Supervisory Dietitian; Food Operations

Supervisory Dietician

The Supervisory Dietician is responsible for carrying out the strategic and business aspects of the full food service operations section. They support the Nutrition & Food Services goals in alignment with the broader medical center mission and coordinate section activities with other services and units in the facility, clinics, and local community. Duties include but not limited to:

• Provides food-operations-specific leadership, serving as professional and technical advisor to staff and other health care professionals.
• Has oversight over HR staffing, employee relations and labor relations in Food Service Operations.
• Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in planning, directing, and assessing work of subordinate staff.
• Establishes a training plan for the food operations section.
• Develops and leads food operations.
• Establishes strategic goals and ensures priorities align with the strategic plan of the Nutrition & Food Services department, VISN, and national programs.
• Leads the continuous quality improvement effort in Food Service Operations.
• 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 establishes and oversees a system for regulatory compliance. Coordinates food service operation policies and procedures with clinical nutrition management, nursing, and other services, as applicable.
• Manages the budget and other resources, anticipating future trends and inflation, new service opportunities, recommendations for growth, efficiencies and strategic efforts are factored into resource requests and brought to the Chief.
• Directs staff in management of contracts, subsistence, supply purchasing for Nutrition & Food Services and submits reports to the Nutrition & Food Services Chief.
• Solicits support and/or negotiates with facility managers to influence decisions to support food operations section success.
• Works closely with the Supervisory Dieticians to support the department, cover the work within Nutrition & Food Services and execute the activities of the department.
• May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment.

Work Schedule:

Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: PD000000

Relocation/or Recruitment

Incentives:

May be authorized for highly qualified candidates

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized