APPROXIMATE HOURLY RATE -
$20.07 to
$29.67
PAY GRADE: 33
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
JOB INFORMATION
Work Type: Intermittent vacancies as they may occur
in this geographical location.
Applications accepted
until recruitment needs are satisfied
** Qualified individuals are encouraged to apply immediately. Lists of eligible candidates will be established and hiring may occur early in the recruiting process. Recruitment will close without notice when a sufficient number of applications are received or a hiring decision has been made.
The Position
Quality Assurance Specialists design and implement a comprehensive quality assurance program encompassing clinical and related disciplines at a mental health hospital, residential care facility or community-based program or service for individuals with intellectual disabilities who may also have significant physical and/or mental health issues [problems], rehabilitation facility, or a clinic which provides outpatient medical and psychological services, or the medical system for the Department of Corrections.
Incumbents perform in a trainee capacity and acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required in this occupation.
This recruitment will be used to fill two vacancies located in Las Vegas with the Nevada Department of Agriculture, Nutrition Education Program. Incumbents will be working under the direction of the Food and Nutrition Division Administrator, conducting intermittent, administrative reviews of sponsors to determine compliance with USDA National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and Residential Child Care Institution (RCCI) Program regulations, to include program and menu review; advising sponsors of corrective actions required based on review findings; and follow-up reviews. NOTE: Per NV State Legislature, State of Nevada Classified employees are subject to a mandatory unpaid furlough requirement of 48 hours per year (part-time prorated) through June 30, 2015.
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications)
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in nursing, social work, human development, special education, health science, public health, or other behavioral or social science and one year of experience providing client services in a human services field; OR a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in one of the majors listed above and one year of experience performing program evaluation, quality assurance/improvement and/or utilization review activities for a human services program; OR an equivalent combination of experience and education above the bachelor's degree level.
Additional Position Criteria
Bachelor's degree in Nutrition or a directly related field.
The Examination
Application Evaluation Exam
The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process.
The following additional questions are part of this Recruitment
1) Describe your experience in the field of nutrition, including defining specific duties performed.
2) Are you a Registered Dietitian?
3) Are you willing to work intermittent hours, up to 440 hours total in a year.
4) Describe your experience reviewing or monitoring programs for compliance under a specific set of rules or regulations
5) Describe your experience analyzing menus for nutritional analysis.
