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Supervisory Dietitian (Food Operations) (Detail)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
On-siteWilmington, DE$117K – $152KApply by May 26, 2026Dietitian And NutritionistESFJINFJISFJMarketingOperationsHealthcareHospitality
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The Supervisory Dietitian (Food Operations) are experts in food-focused nutrition and provide supervision of a complex Veteran-Centric food operation which consists of four distinct sections (Informatics, Food Service, Production and Nutrition Communications Center). They are an essential part of the NFS executive leadership team. They provide professional and management support to the department and continuously strive to increase patient satisfaction and improve veteran experience.
What You'll Do
- →The Not to exceed (NTE) 1-year Supervisory Dietitian (Food Operations) is responsible for ensuring compliance with internal and external regulatory authorities while maintaining a "food forward" and Veteran-Centric focus with conventional cooking, convenience cooking, advance food preparation and delivery, room service, or a combination of food production and service modalities.
- →Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: Provides food-operations-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 Food Service Operations.
- →Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in planning, directing, and assessing work of subordinate staff.
- →Establishes a training plan for the food operations section.
- →Develops and leads food operations.
- →Establishes strategic goals and ensures priorities align with the strategic plan of the NFS department, VISN and national programs.
- →Leads the continuous quality improvement effort in Food Service Operations.
- →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 establishes and oversees a system for regulatory compliance.
- →Coordinates food service operation policies and procedures with clinical nutrition management, nursing and other services, as applicable.
- →Manages the budget and other resources, anticipating future trends and inflation, new service opportunities, recommendations for growth, efficiencies and strategic efforts are factored into resource requests and brought to the Chief.
- →Directs staff in management of contracts, subsistence, supply purchasing for NFS and submits reports to the NFS Chief.
- →Solicits support and/or negotiates with facility managers to influence decisions to support food operations section success.
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.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓ACEND accredited programs are located on the ACEND website or at ACEND Accredited Programs Directory.
Personality Fit
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