Supervisory Dietitian; Clinical Nutrition

Employees in this Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition) assignment are the expert in clinical nutrition and oversee a complex Clinical Nutrition Section, which involves providing administrative and technical supervision of GS12 Dietitians and oversight of the work of clinical dietitians at the GS-11 level and below. The Supervisory Dietitian makes decisions based on intricate and unrelated information and assumptions from inconclusive or variable data in aspects of nutrition operations.

• United States Citizenship:
  Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• English Language Proficiency. Dietitian candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).
• 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.

Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade.

Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs:

• (a) Skill in written communication including policy development and standard operating procedures.
• (b) Skill in strategic planning to develop goals, objectives, and action plans.
• (c) Skill in analyzing data to monitor progress toward improving and sustaining outcomes.
• (d) Ability to negotiate.
• (e) Ability to supervise subordinate staff (i.e., plan, organize, delegate, direct, control and review activities and performance).

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 Dietitians at the GS-12 level or below. Supervisory Dietitians in this Clinical Nutrition assignment report to the NFS Chief.

VA Handbook 5005 Part II Appendix G20

The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to perform portions of the work. However, there is periodic walking, standing, bending, and carrying of light items such as medical records, food trays, instructional material, books, and manuals. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.