Manager-Clinical Nutrition

Job Summary

Provides management and coordination of daily clinical nutrition operations including inpatient and outpatient nutrition services. This includes developing, planning, implementing and maintaining optimal nutritional care.

Education & Experience

• Registered Dietitian as certified by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
• Three years of experience

Certifications, Licenses or Registrations Required

• Valid Dietitian license, registration as certified by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of food and nutrition
• Knowledge of project management principles, practices, techniques, and tools
• Knowledge of performance management process and associated local, state, federal, and other regulations
• Knowledge of federal, state, and JCAHO regulations, standards, protocols, and procedures
• Customer service skills
• Skill in budget preparation and fiscal management
• Ability to ensure compliance with workplace safety, environmental, and infection control standards
• Ability to train, motivate, and supervise employees

Responsibilities

• Facilitates inpatient and outpatient clinical nutrition services for the institution
• Supervises the clinical dietitian staff including scheduling, assignments, hiring, conducting performance evaluations, managing performance and productivity
• Serves as department liaison and member of appropriate committee, such as pharmacy, quality improvement, infection control, and diabetes education
• Serves as preceptor for dietetic interns
• Ensures that all diets and eternal formulations are prepared in accordance with approved standards and cost considerations
• Maintains the billing process according to policies and procedures
• Evaluates clinical nutrition services on an ongoing basis to ensure highest level of service and quality
• Stays abreast of new and emerging trends in the practice of dietetics
• Provides support, guidance, training and mentoring to dietetic staff

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold
• Occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment
• Frequent exposure to bio-hazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals
• Occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours
• Occasional travelling to offsite locations
• Occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature
• Constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality
• Frequent bending
• Occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds
• Frequent climbing
• Occasional crouching/stooping
• Occasional driving
• Occasional kneeling
• Occasional pushing/pulling
• Frequent reaching
• Occasional sitting
• Constant standing
• Frequent twisting
• Constant walking

Time Type

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt

Yes

Pay Class

Salary

FTE %

100

Work Shift

Day

Benefits Eligibility

Grant Funded: No

Job Posting Date

07/29/2026

Job Closing Date

(open until filled if no date specified)