Dietetic Inspector

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3 / 20 / 2025 (8 : 00 PM EDT)

25-01351

Dietetic Inspector

Pay Grade15

Salary

46,146.72 - $69,221.28 Annually

Employment Type

EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR / WK

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Hiring Agency

Cabinet for Health & Family Services | Office of Inspector General

Location

908 W Broadway

L&N Building, 10-W

Louisville, KY 40203 USA

The agency may authorize the selected candidate to telecommute. The agency may terminate or modify the telecommuting arrangement at any time.

Description

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) performs many varied functions for the Cabinet for Health and FamilyServices. OIG has six divisions : Division of Regulated Child Care, Division of Health Care, Certificate ofNeed, Division of Kentucky Health Information Exchange, Division of Telehealth, and the Division of Audits andInvestigations. These divisions cover a wide variety of job tasks and duties in varied settings throughoutKentucky, which include inspecting and licensing childcare and healthcare facilities and services, andconducting investigations of complaints in those facilities, as well as conducting Medicaid fraud and othertypes of complaints for the Cabinet.

The Dietetic Inspector completes surveys for certification and licensing of various types of health carefacilities in the Northern Enforcement Branch. One of the primary duties of this position is working as apart of a team or independently to conduct dietary inspections for healthcare facilities to determine ifdeficient practices exist in a facility. This includes conducting complaint investigations, documentingviolations, and determining facility compliance.

If you are a professional, self-motivated, positive person with a desire to use your clinical and peopleskills to improve healthcare in Kentucky, and you desire to work with a team of dedicated professionals whobelieve in their mission, we would love to welcome you to our OIG family!

This position does require extensive in-state travel, overtime, weekend work, and overnight stays depending onthe type of survey and the location of the facility being inspected. It also requires the physical abilityand energy to traverse large healthcare facilities for extended periods of time during surveys and inspections.

This position reports to an office in Louisville (Jefferson Co.), KY and works with a survey team in thefollowing counties : Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Gallatin, Hardin, Hart, Henry, Jefferson, Larue, Meade,Nelson, Oldham, Owen, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble. We encourage applicants from these counties to apply.

Key Responsibilities :

• Conduct inspections of healthcare facilities and services for licensure and certification purposes.
• Investigate complaints of regulatory violations in healthcare facilities.
• Write Statements of Deficiencies and Type A citations.
• Create written documents detailing findings of non-compliance in healthcare facilities and descriptions of information gathered.
• Make final determinations related to complaint investigations.
• Schedule and conduct revisits to determine compliance.
• Monitor facility if termination or closure occur.
• Participate in conferences, webinars, and other types of mandatory and optional training to improve knowledge and skills related to regulation of health care facilities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Preferred skills and abilities :

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) participates in E-Verify and will provide the federalgovernment with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in U.S. CHFS will onlyuse E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. For more information on E-Verify,or if you believe that CHFS has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact Department of HomelandSecurity (DHS) at 888-897-7781 or

Minimum Requirements

EDUCATION : See Special Requirements

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS : NONE

Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE : NONE

Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION : NONE

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.) : Must be licensed as a dietitian by the Ky. Board of Licensure and Certification for Dietitians and Nutritionists Must be registered as a dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the credentialing agency for the American Dietetic Association. Must maintain any required licensure(s), certification(s), or other credentials for the length of employment in this classification. Employing agency is responsible for ensuring employee possesses and maintains required licensure(s), certification(s) or other credentials.

Working Conditions

Work typically involves travel.

Probationary Period

This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.

If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Carmen Ferguson at Carmen.Ferguson@ky.gov or 502-595-4958.

An Equal Opportunity Employer M / F / D

Salary : $46,147 - $69,221