Supervisory Dietitian (Food Operations)

Department of Veterans Affairs•Birmingham, AL

30d•Onsite

About The Position

The incumbent in this Supervisory Dietitian role serves as the Assistant Chief of Food Operations and is an expert in food focused nutrition and provides supervision of a complex Veteran-Centric food operations and also provides professional and management support to the department and continuously strive to increase patient satisfaction and improve the veterans' experience. Duties include but are not limited to: The incumbent works under the general supervision of the Supervisory Dietitian, Chief, Nutrition and Food Services, who establishes objectives and department priorities. 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. Works closely with the Supervisory Dietitians to support the department, cover the work within NFS and execute the activities of the department. May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment. Provides customers with consistent information according to established policies and procedures. Handles conflict and problems in dealing with the customer constructively and appropriately. Protects data from unauthorized release or from loss, alteration, or unauthorized deletion. Follows applicable regulations and instructions regarding access to computerized files, release of access codes, as set out int he computer access agreement that the employees sign.

Responsibilities

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.
Works closely with the Supervisory Dietitians to support the department, cover the work within NFS and execute the activities of the department.
Provides customers with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
Handles conflict and problems in dealing with the customer constructively and appropriately.
Protects data from unauthorized release or from loss, alteration, or unauthorized deletion.
Follows applicable regulations and instructions regarding access to computerized files, release of access codes, as set out int he computer access agreement that the employees sign.