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Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 33 days ago
Hybrid Birmingham, AL $108K – $140K Apply by Jun 16, 2026 Dietitian And Nutritionist ESFJINFJISFJISTJ OperationsHealthcare
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Employees in this Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition) assignment are the SME in clinical nutrition and oversees a complex Clinical Nutrition Section which involves providing administrative and technical supervision of GS12 Dietitians and the oversight of the work of clinical dietitians at the GS-11 level and below. Supervisory Dietitians make decisions based on intricate and unrelated information and assumptions from inconclusive or variable data in all aspects of nutrition operations.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional FUNCTIONS OR SCOPES OF PRACTICE.
- →Provides clinical nutrition section specific leadership serving as professional and technical advisor to staff and other health care professionals.
- →Has oversight over HR staffing, employee relations and labor relations in Clinical Nutrition section.
- →Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and assumes full responsibility in planning, directing, and assessing work of subordinate staff.
- →Establishes a training plan for the clinical section that is based on evidence based nutrition.
- →Develops and leads clinical nutrition operations.
- →Establishes strategic goals and ensure priorities align with the strategic plan of the NFS department, VISN and national programs.
- →Leads performance improvement efforts within Clinical Nutrition section, acting on quality improvement data and plans.
- →Identifies and prioritizes problems, sets long and short-term goals, develops action plans and analyses data to evaluate progress to improve outcomes.
- →Develops and updates policies and procedures and the establishment and oversight of a system for regulatory compliance.
- →Solicits support and/or negotiate with facility managers to influence decision making and garner support to ensure clinical nutrition operations are a success.
- →Collaborates closely with the supervisory dietitians to cover the work in all NFS and execute the activities of the department.
- →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 the Supervisory Dietitian, Chief, Nutrition and Food Services, who establishes objectives and department priorities.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a38f91a2-94f8-424c-995a-3025b3180f47
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