Dietitian (Advanced Level Practice)

Advanced Level Practice Dietitian

This Dietitian (Advanced Level Practice) can be filled at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee or any of its community-based outpatient clinics in Appleton, Cleveland, Green Bay, Oconomowoc, or Union Grove. Major duties of the advanced level practice dietitian include but are not limited to:

• Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments for veterans using the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) assuring high-quality nutrition care under an advanced and expanded scope of practice.
• Leads dietitians and specialty multidisciplinary teams in developing nutrition related services, policies, procedures and/or protocols.
• Provides comprehensive medical nutritional care applying the NCP in a specialty program, and/or a variety of patient care settings. Bases individualized nutrition interventions on the best available research and/or evidence-based guidelines and best practices.
• Provides nutrition education to individuals, small and large groups, peers, licensed practitioner(s), medical students, interns, and residents as applicable.
• Provides consultative services regarding advanced therapies, policies, procedures, and research in the provision of quality nutritional care.
• Develops, monitors, and directs practice-specific benchmarks based on standards of care or national initiatives.
• Utilizes knowledge, expertise, principles and/or current research to plan, implement and evaluate organizational initiatives.
• Leads the implementation of new nutrition initiatives or a change in practice to achieve strategic goals.
• Establishes goals, measures outcomes and reports progress toward meeting goals to medical center committees, health care teams and/or professional groups.
• Leads staff, creates, and validates competencies and develops training activities.
• Leads nutrition research studies or performance improvement and communicates findings
• Leads nutrition research studies or performance improvement and communicates findings through reports, abstracts, presentations and/or peer-reviewed professional publications.
• Presents at seminars, workshops, and lectures to convey current nutrition information on new and changing concepts.
• May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment.

Work Schedule: variable

Telework: Ad-hoc

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: PD99523S

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs