Dietitian; Advanced Level Practice

Summary

This Dietitian (Advanced Level Practice Dietitian) position is located within the Clinical Section of the Nutrition and Food service at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center - Chicago - IL. The Dietitian conducts comprehensive nutrition assessments for Veterans using the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) assuring high-quality nutrition care under an advanced and expanded scope of practice. The advanced practitioner we are seeking should have earned Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC).

• 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:
  Specialized
  
  Experience:
  
  At least 1 year of experience as a Registered D or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) grade level
• AND Certification:
  Must hold an advanced practice certification from a nationally recognized certifying body such as the Commission on Dietetic Registration - the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists - or the National Board of Nutrition Certification
• The certification must be directly related to the assignment being filled
• For example - where the assignment requires diabetes management - a Board Certified-Advanced Diabetes Management or Certified Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist-Advanced Practitioner
• Certified Nutrition Support Clinician
• Copy of Advanced Practice Certification required at time of application
• In addition to the experience and certification above - the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs
• Skill in leading a team in the implementation of nutrition-related activities
• Skill in utilizing evidence-based practice guidelines to establish or modify goals and improve patient outcomes
• Ability to communicate in writing to develop policies and standard operating procedures
• Ability to serve as a nutrition expert - providing technical guidance - direction and staff development
• Ability to lead research or performance improvement studies
• Ability to present complex nutrition information to a large group of health care providers to persuade and influence provision of care
• Physical Requirements:
  
  See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health Services.
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• This position will 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
• They are the subject matter experts in advanced clinical nutrition using knowledge - expertise - principles and/or current research to lead dietitians and nutrition specialty care teams to plan - implement - and evaluate organizational initiatives
• Duties include:
  
  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 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…