-risk medical and/or psychiatric problems.

The Clinical Dietician is the nutrition expert and resource person for program events that concern health and nutrition issues within the facility. They will develop all menus and detailed recipes and track inventory (to include USDA) as maintained through the food service vendor. This position will serve as the hospital's liaison regarding issues related to food preparation, safety and inventory.
** Knowledge

Skills and Abilities

/Management Preferences
**** Recruitment Range: $50,879.00 - $76,318.00
*** Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA's)
** Ability to analyze food management and clinical nutrition care operations to evaluate needs and improvements.
* Ability to assess, design and implement nutritional care plans for individuals.
* Knowledge of current accepted principles and practices of nutrition and dietetics.
* Knowledge of diet therapy and disease.
** Per G.S. 126-5(c1) (37), this position is Exempt from all provisions of NC General Statute Chapter 126 (State Human Resources Act) with the exception of Articles 6 and 7.
**** This Position Is Designated As Mandatory And Must Report Or Stay Over During Adverse Weather Events.**##
** About the Facility
** The Walter

B. Jones Center operates two adult inpatient treatment programs on site in Greenville, NC: (1) Woodside Treatment Center and (2) Lakeside Psychiatric Hospital.  The primary purpose and mission of the Walter

B. Jones Center is "To provide inpatient treatment, psychiatric stabilization and medical detoxification for individuals with mental health, substance use and other co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses for ongoing community based treatment and recovery".  The Center is accredited by the Joint Commission and SAMHSA/CSAT.  Two specialty programs are offered to all 100 NC Counties: (1) Inpatient Opioid Treatment for adults and (2) Inpatient Perinatal Services for women in their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimesters with substance use disorders.##

** Supplemental Contact Information:
** Hiring salary will be based on relevant qualifications, internal equity, and budgetary considerations pertinent to the advertised position.

Positions in the Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities shall be subject to pre-employment drug testing and criminal record background checks. Also, the use of tobacco products of any kind including vapor products are prohibited from our campuses. All employees are required to adhere to the facility's Vaccination Policy.
* Application Process
*** Be sure to complete the application in its entirety**. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing this application.
* Information should be provided in the appropriate areas, to include the following:
Education, including high school and all degrees obtained, Work Experience, and Certificates & Licenses. It is critical to our screening and salary determination process that applications contain comprehensive candidate information.
* Answers to Supplemental Questions are not a substitute for providing all relevant information within the body of your application. To receive credit for the supplemental questions, you must provide supporting information within the "Work Experience" section of the application, to support your answers.
* Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application over the phone. To check the status of your application, please log in to your account.  Upon the closing date, applications are "Under Review" and will be screened by Human Resources for the qualified applicants. The hiring process may take several weeks.
* Degrees must be received…