This Supervisory Health Technician (Dietetic) position is located in the Nutrition and Food service (N&FS) of the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System at Aurora, CO. The incumbent works with N&FS information systems and is responsible for maintaining the systems and resolving issues as they arise throughout the medical center. The incumbent also works in the Nutrition Communication Center (NCC) as the NCC Coordinator.

Duties

Major duties include but are not limited to: Oversees daily work assignments to ensure completion of work in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Creates and reviews standard operating procedures (SOPs), performance standards, and technical and administrative competencies for support staff. Counsels employees, addresses informal complaints and grievances and recommends disciplinary action. Provides training, direction, and feedback to subordinate staff of technical, performance, and administrative issues. Evaluates training needs and establishes training schedules of mandatory and nonmandatory topics. Collects and analyzes data for quality improvement reports and makes suggestions for improvements. Consults with clinical nutrition staff to resolve issues pertaining to tray tickets and modified/special diets. Provides day-to-day oversight to menu selections, maintains menus and orders supplies for completing operations. Applies knowledge of modified diet therapies and medical nutrition therapies for health and a wide variety of disease states. Develops and updates nutrient database through analysis of menu items. Performs computer system updates as needed to ensure efficiency and accuracy of system. Troubleshoots and resolves electronic and paper menu issues. Work Schedule: Varying Hours, Sunday - Saturday, 5:00am - 8:00pm Position Description Title/PD#: Supervisory Health Technician (Dietetic)/PD99799-S Physical Requirements: The majority of work is performed in an office setting or kitchen setting and involves everyday risks which require normal safety precautions typical of places such as kitchens, offices, meetings, training rooms, or libraries. The employee may, in certain instances, be exposed to contagious disease and interact with veterans who may have behavioral health issues. Work required to be performed in a kitchen setting may involve exposure to wet floors, and hazards of food processing and serving equipment.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• May serve a probationary period
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) Specialized Experience for GS-07 grade: Positions in this series range widely in type and include support duties to medical or health personnel such as audiologists, speech pathologists, medical officers, and optometrists. Therefore, technician experience is experience that required application of the knowledge, methods, and techniques of the position to be filled. In addition to needing to meet the IOR you also must meet the following: Specialized Experience for GS-07 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-06 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: Oversees daily work assignments to ensure completion of work in a safe, timely, and effective manner. Evaluates training needs and establishes training schedules of mandatory and nonmandatory topics. Consults with clinical nutrition staff to resolve issues pertaining to tray tickets and modified/special diets. Provides day-to-day oversight to menu selections, maintains menus, and orders supplies for completing operations. Utilizes multiple integrated computer systems and software applications OR Applicants may substitute education for the experience required for the GS-07 level (Transcripts Required). To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 1 full year of graduate level education OR Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-07 level (Transcripts Required). You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond a bachelor's degree and specialized experience, as described above, to meet the total requirements. To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-07. For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

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.

Contacts

• Address Eastern Colorado HCS Denver 13611 E. Colfax Ave Aurora, CO 80045 US
• Name: Sergio Ayala
• Phone: 316-685-2221 X50777
• Email: [email protected]