Clinical Nutrition Manager

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101855

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Aurora

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Regular

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Job Overview

Join the Clinical Nutrition Leadership Team!

We're a collaborative group focused on supporting the growth of our Clinical Nutrition team while fostering a positive and inclusive work culture. We value excellence, teamwork, and strong partnerships across the organization. Together, we work to advance medical nutrition therapy and improve patient care, always keeping patients and families at the center of what we do. Come be part of a culture built on excellence, collaboration, partnership, and purpose.

The Clinical Nutrition Manager is primarily responsible for providing innovative management and leadership to Clinical Dietitians who provide medical nutrition therapy for patients. The Clinical Nutrition Manager works within the department and across disciplines to develop, support, implement and evaluate effective care strategies to improve health outcomes.

Location : Anschutz Medical Campus

Shift Details : Monday-Friday 730am-4pm with variable on-call weekend / holiday support

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

1. Develops individual goals and initiates own evaluation to enhance clinical practice and professional growth through continuous acquisition of knowledge, skill development, by assuming a leadership role in clinical education, and the evaluation and communication of department goals and outcomes.

2. Directs and monitors direct reports in order to meet and maintain clinical competencies, ensure understanding of and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, optimize performance and efficiency of the workforce, as well as assist with continuing education of staff. Ensures staffing resources are utilized appropriately and shifts resources to meet both patient and department needs.

3. Participates in long-and short-term program development and planning within the department as well as with external stakeholders.

4. Provides full supervisory authority over staff; including recruitment, disciplinary action, performance evaluations and orientation, training, and professional development.

5. Continuously strives to support and improve clinical, educational, research, and advocacy programs in department; sets and models high performance standards that empower staff to achieve agreed upon outcomes to help improve the department's effectiveness.

6. Maintains a high level of organizational awareness in order to successfully engage, impact, and influence others with a goal of achieving high value patient care and outcomes, and contribute positively to the organization's effectiveness.

7. Maintains shared fiscal accountability with department leadership in the development of annual budgets, managing and providing variance reporting, and payroll documentation. Understands, manages and communicates overall CHCO and departmental financial responsibilities and goals.

8. Monitors team activities to ensure quality and accuracy of work outcomes. Coordinates evaluation and quality improvement activities, including collaboration and evaluation with other departments, hospitals and agencies as appropriate.

9. Manages the implementation and maintenance of unit / department specific policies, procedures, and guidelines while ensuring consistency with evidence-based practice and organizational policies, standards, and procedures.

10. Utilizes expert evidence based practice to provide clinical expertise to the patient, family and healthcare team by coordinating developmentally appropriate care and evaluating outcomes as appropriate. Provides clinical follow up when desired outcomes are not achieved.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree strongly preferred.

EXPERIENCE - 5 years as registered dietitian in a clinical, hospital based pediatric or adult setting.

LICENSURES / CERTIFICATION(S) -CDR certification (Commission on Dietetic Registration). CSP, CNSC certification preferred.

Salary Information

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience. Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week) : $73,171.39 to $109,757.08

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical / dental / vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents : In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.