Primarily responsible for assisting in the supervision of medical nutrition care operations.
Carries out policies and standard of the performance, training, appearance and conduct of enlisted personnel; advises and initiates recommendations to the commander and staff in matters pertaining to the local NCO support channel; serves as the principal non-commissioned officer who supervises, and performs related duties as the senior advisor to Commanders, Directors, and Chiefs of Departments and staff agencies on all matters pertaining to enlisted personnel; they perform these duties in multifunctional medical and dental treatment facilities, medical staff activities, or in medical units formed under the Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE), or Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) concept; must be qualified in one of the following seven MOS (68E, 68G, 68J, 68M, 68P, 68Q and 68W) at the grade MSG; must be knowledgeable in technical mission, responsibilities and operations of all medical functional activities including division and higher levels of medical special, general and joint staff sections, large and medium size hospitals, health centers and clinics, battery, company and troop size units and all levels of echelons for medical organizations to include all major commands; must be able to plan, coordinate and supervise activities pertaining to unit organization, training, tactical and technical operations.
Perform basic clinical dietetics functions in the dietary management and treatment of patients in nutrition clinics, clinical dietetics branches, health promotion and wellness clinics; perform nutritional assessments and screening of individual patients for nutritional risk; prepares and serves modified and regular food items in the management of the normal nutrition needs of individuals across the life span, for example, infants through geriatrics and a diversity of people, cultures and religions in support of the mission, under the supervision of a dietitian or senior NCO; performs and supervises basic clinical dietetics functions in the dietary management and treatment of patients in nutrition clinics, clinical dietetics branches, health promotion and wellness clinics; perform nutritional assessments and screening of individual patients for nutritional risk; supervises the management aspects in nutrition clinics, health promotion, wellness clinics and the production and service branches; responsible for the gathering of nutritional data, applying nutritional data, providing nutritional education, developing personnel, managing supplies, equipment use, managing food production, the hiring and supervising of civilian employees in all nutrition operations and managing the overall business operations in the Nutrition Care Branch.
Supervise the clinical dietetics management aspects in nutrition clinics, clinical dietetic divisions, health promotion and wellness clinics and production and service divisions; supervise the performance of basic clinical dietetics functions in the dietary management and treatment of patients and staff; supervise the nutritional assessment and screening of individual patients; supervise the preparation and service of modified and regular food items in the management of the normal nutrition needs of individuals across the life span, i.e., infants through geriatrics and a diversity of people, cultures, and religions in support of the mission, under the supervision of a dietitian; supervise the Nutrition Care Division; manage the day-to-day operations of the division; ensure that all resources are available to the division; serve as the primary hand-receipt holder and budget manager; ensures training for all staff members is conducted and coordinated with the Combat Support Hospital (CSH) for Medical Proficiency Training (MPT) in accordance with FORSCOM Regulation 350-1, in support of the hospital's mission essential task list (METL).