Dietetic Technician

  • JT-DD83CJ CONTINENTAL DHN - EVANS
  • Fort Carson, Colorado
  • Full Time
Dietetic Technician

Department of Defense

Military Trement Facilities under DHA

Evans Army Community Hospital, Directore of Clinical Support, Nutrition Care

Summary

About the Position This position is loced Evans Army Community Hospital, Fort Carson, CO with Nutrition Care.

This is a Direct Hire Solicition

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Summary

About the Position This position is loced Evans Army Community Hospital, Fort Carson, CO with Nutrition Care.

This is a Direct Hire Solicition

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Overview

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Accepting applicions

Open & closing des

05/08/2026 to 05/22/2026

Salary

$41,811 - $54,355 per year

Pay scale & grade

GS 5

Locion

1 vacancy in the following locion:

Fort Carson, CO

Remote job

No

Telework eligible

No

Travel Required

Not required

Relocion expenses reimbursed

No

Appointment type

Permanent

Work schedule

Full-time

Service

Competitive

Promotion potential

None

Job family (Series)

0640 Health Aid And Technician

Supervisory stus

No

Security clearance

Other

Drug test

No

Position sensitivity and risk

Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

Trust determinion process

Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure

No

Bargaining unit stus

Yes

Announcement number

HSJW-26-12955865-DHA

Control number

868213800

This job is open to

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The public

U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Duties

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Provide nutrition care in accordance with established guidelines and policy.

Review pient medical charts for pertinent informion reled to pient nutritional stus and lifestyle.

Record screening da, nutrition assessments and plans.

Review diet orders and upde food preferences and supplements in computerized programs.

Communice with dietitian regarding diet instructions.

Evalue accuracy of tray assembly and nourishment planning procedures.

Review menus and makes adjustments as necessary.

Communice with all members of the Nutritional Care Team, orally or via e-mail, regarding all informion relive to pient care and meal service.

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Conditions of employment

Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determinion, as determined by a completed background investigion.

This position requires the incumbent to have tuberculosis testing.

One year probionary period may be required.

This position has mandory seasonal influenza vaccinion requirements and is subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinions unless otherwise exempted for medical or religious reasons (documention of exemption must be provided upon hire).

This position may require the incumbent to work on any day or shift, including PMs, nights, weekends, holidays, basis, necessary to meet mission requirements.

This position has been designed Mission Essential. In the event of severe weher conditions or other such emergency type situions, the incumbent is required to report to work or remain work as scheduled to support mission operions.

This position has specific initial background investigion and periodic re-verificion requirements since its duties require interaction with children and youth under the age of eighteen (18) years of age on a recurring basis.

Qualificions

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the educion and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion. Additional informion about transcripts is in this document .

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes Experience which includes obtaining nutritional screenings for pients with a wide range of medical conditions; applying facility -specific nutrition risk criteria, including calculing Body Mass Index (BMI) and Usual Body Weight (UBW); and monitoring Pient Tray Service (PTS) to ensure each pient's meal tray complies with prescribed diet requirements This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).

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Educion: Four year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree, with major study or least 24 semester hours in subjects directly reled to the position such as Clinical Nutrition, Dietetics, or Public Health Nutrition. (Note: You must tach a copy of your transcripts.)

OR

Combinion of Educion and Experience: A combinion of educion and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of educion beyond two years (total semester hours minus 60) by 60. Add the two percentages. (Note: You must tach a copy of your transcripts.)

Educion

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must show the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, : .

Additional informion

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certificion Stement for Selective Service Registrion.

You required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.

One year trial/probionary period may be required.

Direct Deposit of Pay is required.

Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.

Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.

Recruitment and or Relocion incentive may be authorized

Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.

This position may require the incumbent to work on any day or shift, including PMs, nights, weekends, holidays, basis, necessary to meet mission requirements.

Position is designed as Mission Essential. The incumbent required to report to work during times of contingency operions, nural disasters, extreme weher or other emergency situions.

Position is designed as Inclement Weher Essential. The incumbent must make every tempt to report for work on time and/or remain on duty during severe weher conditions.

If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the informion in the Reemployed Annuitant informion sheet.

Payment of Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determinion th a PCS move is not in the Government interest.

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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.

Benefits

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How you evalued

You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

Once the announcement has closed, a review of your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility.

If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position.

Veterans and Military Spouses considered along with all other candides.

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Required documents

Required Documents

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The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference cegories and the associed required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements .

As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion.

For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position.

Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume.

If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.

For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume .

2. Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional

Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable

This position has an individual occupional requirement and/or allows for substitution of educion for experience. If you meet this requirement based on educion you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your applicion package or you red ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses .

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:

Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.

How to Apply

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To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below.

The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/22/2026 to receive considerion.

To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion ( ).

Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section.

You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process.

You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete.

It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.

Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center .

To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : .

Agency contact informion

Army Applicant Help Desk

Website

Address

JT-DD83CJ CONTINENTAL DHN - EVANS

DO NOT MAIL

Fort Carson, CO 80913

US

Next steps

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion.

Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Required Documents

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The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference cegories and the associed required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements .

As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further.

1. Your resume:

Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion.

For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position.

Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume.

If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.

For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume .

2. Other supporting documents:

Cover Letter, optional

Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable

This position has an individual occupional requirement and/or allows for substitution of educion for experience. If you meet this requirement based on educion you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your applicion package or you red ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses .

NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:

Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from

schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .

Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.

How to Apply

Help

To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below.

The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 05/22/2026 to receive considerion.

To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion ( ).

Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section.

You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.

After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process.

You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete.

It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.

Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center .

To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : .

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Agency contact informion

Army Applicant Help Desk

Website

Address

JT-DD83CJ CONTINENTAL DHN - EVANS

DO NOT MAIL

Fort Carson, CO 80913

US

Next steps

If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion.

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Fair and transparent

The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

Criminal history inquiries

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy

Financial suitability

New employee probionary period

Privacy Act

Reasonable accommodion policy

Selective Service

Signure and false stements

Social security number request

Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/08/2026 to 05/22/2026 Salary $41,811 - $54,355 per year Pay scale & grade GS 5 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fort Carson, CO Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number HSJW-26-12955865-DHA Control number 868213800
Job ID: 520698912
Originally Posted on: 5/11/2026

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