Senior Director of Clinical Nutrition Services
About The Position
The Senior Director of Clinical Nutrition Services provides SHC system leadership for inpatient, outpatient, and specialty nutrition programs across multiple sites. This leader sets the strategic vision and direction for Clinical Nutrition, advances clinical excellence, innovative care models, and integrates nutrition into multidisciplinary care standards across the continuum. The Senior Director partners with other senior clinical leaders, physician leaders, population health teams, and other executives to ensure nutrition is embedded in SHC's mission for exceptional patient care, education, and research. The role oversees multi-site operations, develops systemwide clinical nutrition standards, directs large-scale initiatives, and drives measurable improvements in patient outcomes, quality, and operational performance.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or related field from an accredited college or university required.
- Minimum 10 to 12 years of progressive leadership experience in clinical nutrition services within academic medical center or complex healthcare system with multi-sites or enterprise-level oversight required.
- Strong background in leading both Inpatient and Outpatient Clinical Nutrition programs required.
- Deep knowledge of clinical nutrition science and its application across complex patient populations.
- Ability to lead large-scale organizational initiatives and influence change in a matrixed academic medical center.
- Demonstrated success in program development, strategic planning, and performance improvement.
- Strong executive presence, communication skills, and experience presenting to senior leadership and governing bodies.
- Advanced operational planning, financial, and business acumen.
- Knowledge of regulatory standards for nutrition services across inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Ability to support clinical research, participate in academic initiatives, and foster a culture of inquiry and evidence-based practice.
- Capabilities in workforce development, leadership coaching, talent development, and management.
- RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist required
Nice To Haves
- Advanced Specialty Certification (e.g., CNSC, RDN-AP, CDCES, BC-ADM) preferred
Responsibilities
- Develops and executes the mid-to-long term strategic plan for Clinical Nutrition across SHC multiple sites, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities in quality, safety, research, and operational excellence.
- Serves as the senior authority on clinical nutrition standards, regulatory interpretation, professional practice, and systemwide policies.
- Develop specialty nutrition programs targeting high-risk populations to reduce utilization and improve outcomes.
- Leads the expansion of inpatient, outpatient nutrition services, and virtual nutrition programs while driving innovation and new care models including digital health, population health nutrition, and specialty nutrition programs (i.e., oncology, transplant, metabolic health, and other chronic diseases).
- Ensures delivery of evidence-based, patient-centered medical nutrition therapy and standardizes clinical care pathways, documentation, and car models across all locations.
- Leads SHC system-level initiatives aimed at improving malnutrition identification and treatment, reducing complications and readmissions, improving LOS, and enhancing patient experience.
- Directs research, academic integration, and teaching initiatives in collaboration with Stanford School of Medicine and other academic partners.
- Oversees multi-site clinical operations, budgets, capital planning, staffing, and productivity frameworks.
- Focused on partnership with physicians, nursing, pharmacy, analytics, and finance to evaluate program performance, ROI, resource utilization, and opportunities for growth.
- Represents Clinical Nutrition on clinical and executive-level committees, councils, and strategic planning forums and Stanford Health Care at regional and national level.
- Serves as a strategic advisor to senior leaders on nutrition science, public health, patient outcomes, and interdisciplinary care integration.
- Builds and sustains a high-performing workforce, supporting leadership development, specialization pathways, certification achievement, and succession planning.
- Ensures regulatory readiness and compliance across inpatient, ambulatory, and community-based programs.
Benefits
- C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
