Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical)

FUNCTIONS OR SCOPES OF PRACTICE.
- Serves as a professional and technical advisor to Clinical and Food Service staff and other health care professionals
- Represents the Nutrition and Food Service Section on projects committees and/or workgroups within the department and facility.
- Assumes full responsibility for planning directing and assessing the work and competence of subordinate staff.
- Collaborates with other managers in the medical center to negotiate and/or make decisions on NFS related matters affecting clinical and food service operations.
- Provides Nutrition and Food Service Section specific leadership and exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities
- Develops procedures and guidelines for clinical and food service operations and monitors compliance with regulatory standards and policies and procedures.
- Participates in performance improvement efforts within Clinical Nutrition and Food Service section acting on quality improvement data and plans.
- Leads the action planning process to attain goals and resolve deficiencies.
- Identifies and prioritized problems sets long and short-term goals identifies action plans for the clinical and food service section and nutrition programs.
- Builds and implements contingency plans within the section ensuring continuity of clinical and Food Service operations in all internal and external emergency situations.
- Executes the training plan for the clinical and Food Service section and ensures staff remain up to date on advances and changes in medical nutrition therapy. Orients and trains employees related to clinical nutrition and collaborates on training for food service operations and appropriate policies and procedures. Assists with new employee onboarding.
- Ensures that materials utilized in Veteran education are evidence-based using current literature and research.
- Analyses data (i.e. event capture clinic utilization) to recommend allocation of clinical nutrition resources.
-Responsible for implementation and collaboration of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points program.
- Ensures continuity of clinical and food service operations during internal and external emergencies and unusual circumstances.
- Ensures evidence-based guidelines are integrated into clinical practice.
- Ensures Veteran education materials are written with based on evidence based guidelines current literature practice and research.
- Collaborates with the food operations staff bridging the work and training of the clinical nutrition staff to the food services provided to Veterans.
- May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment.

SUPERVISORY CONTROLS.
- The incumbent works under the general supervision of a Supervisory Dietitian GS-13 or above who establishes objectives and department
priorities.
- The incumbent is expected to complete work assignments with relative independence and minimal guidance personally setting the deadlines for work completions. They assume responsibility in work assignments in accordance with regulations and independently and resolves most conflicts by using considerable judgment and interpretation.
- Work is reviewed to ensure that overall objectives of the position are met.


Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4pm
Telework: Ad-Hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #:99521-S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) or Registered Dietitian (RD) - Must be registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) the credentialing branch of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics formerly known as the American Dietetic Association (ADA).
• Physical Requirements. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Employee Occupational Health Service for requirements.
• English Language Proficiency. Dietitian candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).