Dietitian Career Panel

LT Mitchel Holliday, MS, MSED, RDNutrition Specialist

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Dietitian Career Panel

- Describe personal career progression

- Differentiate opportunities for dietitians available within the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

- Identify ways dietitians can contribute to the USPHS mission within the BOP

Presentation Objectives

- Have attempted to use continued development of PHS Core Values as a goal for career progression as opposed to category benchmarks

- Opportunities for service to the public, OPDIVs, Dietitian Category and USPHS rarely afforded to Junior Officers

- Support from chain-of-command- Influenced by a number of outstanding officers through their

demonstration of PHS Core Values- Understand the populations I am serving and the importance of

the service provided- Understand how fortunate I am for having these opportunities

and have attempted to use them as motivation to continue to serve in various roles to the best of my abilities

- The more I focus on service, the faster I continue to develop as an officer, the more opportunities for service have come to me, and the faster my career has seemed to progress

Career Progression

- Finding out about PHS- Asking Questions- Tribal Affairs- The Cold Call

“Getting in is The Hardest Part”

- CAPT Ramos-Tate and CAPT Fredrick (retired)

- PHS Officer Mentorship- Pilot OBC Course - Service Unit Opportunities for Service

Indian Health Service

Federal Bureau of Prisons

- Thomas Issermoyer – National Food Service Administrator

- Combination of Food Service and Health Service at National and Institutional Level

- Legal Nutrition

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Readiness Progression

- Hurricane Ike Deployment- RDF-5

* Dietitian* Food Service Unit Leader* Public Information Officer

- Pikeville Field Training

Hurricane Ike FMS

Pikeville Field Training

- Subcommittees* Readiness* Professional Development* Recruitment and Retention

- Professional Development Subcommittee Chair

Dietitian PAC Progression

- Have attempted to use continued development of PHS Core Values as a goal for career progression as opposed to category benchmarks

- Opportunities for service to the public, OPDIVs, Dietitian Category and USPHS rarely available to Junior Officers

- Support from chain-of-command- Influenced by a number of outstanding officers, through their

demonstration of PHS Core Values- Understand the populations I am serving and the importance of

the service I provide- Understand how fortunate I am for having these opportunities

and have attempted to use them as motivation to continue to serve in various roles to the best of my abilities

- The more I focus on service, the faster I continue to develop as an officer, the more opportunities for service have come to me, and the faster my career has seemed to progress

Career Progression

Opportunities Within BOP

6 Federal Medical Centers

2 Clinical Dietitians

Central Office

1 Chief Dietitian

1 Nutrition Specialist

130 +/- Assistant Health Service Administrator Positions

116 Health Service Administrator Positions

6 Regional Health Service Administrators

National Health Services Administrator and several other Central Office Health Service related positions

Western Region Locations

North Central Region Locations

South Central Region Locations

Southeast Region Locations

Mid-Atlantic Region Locations

Northeast Region Locations

The Federal Bureau of Prisons protects society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost efficient, and appropriately secure, and which provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens.

http://www.bop.gov/about/mission.jsp

Bureau of Prisons Mission

The Health Services Division has three primary missions relating to its concerns and responsibilities in medical care, safety and environmental health, and food services: - The health care mission of the Bureau of Prisons is to deliver medically necessary health care to inmates effectively in accordance with proven standards of care without compromising public safety concerns inherent to the Bureau's overall mission. - The occupational safety and environmental health mission of the Bureau of Prisons is to provide a safe and healthful environment in which staff and inmates can work and live. - The food service mission of the Bureau of Prisons is to provide healthy, nutritionally-sound, and appetizing meals that meet the needs of the general population and those at nutritional risk.

Health Service Division Mission

- To provide inmates with meals that are nutritionally adequate, properly prepared, and attractively served. - To identify, develop, and manage essential resources to meet the operational needs of the Food Service program. - To ensure inmates assigned to Food Service are provided with opportunities to acquire skills and abilities that may assist them in obtaining employment after release. - To provide inmates with nutritional information that enables them to determine and establish healthy eating habits.

Food Service Branch Mission

Personal Opinion:- There are nontraditional opportunities across

the country at all agency levels - Nutritional Services are in their infancy stages

within the BOP. With the Central Office development of dietitian positions, an increase in PHS Dietitians presently serving in the BOP, and increased efforts for collaboration among dietitians, it has/will continue to open doors for opportunity in the areas of clinical and public health nutrition advancement

Meeting the Mission - Going

Forward

Thank You