Supervisory Dietitian

Summary

Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinator at VA Loma Linda are responsible for a specialty program and provide program specific leadership, guidance and direction, technical advice, and staff development. Also oversight responsibilities for program, policy, and procedure development, set goals, monitor, and redefine priorities. They exercise a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in planning, directing, and assessing work of subordinate staff.

Duties

Major duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Manages all aspects of the program for the facility, assuring local compliance with national policy and direction.
• Coordinates with the multidisciplinary team to develop local goals. Measures progress toward the goals and reports to the appropriate officials at a local, VISN and national level.
• Plans, directs, and assesses the work of subordinate staff.
• Establishes performance standards.
• Evaluates the overall performance of employees.
• Develops and evaluates the competence of subordinate staff, maintaining records as defined by the agency.
• Takes steps necessary to ensure subordinate personnel maintain their technical competence.
• Provides direct patient care by developing and implementing comprehensive nutrition therapy, practicing within their scope/clinical privileges.
• Assures proper coordination of care for Veterans enrolled in the program.
• Serves as the professional and technical advisor for their program.
• Promotes and maintains effective working relationships with all faculty and significant parties at the national, state, and local level.
• Directs or participates in the design of studies, collect data, conduct statistical analysis, interpret findings, and translate results into written and oral communications.
• Sets priorities, delegates tasks, meet multiple deadlines, analyze organizational problems, and develop and implement effective solutions.
• Serves as a consultant and technical advisor within nutrition and food services and with other facility health care staff in evaluating health care delivery to Veterans and employees.
• Determines the continuing education needs of program staff and appropriate resources to meet those needs.
• Oversees all aspects for the program, policy, and procedure development.
• Oversees development and maintenance of training and reference materials.
• Establishes and manages program goals and objectives.
• Plans and administers a program, coordinates associated activities and resources, evaluate program accomplishments, redefines priorities, problem solves, and modifies objectives.
• Formulates the annual budget taking into consideration staffing, supplies, and equipment needs.
• Determines staffing needs and request new FTEE for the overall management of organizational changes.
• Ensures multi-year and long-range national mission directives and program goals/objectives are met.
• Maintains program information through approved social media outlets.
• May perform other duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm.

Telework: Available for high qualified candidates.

Alternate Work Schedule: Not Available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: PD000000

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required.

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