Dietitian (Clinical)

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes summary, qualifications, duties, work schedule, etc. We need to use

for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's parse content: Summary: "Incumbent in this assignment serves as a Full Time Dietitian (Clinical) within the Bariatric Section of Nutrition and Food Service for the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. They perform increasingly complex tasks as they continue to develop skills in clinical nutrition to apply evidenced-based nutrition practice guidelines. Continuing to learn to interpret research - apply whole health principles - and develop patient-centered goals." That's description of role. Could go under "About the role" or maybe "Responsibilities". But we have separate sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to decide what goes where. Qualifications: includes basic requirements (US citizenship, RDN/RD, exceptions, etc.) and grade determinations (GS-07, GS-09, GS-11). Also physical requirements. Responsibilities/Duties: list of major duties. Skills: maybe derived from qualifications: knowledge, skills, abilities. Benefits: not mentioned. Pay: not mentioned (no salary). Schedule: Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Thus we have Schedule content. We should not create Benefits or Pay sections because not stated. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. Thus we can have:

About the role

with summary paragraph.

Responsibilities

with list of duties.

Requirements

maybe combine basic requirements and grade determinations? Or we could have Qualifications and Skills separate. The instruction: Use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose which to include. We have qualifications details (basic requirements, grade determinations). Could put under "Qualifications". Also we have knowledge/skills/abilities listed under grade determinations; could put under "Skills". But we might combine. Better to follow typical: Qualifications (basic requirements, education, certification), Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities). Requirements maybe duplicate? But we can include Requirements as a section for grade determinations? However the list includes Requirements as a possible heading. We could put grade determinations under Requirements. Let's decide: - About the role: summary paragraph. - Responsibilities: duties list. - Qualifications: basic requirements (citizenship, RDN/RD, exceptions, foreign education, etc.) - Skills: knowledge, skills, abilities listed for GS-07, GS-09, GS-11 (maybe combine). - Schedule: work schedule. We should not include Requirements if we already have Qualifications and Skills; but we could still include Requirements for grade determinations. However to avoid thin sections, maybe combine grade determinations into Qualifications (since they are qualification levels). But the instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Schedule. That's 5 sections. Check if we have content for each: About the role: yes. Responsibilities: yes (list of duties). Qualifications: yes (basic requirements, citizenship, RDN, exceptions, foreign education, grandfathering, etc.) Skills: yes (knowledge, skills, abilities: knowledge of accrediting, virtual tech, NCP, evidence-based, patient-centered goals, data collection, collaboration, etc.) Schedule: yes (Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30, telework ad-hoc virtual not a virtual position). We should not include Benefits or Pay. Now we need to format. Use

for each heading. Under each heading, use

for prose,

• for lists. We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Let's extract details precisely. From summary: "Incumbent in this assignment serves as a Full Time Dietitian (Clinical) within the Bariatric Section of Nutrition and Food Service for the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. They perform increasingly complex tasks as they continue to develop skills in clinical nutrition to apply evidenced-based nutrition practice guidelines. Continuing to learn to interpret research - apply whole health principles - and develop patient-centered goals." We'll put that as a paragraph. Responsibilities: list of major duties: - Conducting comprehensive nutrition assessments using the Nutritional Care Process (NCP) - including nutrition focused physical examinations - to establish a nutrition diagnosis and determine risk and/or degree of malnutrition - Develops and implements Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) to address the nutrition diagnosis - evaluates and monitors the effectiveness and outcomes of MNT interventions - Modifies the plan as needed to achieve positive patient outcomes - Documents MNT in the medical record using the Assessment - Diagnosis - Intervention - Monitoring - Evaluation (ADIME) format - Calculates nutrition requirements and necessary diet restrictions or food and drug interactions - tailoring the diet prescription to each individual patient - Identifies patients in need of nutritional support and recommends the appropriate mode of support and communicates appropriately with the health care team - Actively participates in formal and informal interdisciplinary team meetings - Assesses educational needs and provides nutrition education/counseling for individuals and groups that is tailored to the Veteran(s) - Maintains productivity standards - Maintains accurate record keeping of daily clinical activities and complete patient encounters using approved systems We need to keep punctuation as is. Qualifications: 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) - Exception for GS-07 and GS-09 Only: Dietitians who do not possess the RDN/RD credential - Non-credentialed Dietitians who otherwise meet the basic qualification requirements and have fulfilled the requirements below - but do not possess the RDN credential - may be given a full-time temporary appointment not to exceed one year under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405(c)(2) - May only be appointed at the GS-07 or GS-09 level and may not be promoted/converted until they obtain their RDN credential - Non-credentialed Dietitians must have fulfilled each of the following: * Earned a bachelor's or higher degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university or foreign equivalent * Foreign Education: To be creditable - college and/or university degrees earned outside the U.S and its territories must be evaluated by ACEND and meet ACEND's International Dietitian Education standards which are designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and competencies to sit for the CDR credentialing exam * AND Completed an ACEND accredited experiential or supervised practice program and provide a verification statement from the program director that conveys eligibility to take the CDR registration exam as a prospective RDN * A list of ACEND accredited programs are located on the ACEND website or at ACEND Accredited Programs Directory - 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 Grade Determinations: - GS-07 Dietitian (Clinical) (Entry Level Developmental) - No additional requirements beyond the basic requirements - GS-09 Dietitian (Clinical) (Developmental) - Experience/Education Requirement: In addition to meeting the basic requirements - to qualify for the GS-09 you must have at least 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-7) OR a master's degree from a regionally accredited university or college in the field of dietetics or closely related field Your experience or education must demonstrate the following Knowledge - Skills and Abilities: * Knowledge of various accrediting and regulatory requirements * Knowledge of virtual technology to provide nutrition care * Ability to deliver patient care using the NCP (e.g. - assessment - diagnosis - intervention - monitoring and evaluation) * Ability to apply evidence-based nutrition practices to improve patient outcomes * Ability to develop patient-centered goals * Ability to collect data for performance improvement studies * Ability to collaborate with stakeholders - GS-11 Dietitian (Clinical) (Full Performance Level) Experience Requirement: In addition to meeting the basic requirements - to qualify for the GS-11 up must possess at least 1 year of experience as an RDN/RD equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) which demonstrates the following Knowledge - Skills and Abilities: * Skill in delivering patient care using the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) (e.g. - assessment - diagnosis - intervention - monitoring - and evaluation) * Skill in interpreting research to apply evidence-based nutrition practices to improve patient outcomes * Skill in developing patient-centered goals * Skill in analyzing data for performance improvement studies * Skill in collaborating with stakeholders * Ability to comply with various accrediting - regulatory and agency authorities Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment A pre-placement physical examination is required for employees in Home Based Primary Care due use Government Vehicles perform duties of the position. We need to keep that. Now Skills: we could combine the knowledge/skills/abilities from GS-07, GS-09, GS-11. But we need to avoid duplication? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we should keep them as they appear, maybe under Skills section we list them. We could list them as bullet points. But note that some are repeated across levels; we could keep them as they appear under each grade, but that may be repetitive. However we must preserve all info; we can keep them under Skills as they appear, maybe grouped by grade. Simplify: Under Skills heading, we can have subheadings? Not allowed; only

  for section headings. Inside we can use

  and

  • . We could have separate paragraphs for each grade's KSAs. Thus:

    Skills

    For GS-09:

    • Knowledge of various accrediting and regulatory requirements
    • Knowledge of virtual technology to provide nutrition care
    • Ability to deliver patient care using the NCP (e.g. - assessment - diagnosis - intervention - monitoring and evaluation)
    • Ability to apply evidence-based nutrition practices to improve patient outcomes
    • Ability to develop patient-centered goals
    • Ability to collect data for performance improvement studies
    • Ability to collaborate with stakeholders

    For GS-11:

    • Skill in delivering patient care using the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) (e.g. - assessment - diagnosis - intervention - monitoring - and evaluation)
    • Skill in interpreting research to apply evidence-based nutrition practices to improve patient outcomes
    • Skill in developing patient-centered goals
    • Skill in analyzing data for performance improvement studies
    • Skill in collaborating with stakeholders
    • Ability to comply with various accrediting - regulatory and agency authorities
    We could also note GS-07 has no additional requirements beyond basic. Now Schedule: Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Tele