Job Title: Clinical Nutrition Manager
Job Summary: provides direction and guidance for overall clinical nutrition services program, ensuring conformance to food quality standards
Essential Job Duties:
•Supervises the clinical dietitian(s), diet technicians, diet office personnel and designated patient services supervisors
•Manages staffing productivity to ensure attainment of budgetary goals
•Establishes standards to ensure appetizing nutritious food is served to patients, including approving the menu.
•Effectively communicates with nursing to ensure accuracy of diet order and timely delivery of patient trays and nourishments
•Serves as a Key Member of the Management Team
•establishing policies and procedures to ensure compliance to regulatory agencies, and maintaining effective communications with other departmental managers and interdepartmental liaisons
•Ensures the delivery of the highest quality patient care by establishing standards for nutritional care, which reflects the current research.
Behavioral Standards:
•Exhibits customer and service oriented behaviors in every day work interactions.
•Demonstrates a courteous and respectful attitude to internal workforce and external customers.
Communication/Knowledge:
•Provides accurate and timely written and verbal communication of clinical information in a manner that is understood by all involved in the delivery of patient care.
•Able to listen, understand, problem-solve,and carry-out duties to ensure the optimal patient care outcomes.
•Able to use IT systems in an accurate and proficient manner.
Collaboration/Teamwork:
•Contributes toward effective, positive working relationships with internal and external colleagues.
•Demonstrates cooperation, flexibility, reliability, and dependability in all daily work activities and a willingness to collaborate with others for the good of the customer and the organization.
Education/Experience:
•Bachelor's degree with completed dietetic internship and current registered dietitian status
•Prefer at least 3 to 4 years of current experience in an acute care setting as a clinical dietitian
Licensure/Certifications:
•Registered Dietitian
•Member of The Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics preferred
ADA/Physical Demands:
•To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Such accommodations must be requested by the employee/applicant in order to be considered.
•Required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear; and may taste and smell. The employee is regularly required to lift, push and/or pull weights in excess of 10 pounds, with assistance. Visual abilities, auditory abilities, must be intact to perform duties.
Skills & Requirements Qualifications