Dietitian (Facility Program Coordinator)

The VA Northern Arizona Health Care System is seeking a dynamic Dietitian(Facility Program Coordinator) to join our Nutrition and Food service team! Dietitians in this assignment are administratively responsible for a specialty program and provide program-specific leadership, guidance and direction, technical advice, and staff development. Facility Program Coordinators have oversight responsibilities for program, policy, and procedure development, set goals, monitor and redefine priorities. 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. Registration : 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). Note : Applicants who hold the RDN credential have met the education requirement (e.g. bachelor's degree or higher) of CDR, as such this occupation is considered professional and scientific with a positive education requirement and the procedures in Part I, Chapter 4 of VA HANDBOOK 5005/154 will be followed when applying Veteran's preference. 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: In addition to the basic requirements above, applicants must possess the following grade requirements. Dietitian (Facility Program Coordinator): Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11). 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. Assignment: For all supervisory assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity, difficulty, variety and be performed by the incumbent as a major duty at least 25% of the time. The incumbent must spend 25% or more of their time providing administrative and technical supervision over staff at the GS-11 or above. Dietitians in this assignment serve as a Dietitian Program Coordinator at a facility and report to a GS 13 or above. Dietitian Program Coordinators lead a multi disciplinary team. Dietitian Program Coordinators provide program-specific leadership and exercise a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in planning, directing and assessing the work of subordinate staff. They establish performance standards and evaluate the overall performance of employees; define competency requirements, identify developmental and training needs and take necessary actions to ensure subordinate personnel maintains and enhance technical expertise. Dietitian Program Coordinators formulate budget and staffing requirements in managing organizational changes and ensuring multi-year and long-range national mission directives and program goals/objectives are met. They are administratively responsible for a specialty program. Dietitian Program Coordinators may provide direct patient care as they develop and implement comprehensive nutrition therapy, practicing within their scope/clinical privileges. They provide program-specific guidance and direction and technical advice and staff development. Dietitian Program Coordinators have oversight responsibilities for program and policy and procedure development, set goals and monitor and redefine priorities and may have an active role in fiscal management for the program. They direct or participate in designing clinical research activities or quality improvement studies, including data collection and analysis. Dietitian Program Coordinators oversee and are responsible for developing and maintaining training and reference materials. They maintain program information through approved social media outlets. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr