Manager, Regional Clinical Nutrition and Wellness - West Region -- Remote

About the role

The position is based in either Iowa or Chicago and oversees West Region. The role involves directing and coordinating all clinical practices for field Registered Dietitians (RD's) to drive standardized care practices and provide clinical nutrition and wellness governance for assigned regional operations of the Trinity Health system-wide shared services Food & Nutrition Services (FANS) Program.

Responsibilities

• Develops and standardizes Clinical Nutrition practices and application across assigned THS region while overseeing efforts of Regional Health Ministry (RHM) dietitians to develop and standardize core policy pertaining to nutrition care and support at the local level.
• Coordinates clinical reviews with Regional Operations Managers to ensure appropriate utilization of product on patient menus as well as maintaining the nutrition and wellness goals of the region in all culinary applications.
• Collaboratively develops, implements and coordinates across the region: Standardization of policies and procedures related to FANS clinical nutrition and wellness expense management and operations.
• Ensures patient care standards, cost targets and productivity improvement objectives are met, while cultivating service/product quality and customer satisfaction.
• Works with the Integrated Clinical Services (ICS) team to develop and standardize Clinical Nutrition practices and application and wellness programs consistent with related education standards across the UEM.
• Manages multiple projects and tasks in a fast-paced environment and possesses the ability to adapt to change.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws/regulations; the Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program and Code of Conduct; as well as other policies and procedures in order to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior.

Requirements

• A comprehensive knowledge of Food & Nutrition/Hospitality management principles and practices, as normally obtained through a Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition or related field plus four (4) to seven (7) years of clinical nutrition management experience in a multi-hospital/site setting.
• Registered Dietitian (RD) by Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) is required.
• Master’s degree required, preferably in Clinical Nutrition, Public Health, Health Administration or Business.
• Experience in contract management organizations or system self-operated sites, field operations management, project management, and implementing best practices in a regionally integrated service support group, leading cross-functional work teams, with demonstrated results in increasing Patient Satisfaction scores within budgeted costs.

Qualifications

• Ability to establish and organize own work priorities and adapt to changes as needed.
• Must be able to travel frequently with overnight stays 40% of the time.

Skills

• Knowledge of Food & Nutrition/Hospitality management principles and practices.
• Experience in contract management organizations or system self-operated sites.
• Project management experience.
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse, collaborative, and team-oriented culture.
• Leadership, analytical, organizational, planning, delegation, coaching, communication (verbal, written and interpersonal), and computer (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) skills.

Benefits

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Pay

$98240 - 147360 per year

Schedule

Not specified