$ CLINICAL NUTRITION MANAGER - Dietary - Full Time - Days

Sierra View Medical•Porterville, CA

45d•Remote

About The Position

The Clinical Nutritional Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing patient nutritional care activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. This role collaborates with the Food and Nutrition Director on operational aspects such as food safety, menu planning, and quality improvement programs. The manager assumes 24/7 responsibility for nutritional compliance, integrating departmental services with hospital functions and developing/reviewing policies. They are responsible for achieving staffing ratios, determining personnel qualifications, and participating in performance improvement. The role also involves managing employee performance, conducting investigations, and ensuring consistent application of organizational standards. The position requires regular attendance, establishing policies for nutritional care, maintaining a Quality Improvement Program, conducting chart reviews, and managing the Diet Manual. Responsibilities include scheduling Clinical Dietitians, collaborating on budget planning, providing expertise in food product and menu development, performing HR functions (interviewing, training, discipline), developing patient and emergency menus, evaluating patient meal acceptance, and overseeing intern training. Other functions include coordinating clinical activities, promoting interdepartmental collaboration, implementing in-service education, identifying patients needing nutrition intervention, interpreting test results, managing outpatient education programs, and scheduling patients for diet management.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Nutrition or Dietetics (if becoming a Registered Dietitian prior to 12/31/2023).
Masters or Doctorate degree (if becoming a Registered Dietitian after 1/1/2024).
Minimum of twelve (12) months professional work experience in clinical nutrition as a Registered Dietitian required.
Ability to speak and write in English.
Ability to write clearly, comprehend verbal and written instructions, and follow directions accurately.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages if required.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Basic computer skills.

Nice To Haves

Spanish speaking preferred.
ServSafe Food Protection Manager certification is encouraged.

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and manage patient nutritional care activities.
Collaborate with the Food and Nutrition Director for safe food handling, emergency food supplies, employee performance, menu planning, QAPI programs, and operational responsibilities.
Assume 24-hour, seven-day responsibility, authority, and accountability for assuring nutritional compliance.
Integrate the department’s services with the Hospital’s primary functions and overall plan for care delivery and other departments.
Develop and review annually house-wide and unit specific policies and coordinate policies with other primary functions and/or departments.
Achieve and document desired staffing to patient ratios within targeted goals.
Determine the qualifications and competence of department personnel who provide Patient Care Services and who are not licensed independent practitioners.
Be involved directly and/or support subordinate participation in the Performance and Improvement process.
Recommend capital equipment and physical space and resources appropriate to patient care needs.
Select, orient, evaluate performance and competency of outside contractors and vendor services.
Assume full responsibility, authority, and accountability 24-hour, seven days a week to ensure that the department and all individuals in the department meet the mission and service expectations related to delivering appropriate patient care.
Manage and document employee performance, conduct investigations, and engage in crucial conversations.
Ensure consistency and timely application of organizational standards and policies.
Establish and maintain policies, standards, and programs for the provision of optimal, cost-effective nutritional care to patients, residents, and visitors.
Include Medical Nutrition Therapy in direct care of medical diseases across the continuum of care.
Maintain a current Quality Improvement Program to monitor the quality and appropriateness of patient care.
Conduct chart review on a timely basis to ensure Clinical Dietitian's competencies.
Maintain the Diet Manual and customize the Manual as necessary.
Schedule Clinical Dietitians to ensure staffing coverage per policy and regulation.
In collaboration with the Food and Nutrition Service Director, plan fiscal year budget.
Provide food, nutrition, and culinary expertise in the design, development and production of food products and menus.
Perform Human Resource function: Interview, select and train Clinical Dietitians.
Perform progressive discipline, including termination.
Develop patient menus and emergency menus using database systems.
Evaluate patient meal acceptance and make rounds to all units.
Plan and oversee intern training experiences, evaluate student performance and progress and mentor them.
Apply NCP (Nutrition Care Process) of individuals when charting in EHR.
Coordinate clinical activities, including determining guidelines for nutritional intervention.
Promote effective working relations with the Medical Staff, Nursing, Pharmacy, Education Department and Nutrition.
Implement and document In-Service Education Programs for Registered Dietitian.
Identify patients requiring nutrition intervention, ensure timely intervention, and accurate/appropriate nutrition assessments.
Recommend, perform and interpret test results as related to nutrition status and classify for malnutrition and obesity.
Manage outpatient education program/affiliation-CDAPP (California Diabetes and Pregnancy Program).
Work with doctor's office and schedule patients for 1:1 Diet Management.
Schedule follow up visits as needed.