Pediatrics Physician

Job Description:

The Clinical Nutrition Manager Complex is responsible for the operation, leadership, and management of clinical nutrition related services across multiple facilities OR multiple specialty clinical nutrition services within a single large facility. This position uses critical thinking skills and advanced knowledge to deliver high-quality Medical Nutrition Therapy services and cost-effective patient care. The Clinical Nutrition Manager Complex works closely with facility management and clinical partners to ensure departmental and geographic area focus and vision is aligned with local and system objectives.

Posting Details

• Shift: This position works Monday-Friday. As part of the manager role, there may be occasional requests after regular working hours. This position is onsite at Primary Children's Eccles and Miller campuses and other Primary Children's locations. Remote work available on a limited basis 20% of time .
• The Primary Children's Outpatient Clinical Nutrition Manager collaborates with various Primary Children's Clinics, disciplines, and outpatient pediatric dietitians across Intermountain Health.
• Full Time 40 hrs/weekly

Essential Functions

• This position reports to a Director Clinical Nutrition and will supervise a combination of supervisors, leads, and frontline caregivers.
• Develops leadership skills in supervisors and leads to ensure both a succession plan and high-functioning department teams.
• The roll-up span of control for this manager role is typically 20+ caregivers across multiple departments OR multiple specialty services within a single large facility and requires the ability to effectively lead both advanced clinical nutrition practice and operations, including Infant Feeding Preparation services.
• Facilitates human resource functions (e.g., hiring, staffing, training, mentoring, evaluating, conflict resolution, constructive discipline, termination).
• Mentors and supports caregivers to ensure all team members understand their roles and accountabilities.
• Directs the provision of complex medical nutrition therapy and the nutrition care process per established system policies and procedures, organization's vision and values, and regulatory requirements.
• Maintains understanding, competency, and ability to lead complex medical nutrition therapy practice and care such as parenteral and enteral nutrition, transplant, critical care, eating disorder, dialysis, etc.
• Develops and implements multi-facility and/or multi-department strategic plans, initiatives, and goals in alignment with system strategy to improve efficiency and provide quality Medical Nutrition Therapy.
• Establishes action plans to achieve financial objectives related to benchmarking and productivity.
• Ensures regulatory compliance related to accredited programs, Joint Commission, outpatient billing, etc.
• Directs and implements system initiatives and projects as assigned by Senior Director Clinical Nutrition.

Skills

• Leadership
• Medical Nutrition Therapy
• Communication
• Strategic Planning
• Operations management
• People management
• Financial acumen
• Innovation
• Regulatory compliance