Manager Clinical Nutrition Services - Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
Lebanon, NH
About the Job
Overview:
Responsible for the effective management of the Clinical/Nutrition Services Department.
Responsibilities:- Oversees clinical nutrition services and staff involved in the nutritional care of patients.
- Leads the Clinical Nutrition Committee. In collaboration with Medical Director, develops, implements and monitors selected nutritional care protocols and enteral formulary.
- Establishes and maintains policies, standards and programs that will produce an effective clinical nutrition program.
- Maintains and updates the Nutrition Care Manual to reflect current nutritional trends.
- Contributes to the development and revision of the patient and dining room menus.
- Provides direction to staff relative to employee discipline, departmental policies and procedures, and general personnel policies.
- Supervises assigned personnel. Selects, counsels, prepares performance evaluations, and terminates according to policy.
- Coordinates and conducts departmental educational programs and patient education programs for staff, and the community.
- Supervises functions and procedures as they relate to other departments, ensuring optimal programs.
- Evaluates nutritional materials and supplements in consideration for purchase.
- Manages the departmental quality assessment and improvement program.
- Responsible for nutritional care programs that are managed by patient care teams.
- Collaborates with physicians, staff and other department leaders to ensure a consistent flow of patient information to maintain continuity of patient care and/or to increase customer satisfaction.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
- Bachelor's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics or related field or equivalent experience required.
- Supervisory experience required.
- Current NH Dietitian license required.
- Current Registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
Source : Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health