PUBLIC HEALTH CONSULTANT 2 (NUTRITION)
Career Family: PUBLIC HEALTH CONSULTANT
New Jersey treats Public Health Consultant 2 (nutrition) as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.
The minimum is a master's degree and 3 years of relevant experience. The FY 2027 range lands between $76,287 and $111,856.
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction of the Public Health Consultant 1 (Nutrition) or other supervisory official in the Department of Health and Senior Services, defines, promotes, and otherwise provides consultative services to public and private nutritional programs in connection with the State Nutrition Program; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Conducts nutrition services as part of a health program in an assigned area or program and provides direct services where indicated.
- Determines the nature and extent of nutrition needs and establishes both long-range and short-term program goals in an assigned area or program, integrating nutrition services with other operating programs of the department.
- Participates in field experience for graduate students such as nutritionists, dietitians, and other professional health workers in the field of nutrition.
- Plans and helps develop federally funded community nutrition services in special federal projects, and provides consultation for continuation and evaluation.
- Advises on the evaluation of dietary services in group care facilities for licensure or certification.
- Interprets nutrition services and maintains effective relationships with civic, educational, government, research, and other groups operating federally funded nutrition projects, or providing nutrition and diet counseling services to ensure coordination and participation of appropriate agencies.
- Plans, assigns, and supervises activities of an inspection or survey team responsible for determining compliance with state and federal regulations, standards, and licensure requirements.
- Participates as a team member and/or serves as a nutrition specialist in the inspection and survey of health care facilities to determine compliance with federal medicaid requirements for Intermediate Care Facilities/Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD).
- Compiles, analyzes, and reviews data and completes inspection, surveillance, state licensure and federal medicare/medicaid survey report forms; prepares a statement of deficiencies for each report with findings, conclusions, and recommendations prior to submission to supervisory personnel for their review and approval.
- Evaluates the quality of patient nutritional care provided in health facilities surveyed in relation to food, drug interaction, laboratory data, diet-disease relationships, nutritional status of patients, food preparation practices, and nutritional adequacy of meals consumed.
- Provides consultation and information to the staff of ICF/DD and gives recommendations pertaining to better patient care and prevention of deficiencies.
- Evaluates and provides written comments pertaining to proposed ICF/DD regulations and licensing and certification requirements.
- Reviews plans for corrective action by health care facilities for acceptability and correction of deficiencies.
- Conducts followup revisits to health care facilities to verify correction of deficiencies and completes state and federal revisit reports.
- Participates in seminars, training programs, and conferences conducted for providers of health care services, staff personnel, and other interested groups as requested and approved.
- Provides consultation and information to administrators and staff of assigned groups of care facilities on menu planning, food purchasing, storage, preparation and service, budgeting and cost control, modified diets, work organization, space and equipment needs, and personnel requirements.
- Performs or arranges for educational activities such as inservice training and staff development programs for professional and auxiliary, institutional nutrition staff.
- Assists with or participates in studies and surveys on the relationship of dietary factors to health and disease.
- Develops, evaluates, revises, selects, and uses educational materials including literature on current development in nutrition.
- Evaluates the nutrition program and recommends policies, standards, and services to meet needs.
- Plans and helps develop community nutrition services and special projects, and provides consultation for continuation and evaluation.
- Prepares clear, technically sound, accurate, and informative reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Education
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree supplemented by a Master's degree in any nutrition specialty such as Public Health Nutrition, Human Nutrition, Dietetics, Food Service Administration, or Nutrition Education.
Experience
Three (3) years of experience in nutrition or dietetics, one (1) year of which must have been as a nutritionist in an administrative or consultant capacity.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of principles and practices of public administration methods in relation to nutrition, dietetics, and food service management.
- Knowledge of principles and practices of modern nutrition and dietetics and of foods and food requirements.
- Knowledge of principles and practices of modern nutrition and dietetics.
- Knowledge of principles and appropriate methods of nutrition education.
- Knowledge of Nutrition Program for the Elderly and other licensing certification requirements for institutional food service facilities.
- Knowledge of the organization of the Department of Health and Senior Services after a period of training.
- Ability to act as a consultant and advisor on foods and human nutrition and to interpret the Public Health Nutrition Program of the Department of Health and Senior Services or other federally funded nutrition programs to councils, committees, county and local health and welfare organizations, and to lay and professional groups.
- Ability to plan and participate in community meetings and conferences.
- Ability to plan, coordinate, promote, and evaluate the nutrition component of health services and to make recommendations to alleviate problem areas based on research and current developments in food service delivery and nutrition.
- Ability to identify problem areas in food service administration and to develop recommendations to solve these problems based on current standards and assessments of the needs of the health care facility or organization.
- Ability to research solutions to questions concerning nutrition and dietetics from health care facilities or local or county health and welfare organizations.
- Ability to collect, prepare, and evaluate appropriate educational materials and visual aids.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with individuals and groups, consumers, and agency staff.
- Ability to compose correspondence in the course of official duties.
- Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate, and informative statistical and other reports and studies containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
- Ability to maintain essential records and files.
- Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
- CODES: 24/P24- CAH 7/11/96
Note
The definition and examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.
Completion of an approved dietetic internship in hospital dietetics, clinical nutrition, administration, or public health may be substituted for one (1) year of required experience.