Dietitian

at DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - DHS in Springfield, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Opening Date: 08/21/2025
Closing Date: 09/04/2025
​Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: DIETITIAN - 12510 
Skill Option: None 
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $5,148 - $7,555 per month ($61,776 - $90,660 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time 
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: RC062

Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm; 1-hour unpaid lunch

Work Location: 901 E Southwind Rd Springfield, IL 62703-5125

Division of Mental Health

Elizabeth Packard Mental Health Center

Nursing Services

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Position Overview

The Division of Mental Health is seeking to hire a Dietitian for the Elizabeth Packard Mental Health Center located in Springfield, Illinois to interpret diet prescriptions in the planning and preparation of menus and diets for individuals at the Center. Plans and directs the preparation of all diets. Participates in the habilitation planning process. Conducts in-service training to professional and para-professional staff with regard to proper nutrition and dietary requirements.  Verifies compliance with Joint Commission and Public Health standards as well as the Center’s and DHS policies and procedures regarding nutrition and dietary needs. 

Essential Functions

• Interprets diet prescriptions in the planning and preparation of menus and diets for individuals at Elizabeth Packard Mental Health Center.
• Plans and directs the preparation of all diets. 
• Conducts regular reviews of food and related supplies and equipment in the Stores areas and on the units. 
• Performs quality assurance checks including sanitation, food production and physical plant.
• Conducts in-service training to professional and para-professional staff with regard to proper nutrition and dietary requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required which are reasonably within the scope of duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college with courses in dietetics.
• Requires licensure as a dietitian nutritionist by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as set forth in the Dietitian Nutritionist Practice Act (225 ILCS 30).

* This class is included as an Upward Mobility Program credential title.

Conditions of Employment

• Requires the ability to utilize office equipment, including personal computers.
• Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.

* The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.