Supervisory Dietitian (Chief, Nutrition and Food Services)
What you'd do
This position is located at the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Health Administration. As the Supervisory Dietitian (Chief, Nutrition and Food Service) you will serve as the Chief of Nutrition and Food Services for both clinical nutrition and food operations and Nutrition and Food Service administrative staff.
Major duties
DUTIES: - Ensures Nutrition and Food Services clinical dietitians provide evidence based clinical nutrition and education for Veterans. - Ensures Nutrition and Food Services provides nutritious meal service following required guidelines for hospitalized Veterans. - Oversees all human resource functions for the department. Holds staff accountable for performance and conduct. - Establishes performance standards and evaluate overall performance of employees - Defines competency requirements, identifies developmental and training needs and takes necessary actions to ensure subordinate personnel maintain and enhance technical and leadership expertise. - Develops budget and staffing requirements to manage organizational changes and ensure national directives and goals/objectives are met. - Communicates and advocates with executive leadership for resources. - Develops the Nutrition and Food Service strategic plan establishing service priorities which address the goals and strategic direction of the medical center, VISN and national programs. - Works under the general supervision of an executive team member who establishes objectives and department goals. - Complete work assignments with relative independence and minimal guidance, personally setting the deadlines for completion of work. Assumes responsibility in work assignments in accordance with regulations and independently resolves most conflicts by using considerable judgment and interpretation. - Work is reviewed to ensure that overall objectives of the position and NFS are met. - Implements a performance improvement program to continually improve delivery of quality, safe and cost-effective food and nutrition care to all patients/residents. - Develops and updates policies and procedures, establishes, and oversees a system for regulatory compliance. - Ensures NFS compliance with accrediting bodies, standards, and action items. - Establishes the department organizational structure, defining the lines of authority essential to carry out the mission of the service. - Responsible for accomplishing priorities and ensuring compliance with VHA directives and medical center policy and procedures. - Oversees the planning of new endeavors addressing patient care delivery systems and system reorganizations for new or redesigned operational space, equipment requirements, etc. - Ensures adherence to the National Dietary Supplement and Subsistence Prime Vendor contracts. - Designates the Contracting Officer Representative to negotiate purchase agreements for NFS contracts. - Implements security measures in all NFS areas to protect against theft, reduce the risk of food terrorism and maintain Veteran and staff safety. - Ensures the dissemination of nutrition related research and quality improvement within the department and facility. - Directs resource distribution for food, supply, and labor costs, focusing on benchmarks, delegating resource management to others as appropriate. - May perform other related duties which are appropriate for this grade and assignment. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Functional Statement #: PD000000
What you need to qualify
Basic Requirements: 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). Assignment. 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 administrative staff who support NFS operations and both a GS-13 Supervisory Dietitian (Food Operations) and GS-13 Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition). Supervisory Dietitians in this assignment serve as Chief NFS for a complex NFS department. Chief NFS provides leadership and guidance, with wide latitude for the exercise of independent judgment, to ensure the diverse activities of the department are closely coordinated, integrating clinical nutrition and food operations. They exercise a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities with responsibilities in planning, directing and assessing the work of supervisors and subordinate staff. Chief NFS establishes performance standards and evaluates overall performance of employees, defines competency requirements, identifies developmental and training needs and takes necessary actions to ensure subordinate personnel maintains and enhance technical and leadership expertise. They serve as the technical advisor and subject matter experts in nutrition and food operations. Chief NFS develops budget and staffing requirements to manage organizational changes and ensure national directives and goals/objectives are met. They communicate and advocate with executive leadership for resources. Chief NFS develop the NFS strategic plan establishing service priorities that address the goals and strategic direction of the medical center, VISN and national programs. They are responsible for accomplishing priorities and ensuring compliance with VHA directives and medical center policy and procedures. They oversee planning of endeavours addressing patient care delivery systems and system reorganizations for new or redesigned operational space, equipment requirements, etc. Chief NFS ensures adherence to the National Dietary Supplement and Subsistence Prime Vendor contracts. They designate the Contracting Officer Representative to negotiate purchase agreements for NFS contracts. Chief NFS actively supports, promotes and oversees the implementation of NFS initiatives at the facility level and engages other service chiefs as needed to ensure success. They participate in VISN and National level NFS initiatives and are responsible for all action items for NFS. Chief NFS evaluates overall NFS effectiveness through the review of operations, quality assurance, performance improvement and benchmarks, making decisions based on intricate and unrelated items of information from inconclusive or variable data. They facilitate and support NFS participation in performance improvement studies, ensuring the dissemination of nutrition-related research and quality improvement within the department and facility. Chief NFS leads efforts to provide food-forward, Veteran-centric dining options. They implement security measures in all NFS areas to protect against theft, reduce the risk of food terrorism and maintain Veteran and staff safety. 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. Loss of Credential. In collaboration with HR Office staff, management officials must immediately relieve employees who fail to maintain the required registration/certification of duties and responsibilities associated with the occupation and/or assignment, which may also result in separation from employment. Grade Determinations: GS-14 Supervisory Dietitian (Chief, Nutrition and Food Services) Experience Requirement: In addition to meeting the basic requirements, to qualify for the GS-14 do you possess at least 1 year of experience as an RDN/RD equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-13) which demonstrates the following Knowledge, Skills and Abilities -Knowledge of security measures within food operations to ensure patient and staff safety. -Knowledge of organizational structure to assess impact on program operations. -Skill in ensuring regulatory requirements are met. -Skill in leading a group of professionals to facilitate collaboration and organizational development. -Skill in leading managers to establish strategic goals. Ability to oversee the planning of new initiatives addressing patient care delivery systems and system reorganizations. -Ability to lead efforts in business administration to include budgeting, contracting and purchasing. Preferred Experience: Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
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