Chief Nutrition and Food Service, Dietitian

3 weeks ago


Manchester, New Hampshire, United States Veterans Health Administration Full time
The VA in Manchester NH is located in an ideal southern NH location.

In under an hour, you can travel North to the White Mountains, East to the Atlantic Ocean, or South to the City of Boston, Massachusetts Come visit New Hampshire in the summer and explore all the state has to offer The Manchester VA staff is engaged and proud of the work they do.

Scoring top in the nation on the AES data use scale in 2023, the pillars of high reliability are woven into the everyday mission to provide excellent healthcare to our NH Veterans.


The Chief, Nutrition and Food Service (NFS) is the director of the department and is responsible for the provision of high-quality food production, service and effective nutrition therapy to the Veteran population served.

Manchester VAMC serves the Community Living Center, Home-Based Primary Care [HBPC] and Ambulatory patients. Ambulatory nutrition care is also provided at four Community-Based Outpatient Clinics [CBOC's].

The Chief has technical, professional, and administrative responsibility for planning, developing, organizing, staffing, implementing, and evaluating a functionally comprehensive Nutrition program.

Supports hospital mission and coordinates departmental activities with other Services in the medical center, ambulatory clinics and the local community.


Some duties may include:


Establishes organizational structure and guidelines, performance standards, reporting requirements and defines the lines of authority and supervisory controls necessary and essential in carrying out the mission of the Service.

Provides leadership and guidance to ensure that all diverse activities of the staff are closely coordinated to achieve an effective integration of the key elements of patient care, education, training, and research.

Oversees the coordination of policy and procedure for nutrition care of Veterans in the continuum of care and in a multidisciplinary model.

Assures that all policies and procedures follow VA manuals, Central Office Guidelines, NFS program guidelines, VISN guidelines, professional guidelines, Long-Term Care Institute and The Joint Commission (TJC) standards.

Assures the menu planning, subsistence purchases, production, and delivery of safe, high quality, nutritionally adequate meals. Provides final approval of food standards and menu cycle.

Facilitates the development of service priorities which address the goals and objectives of the medical center, healthcare system and VISN.

Coordinates Service activities to accomplish identified priorities and ensure compliance with VHA directives and medical center policy/procedures to provide for customer satisfaction.

Directs the technical, professional, and administrative functions of the Service through the clinical manger and administrative staff. This requires the coordination and integration of research, technological advances, and administrative changes within the service.

Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday 08:00am - 4:30 pm

Telework:
As determined by the agency policy.

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Position Title/Functional Statement #
:
/ PD99499-S

Recruitment Incentives:
May be Authorized for highly qualified candidates

Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not authorized

NOTIFICATIONS:
This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.

Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

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