Dietitian (Facility Program Coordinator)

Veterans Health Administration • Prescott, AZ

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The VA Northern Arizona Health Care System is seeking a Dietitian (Facility Program Coordinator) to join its Nutrition and Food Service team. Dietitians in this assignment are administratively responsible for a specialty program, providing program-specific leadership, guidance, direction, technical advice, and staff development. They oversee program, policy, and procedure development; establish goals; and monitor and redefine priorities.

The coordinator manages the facility program and ensures local compliance with national policy and direction. The role includes leading a multidisciplinary team, planning and supervising subordinate staff, providing nutrition therapy and patient care within clinical privileges, coordinating care for Veterans, advising on health care delivery, and overseeing program goals, training materials, quality improvement or research activities, budgets, and staffing needs. The position reports to a GS-13 or above and requires at least 25% of work time providing administrative and technical supervision over staff at the GS-11 level or above.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Telework and alternate work schedules are not available; this is not a virtual position. A 1-year or 2-year trial period is required. If selected, applicants should be prepared to onboard within 30 days of the announcement closing.

Requirements

• Be a U.S. citizen; non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Be registered as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) or Registered Dietitian (RD) with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Have one year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11).
• Demonstrate knowledge of program administration to establish and modify goals and objectives, coordinate activities, evaluate accomplishments, and solve problems.
• Demonstrate skill in developing quality improvement or research activities and in developing training and reference materials.
• Demonstrate ability to supervise subordinate staff, including planning, organizing, delegating, directing, controlling, and reviewing activities and performance.
• Demonstrate ability to develop policies and procedures and provide program-specific coordination, leadership, technical advice, and staff development.
• For this supervisory assignment, perform higher-level duties of significant scope and complexity as a major duty at least 25% of the time, and spend at least 25% of time providing administrative and technical supervision over staff at GS-11 or above.
• Be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Meet applicable background and security investigation requirements and complete online onboarding and pre-employment requirements, including fingerprinting, background check, credentialing, and medical examination as applicable.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Serve a 1-year or 2-year trial period.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
• Provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements; effective May 7, 2025, non-REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards cannot be used as acceptable identification.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the facility program and ensure local compliance with national policy and direction.
• Coordinate with the multidisciplinary team to develop local goals, measure progress, and report results to appropriate local, VISN, and national officials.
• Plan, direct, and assess subordinate staff work; establish performance standards; evaluate employee performance; and maintain competency records.
• Develop subordinate staff competence and ensure personnel maintain technical competence through appropriate development and training.
• Provide direct patient care by developing and implementing comprehensive nutrition therapy within scope and clinical privileges, and coordinate care for Veterans enrolled in the program.
• Serve as the professional and technical advisor for the program and as a consultant within nutrition and food services and to other facility health care staff.
• Promote and maintain effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders at national, state, and local levels.
• Direct or participate in studies and quality improvement or research activities, including study design, data collection, statistical analysis, interpretation, and communication of findings.
• Set priorities, delegate tasks, meet deadlines, analyze organizational problems, and develop and implement solutions.
• Determine program staff continuing education needs and identify resources to meet those needs.
• Oversee program, policy, and procedure development and the development and maintenance of training and reference materials.
• Establish and manage program goals and objectives; administer the program, coordinate activities and resources, evaluate accomplishments, redefine priorities, solve problems, and modify objectives.
• Formulate the annual budget, considering staffing, supplies, and equipment needs; determine staffing needs and request new FTEE as needed for organizational changes.
• Ensure multi-year and long-range national mission directives and program goals and objectives are met.
• Maintain program information through approved social media outlets.
• Perform other duties as assigned that are appropriate for the grade and assignment.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package for employees and their families, with eligibility depending on position type.
• Selected applicants may request credit for prior work or military service toward annual leave accrual; approval is required and not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior