JOB DUTIES

• Performs basic dietetic functions in a hospital, clinic, or field environment


• Provides nutritional treatment and basic level counseling to patients in nutrition clinics, health promotion and wellness clinics and classroom settings


• Assists dietitians or superiors in food service supervision, planning, and production operations


• Performs nutrition assessment screenings of individual patients for nutritional requirements and restrictions; provides recommendations on food item selection

Job training for a Nutrition Care Specialists currently requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and seven weeks of Advanced Individual Training to include small quantity food preparation.



Some of the skills you’ll learn are:

• Individual and classroom presentations


• Assessment of a patient’s dietary requirements and restrictions


• Menu planning to include recipe modification for special diets


• Basic food preparation, large and small quantities


• Food safety and sanitation