Manager, Clinical Nutrition

Overview
As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA
The Clinical Nutrition Manager plans, schedules, coordinates, and supervises the work operations of the clinical nutrition staff. Primary responsibilities include assigning work to and supervising clinical dietitians and dietetic technicians, developing standards, and monitoring of clinical dietetics performance for safety and efficacy and evidence-based practice, establishing a framework to collect and publish clinical outcomes research, reviewing and updating policies and procedures, implementing and maintaining cost control procedures, providing input into the budgeting process and being held accountable for meeting budget targets, recruiting, hiring and orienting staff, interacting with hospital management and professional staff, and maintaining professional competency and skills required for professional practice.

Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.

Responsibilities
Job Specific Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Performs to required standards for job specific responsibilities and technical competencies.

Talent Management

• Hiring, training, developing, and communicating with staff.

Financial Management

• Responsible for developing, monitoring, and achieving budget goals.
• Manages labor and non-labor expenses to budget or flex budget.
• Manages revenue to budget to maximize potential revenue.

EPE/Service

• Responsible for patient satisfaction scores within assigned area(s).
• Responsible for upholding PROMISE standards of direct reports and team members.

Quality

• Responsible to achieve quality goals for assigned area(s).
• Manages and promotes continuous process improvements in assigned area(s).

Performance Management

• Responsible to provide staff feedback on performance, including on-time appraisals and coaching.
• Responsible to deal with conflicts in a proactive manner and to reach resolution in a timely manner.

Building Relationships

• Forms positive relationships with staff, peers, and senior leadership to support the mission, vision, values, and performance standards of the organization.
• Actively engages staff with updates and news as well as involving staff in decisions and work teams. Provides feedback and recognition when appropriate.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in planning and directing employees, and processes, in order to effectively monitor and develop subordinates, to ensure the smooth operation of the department.
• Demonstrated knowledge of assigned department's area of specialization in order to analyze, plan, and draw conclusions for recommendations to superiors.
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of medical nutrition therapy, including the nutrition care process.
• Demonstrated competence with nutrient analysis, word processing, and spreadsheet software.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written, verbal and electronic formats with patients, staff, physicians, nurses, and administrators.
• Ability to plan, organize, direct, and evaluate the work of others.
• Ability to organize tasks and work independently.
• Demonstrated leadership and administrative experience.
• Proven ability to meet and maintain budgeting goals.

QualificationsRequired
Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Nutrition, Foodservice Management, or related area, or the equivalency.
• Completion of a didactic program in dietetics and supervised practice program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association.
• Four years of experience as a clinical dietician.
• Two years of supervisory experience.

Licenses Required

• Registered Dietitian with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Current License to practice as a Certified Dietitian in the State of Utah.

* Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.
Preferred
Qualifications (Preferred)

• Master's Degree in Clinical Nutrition, Foodservice Management, or a related area.
• EPIC Experience.
• CBORD Experience.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands
Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This position involves light work that may exert up to 20 pounds and may require light work involving lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling or otherwise moving objects. They may be required to stand or walk for long periods of time.

Physical Requirements
Carrying, Climbing, Color Determination, Crawling, Far Vision, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Non Indicated, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Tasting or Smelling, Walking