What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Dietitian Lead position at SUNY Upstate Medical University?
Job Summary:
The Clinical Dietitian Lead is responsible for directing the functions of the Clinical Nutrition Services team's day to day operations (such as staff coverage, nutrition assessment/follow-ups, nutrition counseling/consultation, recommending/ordering of nutrition support privileges, performance improvement opportunities), and the management of team to ensure high quality nutritional care is provided to patients. Ensures patient satisfaction, quality care, regulatory agency compliance, and good public relations are achieved through the safe and efficient use of resources. Along with the Director, helps establishes goals and oversees implementation of clinical nutrition care based upon facilities medical direction and patient population. Supports: hiring, leads, directs, coaches, trains, and develops clinical nutrition team members in collaboration with the Clinical Nutrition Manager, Director of Nutrition Systems or Director of Food & Nutrition Services. Fosters teamwork and establishes effective strategies in the direction of leadership to implement innovative programs which leads to optimal clinical nutrition and financial outcomes. Aids in evaluating clinical team staff according to departmental policy and takes appropriate action as necessary. Supports monitoring competence, productivity and documentation accuracy of clinical staff utilizing necessary tools and resources. Assigns and directs the workload of the clinical nutrition staff. Supports evaluation and coordinates hospital nutrition formulary recommendations for use in the hospital. Oversees systems and processes to ensure the strategic and operational objectives of the client/manager/director for the department are met. Performs as Inpatient Dietitian to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy to and nutrition assessment of infants, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients through documentation in the medical record. Assesses the nutritional status through screening, presence of malnutrition thought the Malnutrition Screening Tool, malnutrition diagnosis, intervention and monitoring to improve nutrition status, increased medical cost, reduce length of stay. Utilizes physician/referring practitioner-driven protocols or other facility-specific processes to implement, initiate or modify order for diet or nutrition-related actions (e.g. nutrition supplements, dietary supplements, diet modifications, diet texture modifications for dentition or individual preferences, nutrition-related laboratory tests and medications, and nutrition education and counseling). Utilizes physician/referring practitioner-driven protocols or other facility-specific processes to manage nutrition support therapies (e.g., enteral and parenteral formula selection and rate adjustments based on energy needs or laboratory results, addition of designated medications and vitamin/mineral supplements to parenteral nutrition solutions or supplemental water for enteral nutrition). Participates in facility-wide and department Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program and on QAPI teams to improve processes and patient care. Participates in and attends departmental meetings, staff development, patient care rounds and professional programs.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors or Masters degree required. Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration required. NYS Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist license required. Five years of post RD certification experience in clinical dietetics. Prior leadership experience required. Specialty certification or advanced specialized membership required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree with preferred area of Nutrition or related field. Two (2) years experience in supervisor or lead role in management of a clinical nutrition team. Specialty board certification in Pediatric Nutrition, Weight Management and Obesity, Oncology Nutrition, Renal Nutrition or Board Certification in Advanced Diabetes Management.
Work Days:
Monday-Friday days, with weekends and holidays
Message to Applicants:
Recruitment Office: Human Resources
Executive Order:
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
