Supervisory Dietitian - Facility Program Coordinator

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This position serves as the Whole Health Program Manager within the Whole Health System under Primary Care Services at the St. Louis VA Health Care System. St. Louis VA Health Care System is a large Level-1B highly complex VA hospital. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency. Dietitian candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). Registration: 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. Loss of Credential. In collaboration with HR Office staff, management officials must immediately relieve employees who fail to maintain the required registration/certification of duties and responsibilities associated with the occupation and/or assignment, which may also result in separation from employment. Grade Determinations - GS-13 Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level GS-12. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: (a) Knowledge of program administration to establish and modify program goals and objectives, coordinate activities, evaluate accomplishments and solve problems. (b) Skill in developing quality improvement or research activities. (c) Skill in developing training and reference materials. (d) Ability to supervise subordinate staff (i.e., plan, organize, delegate, direct, control and review activities and performance). (e) Ability to develop policies and procedures. (f) Ability to provide program-specific coordination to include leadership, technical advice and staff development. Assignment. For all supervisory assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity, difficulty, variety and be performed by the incumbent as a major duty at least 25% of the time. The incumbent must spend 25% or more of their time providing administrative and technical supervision over staff at theGS-11 or above. Supervisory Dietitians in this assignment serve as a Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinator at a facility and report to a GS-13 or above. Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinators lead a multi- disciplinary team. Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinators provide program-specific leadership and exercise a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in planning, directing and assessing the work of subordinate staff. They establish performance standards and evaluate the overall performance of employees; define competency requirements, identify developmental and raining needs and take necessary actions to ensure subordinate personnel maintains and enhance technical expertise. Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinators formulate budget and staffing requirements in managing organizational changes and ensuring multi-year and long-range national mission directives and program goals/objectives are met. They are administratively responsible for a specialty program. Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinators may provide direct patient care as they develop and implement comprehensive nutrition therapy, practicing within their scope/clinical privileges. They provide program-specific guidance and direction and technical advice and staff development. Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinators have oversight responsibilities for program and policy and procedure development, set goals and monitor and redefine priorities and may have an active role in fiscal management for the program. They direct or participate in designing clinical research activities or quality improvement studies, including data collection and analysis. Supervisory Dietitian Program Coordinators oversee and are responsible for developing and maintaining training and reference materials. They maintain program information through approved social media outlets. Preferred Experience: One year experience with motivational interviewing, change management, and one year of supervisory experience. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13. Physical Requirements: VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service for requirements.

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