Supervisory Dietitian; Food Operations
Listed on 2026-07-13
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Management
Supervisory Dietitian
This position will serve as GS-13 Supervisory Dietitian within the Nutrition & Food Service. Duties include, but are 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 NFS 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 NFS and submits reports to the NFS Chief.
- Solicits support and/or negotiates with facility managers to influence decisions to support food operations section success.
- Works closely with the Supervisory Dietitians to support the department, cover the work within NFS and execute the activities of the department.
- May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment
Work Schedule:
Full-Time 40
HRS Week, Monday - Friday, 9:00AM- 5: 30PM, EST
Telework:
Per Supervisory Discretion.
Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.
Pay:
Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave:
After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy:
After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
Retirement:
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
Insurance:
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Functional Statement #: 99515-S
Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized.
Financial Disclosure:
Yes.
NOTE:
This position is at the full performance grade level, GS-13. This position is in the Excepted Service. No EDRP. Position is not in a Bargaining Union Salary Covered by OPM LPS Pay Scale Hartford-East Hartford, CT-MA Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System:
Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in the other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.
Current Federal Employees must submit most recent SF 50.
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