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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 week ago

Dietitian (Facility Program Coordinator)

Syracuse, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$90K/yr - $116K/yr

1+ years exp

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Dietitian to serve as a Facility Program Coordinator leading a multidisciplinary team. The role involves providing program-specific leadership, overseeing program development, and ensuring compliance with policies while also providing direct patient care.

GovernmentMedicalNational SecurityPublic Safety

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

The Dietitian directs and/or participates in the design of research activities or quality improvement studies - including data collection and analysis

Facility Program Coordinators have oversight of and are responsible for developing and maintaining training and reference materials

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

Provides direct patient care by developing and implementing comprehensive nutrition therapy - practicing within their scope/clinical privileges

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 - collects data - conducts statistical analysis - interprets findings - and translates results into written and oral communications

Sets priorities - delegates tasks - meets multiple deadlines - analyzes organizational problems - and develops and implements effective solutions

Serves as a consultant and technical advisor within NFS 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 - evaluates program accomplishments - redefines priorities - problem solves - and modifies objectives

Takes an active role in the fiscal management for the program - identifying resource needs that may include staffing - supplies - contracts - etc

Maintains program information through approved social media outlets

May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment

Qualification

Registered Dietitian NutritionistProgram administrationQuality improvement activitiesPolicy developmentTraining material developmentTechnical adviceStaff developmentData collectionStatistical analysisLeadershipProblem solving

Required

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)

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: All individuals assigned to this occupation must meet all the basic qualification requirements in paragraph 3 a-f and all the requirements defined in the specific assignment

Dietitian (Facility Program Coordinator) - GS-12 Experience

One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11)

Knowledge of program administration - establishing program goals and objectives - coordinating activities - evaluating accomplishments - and solving problems

Skill in developing quality improvement or research activities

Skill in developing training and reference materials

Ability to develop policies and procedures

Ability to provide program-specific coordination to include leadership - technical advice and staff development