Clinical Nutrition Manager

Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Honolulu
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

Important Update: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaiser Permanente is moving to a virtual recruitment process including telephone and video interviews to help ensure the health and safety of our employees, candidates, and communities. Also, some hiring activities may be delayed or suspended in certain geographic areas and job categories. For more information on Kaiser Permanente's response to COVID-19, visit our Resource Center . Good nutrition is vital to supporting and maintaining total body wellness. Whether you're a registered dietitian, a nutritionist, or a food services professional, you'll promote our mission and spread good health through good nutrition when you join our team. Clinical Nutrition Manager Description:
Oversees, develops, coordinates, and promotes clinical nutrition services and food service operations for hospitalized patients and Skilled Care Facility residents. Plans, develops, and implements clinical and nutritional standards, protocols, policies, procedures, goals and objectives. Coordinates department competency assessment program. Plans and implements performance improvement programs and quality monitors. Serves on committees as appropriate and collaborates with relevant departments. Conducts nutrition assessment, planning follow-up care and counseling for hospital patients. Develops nutrition education materials and programs. Supervises assigned staff.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Plans, develops, coordinates, and oversees inpatient and skilled care facility food and clinical nutrition services. Ensures high quality food and nutrition services for hospitalized and Skilled Care Facility patients.
  
• Manages computerized diet office system. Oversees upkeep of database. Coordinates upgrades. Conducts staff user training. Troubleshoots and rectifies system problems. Enters data into competency tracking system for department.
  
• Establishes and updates enteral nutrition formulary for adult, pediatric and infant formulas. Oversees purchasing, stocking and sale of formulas.
  
• Coordinates competency assessment program for department. Assists in updating core competency performance criteria and plans annual focused competencies.
  
• Schedules dietitian and nutrition assistant staff. Conducts regularly scheduled staff meetings.
  
• Develops, implements, monitors, updates and prioritizes policies, procedures, goals, and objectives. Establishes standards and procedures for nutrition screening, nutrition assessment and follow-up care of patients.
  
• Collaborates with relevant departments in establishment of nutrition care standards, protocols and services. Attends and participates in departmental and organization committees and quality management teams.
  
• Assists with forecasting, reviewing, analyzing and recommending budget for patient food services. Monitors patient food and personnel costs to ensure cost-effective operations.
  
• Collaborates with FNS management team to develop, implement, and improve patient nutrition programs. Oversees development, evaluation and revision of patient menus and standardized recipes. Establishes and monitors specifications for effective quality control.
  
• Plans, implements and evaluates performance improvement programs and audits to ensure provision of quality patient food and nutrition services.
  
• Establishes and monitors standards and procedures for patient care, food production, food service, sanitation, safety and security to ensure provision of quality food and nutrition services and compliance with regulatory agencies. Integrates professional standards of care into practice.
  
• Conducts nutrition assessments. Develops and implements nutrition plan of care. Evaluates and provides follow-up nutrition care.
  
• Documents nutrition assessment, plan, recommendations and follow-up care in patient's medical record.
  
• Provides consultation to medical team in prescription of diets, nutritional assessments and enteral and parenteral feedings. Counsels patients and family members on diet and lifestyle modifications. Adapts plans to accommodate patient's goals, learning ne.
  
• Hires, trains, supervises, counsels, disciplines, and terminates assigned staff as appropriate.
  
• Communicates goals, objectives, accountabilities, priorities, and authority parameters to assigned staff.
  Basic Qualifications:
  Experience
  
• Minimum two (2) years of management experience.
  
• Minimum five (5) years of clinical dietitian experience in hospital setting.
  Education
  
• Bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics, or nutritional sciences.
  
• Accredited Dietetic Internship (DI) by the American Dietetic Association (ADA).
  License, Certification, Registration
  
• Certified Registered Dietitian (RD) by the American Dietetic Association (ADA).
  
• Basic life support for the health care professional or CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certification.
  
• Current ServSafe certification or other food handler's education certification recognized by the American National Standards Institute.
  
  Additional Requirements:
  
• Knowledge of regulatory agency dietary requirements and regulations.
  
• Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in adaptability, change management, decision making, customer service, interpersonal relations, oral communication, problem solving and written communication.
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  
• Budget forecasting and analysis experience.
  
• Master's degree in nutrition or dietetics.
  
• State of Hawaii Licensed Dietitian (LD). Primary Location: Hawaii,Honolulu,Moanalua Ancillary Building Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Variable Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 04:30 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-HI-01-NUE-Non Union Employee Job Level: Manager with Direct Reports Job Category: Nutrition / Food Services Department: Moanalua Medical Center - Nutritional Svcs-I/P - 1201 Travel: No Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.
  
  External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.
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