Clinical Nutrition Manager - Gardena, United States - Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Description
Job Title:
Clinical Nutrition Manager
Job Summary:
provides direction and guidance for overall clinical nutrition services program, ensuring conformance to food quality standards
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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
- 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, problemsolve,and carryout 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.
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