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Supervisory Dietitian (Clinical Nutrition)
Veterans Health Administration · Chicago, Illinois · Closes in 5 days
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Who can apply: Veterans, The public.
Open to U.S. citizens and veterans. Veterans, and certain spouses, widows, widowers or parents of veterans, may qualify for derived Veterans' Preference.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of experience as a Registered Dietitian or RDN equivalent to GS-11. The experience should include leading a clinical nutrition section, supervising staff, developing clinical procedures, and setting goals and action plans.
Education: You must hold the Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The RDN credential means you met CDR's education requirement, such as a bachelor's degree or higher. Foreign degrees must be evaluated by ACEND and meet its standards.
Licenses and certifications:
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) credential from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 5 days (November 9, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This job will close once 30 applications have been received, which may be before the stated closing date.
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications, based on your online questionnaire and documents. Your application, resume and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Use a long-form resume or CV; the 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- Describe your supervisory and clinical nutrition leadership experience clearly and specifically, since the VA will not assume anything.
- Upload your RDN credential proof and, if claiming Veterans' Preference, your DD-214 and any SF-15 before the closing date.
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