Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Saint-Cloud; Sur place; EUR 51 000 - 69 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A governmental health service provider in France seeks a Supervisory Dietitian to oversee clinical nutrition operations. This role involves providing administrative and technical supervision, ensuring evidence-based practices are followed, and leading performance improvement initiatives. Candidates should have relevant experience in clinical nutrition and the ability to effectively train staff. This position requires a commitment to quality care and collaboration with healthcare professionals.

Qualifications

• Experience in clinical nutrition programming and administration.
• Ability to supervise and train staff effectively.
• Strong analytical skills to assess clinical operations.

Responsabilités

• Oversee the clinical nutrition section providing supervision.
• Lead performance improvement efforts within the section.
• Develop procedures and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

Description du poste

The Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition) assignment oversees the clinical nutrition section of NFS, providing administrative and technical supervision over staff. The Supervisory Dietitian is responsible for the execution of clinical nutrition programming within the facility, community-based clinics, and the local community.

Duties

Functions or scopes of practice

• Serves as a professional and technical advisor to staff and other health care professionals.
• Represents the Clinical Nutrition Section on projects, committees and/or workgroups within the department and facility.
• Assumes full responsibility for planning, directing, and assessing the work and competence of subordinate staff.
• Collaborates with other managers in the medical center to negotiate and/or make decisions on NFS related matters affecting clinical operations.
• Provides Clinical Nutrition Section specific leadership and exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities.
• Develops procedures and guidelines for clinical operations and monitors compliance with regulatory standards and policies and procedures.
• Participates in performance improvement efforts within Clinical Nutrition section, acting on quality improvement data and plans.
• Leads the action planning process to attain goals and resolve deficiencies.
• Identifies and prioritizes problems, sets long and short-term goals, identifies action plans for the clinical section and nutrition programs.
• Builds and implements contingency plans within the section, ensuring continuity of clinical operations in all internal and external emergency situations.
• Executes the training plan for the clinical section and ensures staff remain up to date on advances and changes in medical nutrition therapy. Orients and trains employees related to clinical nutrition and appropriate policies and procedures. Assists with new employee onboarding.
• Ensures that materials utilized in Veteran education are evidence-based, using current literature and research.
• Analyzes data (i.e., event capture, clinic utilization) to recommend allocation of clinical nutrition resources.
• Ensures evidence-based guidelines are integrated into clinical practice.
• Ensures Veteran education materials are written based on evidence-based guidelines, current literature, practice, and research.
• Collaborates with the food operations staff, bridging the work of the clinical nutrition staff to the food services provided to Veterans.
• May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment.

Supervisory controls

• The incumbent works under the general supervision of a Supervisory Dietitian, GS-13 or above, who establishes objectives and department priorities.
• The incumbent is expected to complete work assignments with relative independence and minimal guidance, personally setting the deadlines for work completions. They assume responsibility in work assignments in accordance with regulations and independently and resolves most conflicts by using considerable judgment and interpretation.
• Work is reviewed to ensure that overall objectives of the position are met.

Work schedule and other details

• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm.
• Telework: Ad-hoc.
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.