Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition)

Job Title

Duties Include:

Serves as a professional and technical advisor to staff and other health care professionals. Represents the Clinical Nutrition Section on projects, committees, and/or workgroups within the department and facility. Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and assumes full responsibility in planning, directing, and assessing work of subordinate staff. Develops procedures and guidelines for clinical operations and monitors compliance with regulatory standards and policies and procedures. Builds and implements contingency plans within the section, ensuring continuity of clinical operations in internal and external emergency situations. Establishes a training plan for the clinical section that is based on evidence-based nutrition. Develops and leads clinical nutrition operations. 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. Leads performance improvement efforts within Clinical Nutrition section, acting on quality improvement data and plans. Collaborates with the food operations staff, bridging the work of the clinical nutrition staff to the food services provided to Veterans. Identifies and prioritizes problems, sets long and short-term goals, develops action plans and analyses data to evaluate progress to improve outcomes. Develops and updates policies and procedures and the establishment and oversight of a system for regulatory compliance. May perform other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm

Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized

Telework: Ad-hoc

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: PD99521S

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs