Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• English Language Proficiency
• Dietitians must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d)
• All applicants must be Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) or Registered Dietitian (RD) and be registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) the credentialing branch of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics formerly known as the American Dietetic Association (ADA)
• Foreign Education
• To be creditable, college and/or university degrees earned outside the U.S and its territories must be evaluated by ACEND and meet ACEND's International Dietitian Education standards which are designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and competencies to sit for the CDR credentialing exam
• May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria)
• Grade Determinations: Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition), GS-12
• (1) Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level
• (2) Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate the following KSAs: (a) Knowledge of accrediting requirements in clinical nutrition to assess staff compliance and implement performance improvements
• (b) Skill as a nutrition expert to provide technical guidance, direction and staff development
• (c) Skill in Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guidelines to develop, implement and coordinate best practices
• (d) Skill in establishing goals and objectives to coordinate activities, evaluate accomplishments and solve problems
• (e) Ability to supervise subordinate staff (i.e., plan, organize, delegate, direct, control and review activities and performance)
• (f) Ability to analyze data in order to recommend allocation of resources
• (3) Assignment
• For all supervisory assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity, difficulty, variety and be performed by the incumbent as a major duty at least 25% of the time
• The incumbent must spend 25% or more of their time providing administrative and technical supervision over staff who are at the full performance level or below
• Preferred Experience: Experience in Supervising Clinical Dieticians
• Selective Placement Factor: Applicants applying for this position MUST also possess the following Selective Factor
• In the event that you do not possess the Selective Factor stated in your Resume, you will be found ineligible for the position
• The Experience in Supervising Clinical Dieticians
• Reference: Meets the qualification standards for the GS-12 Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition) as defined in VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G20, GS-0630
• For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• The full performance level of this vacancy is 12
• Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some light physical effort may be required
• There may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items including training paperwork or manuals, or small equipment, such as: laptop computers, mobile LCD projectors
• or driving an automobile
• Work often involves talking for long periods of time and incumbent may be susceptible to eyestrain from working long hours on the computer.