Supervisory Dietitian (Food Operations)

About the role

The Supervisory Dietitian (Food Operations) -incumbent is considered an expert in food focused nutrition - and provides supervision of a complex Veteran-Centric food operations in the Nutrition and Food Service Line - at the VA Medical Center - in West Haven Connecticut - which consist of four distinct sections (Informatics - Food Service - Production and Nutrition Communications Center).

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Led the continuous quality improvement effort in Food Service Operations.
• Identifies and prioritizes problems, sets long and short-term goals, develops action plans and analyzes data to evaluate progress to improve outcomes.
• Develops and updates policies and procedures and establishes and oversees a system for regulatory compliance.
• Coordinates foodservice 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Qualifications

• Education and Supervised Practice:
• The individual must have earned a bachelor's degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college or university or foreign equivalent and fulfilled each of the following criteria:
• (a) Completed a didactic program in dietetics accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) - formerly known as the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetic Education (CADE)
• (b) Completed an ACEND accredited or approved supervised practice program
• Registration/Certification:
• All applicants 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)
• Advanced Level Practice Dietitians must possess a minimum of one advanced practice credential relevant to the area of practice - (e.g Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) - Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition (CSR) - Board Certified Specialist in Gerontological Nutrition (CSG) - Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) - or Board Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition (CSO))

Skills

• Knowledge of business administration practices such as budget planning, contracting and food and supply purchasing to operate a food service program successfully.
• Skill in written communication including policy development and standard operating procedures.
• Skill in strategic planning to develop goals, objectives and action plans.
• Skill in analyzing data to monitor progress towards improving and sustaining outcomes.
• Ability to supervise subordinate staff (i.e. - plan, organize, delegate, direct, control and review activities and performance).
• Ability to negotiate.

Benefits

• 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).

Pay

Salary Covered by OPM LPS Pay Scale

Functional Statement #

99515-S

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure

Yes

Notes

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