NEEDED: DIETITIAN (registered)

LOCATION: 1 Munro Ave, Cape May, NJ 08204

SCHEDULE: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week, Monday – Saturday, between 5:30 AM and 5:00 PM

COURSES: Eligible students will arrive at TCCM and are placed in the FSPP on a 3-week rotating schedule. Every week students will be tested for body fat composition and fitness. If they meet forming standard, they will graduate out of FSPP and begin boot camp. Students may stay in the FSPP for up to 12 weeks. Once a seat is vacated, it is open for a new student to rotate in and begin the course.

DUTIES: (Not limited to)

• Shall serve as part of an interdisciplinary team composed of fitness instructors, Coast Guard (CG) Corpsman.
• Determine optimal medical nutrition therapy utilizing a four-step nutrition care process: (1) nutrition assessment; (2) nutrition diagnosis; (3) nutrition intervention; and (4)
• nutrition monitoring and evaluation.
• Use Evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines assist them and the Future Sentinel in making decisions about nutrition care and the treatment plan.
• Assess Future Sentinel health and nutrition history to include chief complaint, history of present concern, past medical and surgical history, laboratory values, medication and supplement use, activity level, typical eating patterns, cultural background, psychosocial issues that impact on nutritional status, and other conditions, (i.e., food preferences and meal preparation).
• Perform anthropometric measurements as needed to assess nutritional status such as abdominal circumference and body fat analysis.
• Perform nutrient analysis of dietary intake and estimates nutrition requirements specific for the clinical condition.
• Incorporates various patient-centered counseling and education techniques such as motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy to enhance understanding and compliance of diet modifications.
• Instruct Future Sentinels on use of electronic or print food and activity diaries to improve compliance and monitoring of diet modification.
• Manages Future Sentinel care through evidence-based treatment plans to include follow-up and routine monitoring of compliance through metric indicators such as abdominal circumference, lipid abnormalities, and iron levels. Develop basic nutrition plans. including individualized menu plans for classes of up to 30 students over a 90-day period. Calculate caloric intake and protein/carbohydrate/fat balancing to meet the physical demands of the program while enabling safe weight loss.
• Provide weight reduction counseling to Future Sentinels. Provides memoranda documenting nutrition counseling when appropriate.
• Conduct weight reduction counseling based on individual nutrition care plan. Weight reduction counseling can be conducted individually, as a group, or a combination of individual and group sessions.
• Monitors weight reduction program effectiveness by conducting anthropometric measurements such as weight, abdominal circumference, iron levels, LDL, and body fat. Instructs on the use of electronic or paper food and fitness diaries to increase diet compliance, weight loss, and behavior change.
• Provide nutrition education programs to maximize human performance optimization and eventual combat performance.
• Attends leadership meetings as special advisor, providing a brief as directed by the Agency Technical Representative. Provide educational programs such as nutritional refueling, supplements, effective use of caffeine for performance, and sleep hygiene and foods naturally designed to help prevent injury.
• Conduct spot checks of student plates during mealtimes to provide timely feedback on student feeding decisions. Review food and fitness diaries to monitor trends and compliance with prescribed nutritional plans.
• Provide support to the CG TRACEN Cape May Food Service Officer in marketing CG nutrition.
• Develop individualized wellness plans based on comprehensive risk-factors for weight, use, exercise rates, nutritional status, and blood pressure. Conduct counseling or referrals appropriate to the individual’s identified needs to include one or more of the following: Nutritional counseling, physical activity plan, alcohol and smoking cessation counseling and services, stress management and health approved dietary supplements.
• Provide patient-centered nutrition care through collaborating with interdisciplinary team. Promotes and participates in team-based group therapy for treatment of conditions such as obesity and eating disorders. Personally, delivers nutrition education to Future Sentinels in the form of classroom lectures, small group discussions, and one-on-one counseling.

BENEFITS: Competitive hourly pay rate, accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays, 401K opportunity, and healthcare benefits contribution.