Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinator at a facility, leading a multidisciplinary team. They are administratively responsible for a specialty program and provide program specific leadership, guidance and direction, technical advice, and staff development.

Duties

Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinators have oversight responsibilities for program, policy, and procedure development, set goals, monitor, and redefine priorities. They exercise a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in planning, directing, and assessing work of subordinate staff. Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinators formulate budget and staffing requirements. They provide program specific guidance, direction, technical advice, and staff development. Major Duties include: -Manages all aspects of the program for the facility, assuring local compliance with national policy and direction. - Coordinates with the multidisciplinary team to develop local goals. Measures progress toward the goals and reports to the appropriate officials at a local, VISN and national level. - Plans, directs, and assesses the work of subordinate staff. - Establishes performance standards. - Evaluates the overall performance of employees. - Develops and evaluates the competence of subordinate staff, maintaining records as defined by the agency. - Takes steps necessary to ensure subordinate personnel maintain their technical competence. - Provides direct patient care by developing and implementing comprehensive nutrition therapy, practicing within their scope/clinical privileges. - Assures proper coordination of care for Veterans enrolled in the program. - Serves as the professional and technical advisor for their program. - Promotes and maintains effective working relationships with all faculty and significant parties at the national, state, and local level. - Directs or participates in the design of studies, collect data, conduct statistical analysis, interpret findings, and translate results into written and oral communications. - Sets priorities, delegates tasks, meet multiple deadlines, analyze organizational problems, and develop and implement effective solutions. - Serves as a consultant and technical advisor within nutrition and food services and with other facility health care staff in evaluating health care delivery to Veterans and employees. - Determines the continuing education needs of program staff and appropriate resources to meet those needs. - Oversees all aspects for the program, policy, and procedure development. - Oversees development and maintenance of training and reference materials. - Establishes and manages program goals and objectives. - Plans and administers a program, coordinates associated activities and resources, evaluate program accomplishments, redefines priorities, problem solves, and modifies objectives. - Formulates the annual budget taking into consideration staffing, supplies, and equipment needs. - Determines staffing needs and request new FTEE for the overall management of organizational changes. - Ensures multi-year and long-range national mission directives and program goals/objectives are met. - Maintains program information through approved social media outlets. - May perform other duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday: 7:30am to 4:00 pm Telework: Available-ADHOC Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #:99516-S

Requirements

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). Current VHA Dietitians that qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision may not be promoted to a higher grade if they do not meet the current RDN/RD requirements. Grade Determinations: GS-13 Supervisory Dietitian (Facility Program Coordinator) Experience Requirement: In addition to meeting the basic requirements, to qualify for the GS-13 you possess at least 1 year of experience as an RDN/RD equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) which demonstrates the following Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. Knowledge of program administration to establish and modify program goals and objectives, coordinate activities, evaluate accomplishments and solve problems. Skill in developing quality improvement or research activities. Skill in developing training and reference materials. Ability to supervise subordinate staff (i.e., plan, organize, delegate, direct, control and review activities and performance). Ability to develop policies and procedures. Ability to provide program-specific coordination to include leadership, technical advice and staff development. Preferred Experience: Has three (3) years working knowledge in both the clinical and administrative functions of NFS with one (1) year supervisory experience. References: VA Handbook 5005 Part II Appendix G20 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.

Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

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Contacts

• Address Tennessee Valley HCS - Nashville 1310 24th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37212 US
• Name: Brent Clark
• Phone: 615-225-5456
• Email: [email protected]