The incumbent is responsible for planning and organizing their own work and coordinating with staff and management personnel as appropriate.
Major duties includes but are not limited to:
- Manages all aspects of the program for the facility, assuring local compliance with national policy and direction.
- Coordinates with the multidisciplinary team to develop local goals. Measures progress toward the goals and reports to the appropriate officials at a local, VISN and national level.
- Provides direct patient care by developing and implementing comprehensive nutrition therapy, practicing within their scope/clinical privileges.
- Serves as the professional and technical advisor for their program.
- Promotes and maintains effective working relationships with all faculty and significant parties at the national, state, and local level.
- Directs or participates in the design of studies, collects data, conducts statistical analysis, interprets findings, and translates results into written and oral communications.
- Sets priorities, delegates tasks, meets multiple deadlines, analyzes organizational problems, and develops and implements effective solutions.
- Serves as a consultant and technical advisor within NFS and with other facility health care staff in evaluating health care delivery to Veterans and employees.
- Determines the continuing education needs of program staff and appropriate resources to meet those needs.
- Oversees all aspects for the program, policy, and procedure development.
- Oversees development and maintenance of training and reference materials.
- Establishes and manages program goals and objectives.
- Plans and administers a program, coordinates associated activities and resources, evaluates program accomplishments, redefines priorities, problem solves, and modifies objectives.
- Takes an active role in the fiscal management for the program, identifying resource needs that may include staffing, supplies, contracts, etc.
- Maintains program information through approved social media outlets.
- May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30a-4:00p
Telework: Ad-Hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: PD99522S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time per year (13-26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 holidays per year).
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care.
Notifications:
- This position is a AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
- This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
- Employees who apply external are to be treated as external.
- The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's.
- Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) may be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment.
- Current and former federal employees are required to submit copies of their most recent SF-50, Notice of Personnel Action. The SF-50 should include details such as the position title, series, grade, step, tenure, and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In certain instances, multiple SF-50 forms may be necessary to demonstrate a higher grade previously held.