Supervisory Dietitian - Clinical Nutrition

Job Title

The incumbent is responsible for a variety of duties, including but not limited to, the following:

• Serving as a professional and technical advisor to staff and other health care professionals.
• Representing the Clinical Nutrition Section on projects, committees and/or work groups within the department and facility.
• Assuming full responsibility for planning, directing, and assessing the work and competence of subordinate staff.
• Collaborating with other managers in the medical center to negotiate and/or make decisions on NFS related matters affecting clinical operations.
• Providing Clinical Nutrition Section specific leadership and exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities.
• Developing procedures and guidelines for clinical operations and monitors compliance with regulatory standards and policies and procedures.
• Participating in performance improvement efforts within Clinical Nutrition section, acting on quality improvement data and plans.
• Leading the action planning process to attain goals and resolve deficiencies.
• Identifying and prioritizing problems, sets long and short-term goals, identifies action plans for the clinical section and nutrition programs.
• Building and implementing contingency plans within the section, ensuring continuity of clinical operations in all internal and external emergency situations.
• Executing the training plan for the clinical section and ensuring staff remain up to date on advances and changes in medical nutrition therapy.
• Orienting and training employees related to clinical nutrition and appropriate policies and procedures. Assists with new employee onboarding.
• Ensuring that materials utilized in Veteran education are evidence-based, using current literature and research.
• Analyses data (i.e., event capture, clinic utilization) to recommend allocation of clinical nutrition resources.
• Ensuring evidence-based guidelines are integrated into clinical practice.
• Ensuring Veteran education materials are written with based on evidence-based guidelines, current literature, practice, and research.
• Collaborating with the food operations staff, bridging the work of the clinical nutrition staff to the food services provided to Veterans.
• Performing other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment.

Work Schedule:

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

Telework:
As determined by agency policy.

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 99521-S

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized