Clinical Nutrition Supervisor

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Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation's brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist's outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we're making new strides every day.

We've been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the best of the best pediatric hospitals with #1 rankings in Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report.

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That's why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it's different.

The Clinical Nutrition Supervisor is responsible for day-to-day oversight of Clinical Dietitians by leading team members in providing direct patient care; ensuring compliance with quality and safety initiatives and practices; and partnering with a multidisciplinary team in meeting the clinical needs of patients and families. This supervisor position also provides direct patient care a portion of their time. The Supervisor also serves as the primary clinical liaison with families and referring providers, facilitating exemplary customer service/responsiveness, assisting with complex clinical triage/new referral scheduling and other customer service needs.

Come be a part of our Clinical Nutrition Leadership Team! We are an incredible group of leaders dedicated to supporting the professional growth and development of our RD team. We are passionate about ensuring we create a positive work culture that fosters excellence, collaboration, partnership, and connection! We promote teamwork inside and outside the Clinical Nutrition Department, and we work closely with our teams to positively impact patient outcomes through the provision of medical nutrition therapy. We continuously strive to align our department initiatives with those of the organization for the benefit of our patients and families. We focus on empowering our RD team to work to their potential, and yield the greatest value-add impact. Come experience the culture of Clinical Nutrition...excellence, collaboration, partnership, and connection!

• Department Name: Clinical Nutrition
• Job Status: Full-Time; 40 hours/week - eligible for benefits
• Shift: Monday - Friday, 8am to 4:30pm. Work hours may vary due to department needs. This role does require weekend and holiday rotations. *This role will cover a variety of inpatient and outpatient areas and will have direct reports. Some travel will be required to our System of Care sites.

• EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or Master's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or other field.
• EXPERIENCE - - Three (3) years pediatric or adult nutrition experience.
• LISENSURES: Registered Dietitians (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDN).
• CERTIFICATION(S) -CDR certification (Commission on Dietetic Registration). CNSC or CSP preferred.

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

Population Specific Care

Neonate - <30 days

Infancy - >30 days to 1 yr

Toddlers - >1 yr to 3yrs

Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs

School age - >5yrs to 13yrs

Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs

Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

Leads unit/department team members in providing direct patient care by demonstrating clinical knowledge and promoting the application of the clinical best practices and professional standards in daily work.

Oversees the admission, discharge, and general flow of patients; ensures staffing resources are utilized appropriately and shifts resources to meet both patient and department needs.

Interprets and explains regulatory standards and hospital policies, procedures, and rules to staff and ensures compliance with applicable quality and safety initiatives and practices.

Assigns and reviews work, provides work instruction (OTJ or formal training) and develops team members. Evaluates performance of team members, providing continuous feedback. Manages discipline and performance issues; hires and fires team members. Identifies resource needs and develops recommendations for meeting needs.

Monitors direct reports in order to meet and maintain clinical competencies, ensure understanding of and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, optimize performance and efficiency of the workforce, as well as assist with continuing education of staff.

Provides competent and timely medical nutrition therapy for patients with a variety of diagnosis, in an inpatient and/or outpatient setting as needed. Incorporates principles of culture-competence and family-centered care into clinical services.

Provides appropriate education and nutrition counseling to patients and families. Participates in the updating and development of nutrition education materials as needed. Participates in education of students, interns, medical providers, and the community as requested and appropriate.

Collaborates with the family, medical team, schools, home care companies and other providers as appropriate to ensure the continuum of care for the patient and optimal clinical services and outcomes.

Completes written documentation of medical nutrition therapy provided in accordance with department standards for format, content, and time frames.

Accurately and consistently documents and charges for (if applicable) direct patient care time in the electronic medical record.

Demonstrates leadership by mentoring, training and precepting of staff, participating in planned professional development, and encouraging commitment, responsibility, and accountability of each staff member.

Provides patient care with a comprehensive and analytical approach, grounded in knowledge, experience, critical thinking and expertise in clinical nutrition, including proficient use of interviewing, education, and counseling strategies.

SCOPE AND LEVEL

Guidelines: Guidelines are in the form of stated objectives for the section, unit, function, or project. Is normally the first level of full supervision. Performs most elements of supervision over 50% of the time. May also perform the work of front-line staff as needed.
Complexity: Work assignment is generally unstructured and employee is responsible for assigning and supervising a variety of functions to achieve the objectives of the section, unit, or project. Duties performed involve weighing and evaluating factors requiring judgment, analytical ability, and problem solving.

Decision Making: Employee is responsible for simultaneous coordination and supervision of several functions, programs, or projects in various stages of completion. Primary responsibility for arranging and directing the work of two or more employees.

Communications: Contacts are of a non-prescribed nature involving the negotiation and resolution of problems and where exceptional degrees of discretion, judgment, and specialized knowledge are required in carrying out the programs and policies of an organization.

Supervision Received: Under managerial direction, the employee has personal accountability for carrying out the work objectives of an organizational unit or section within the scope of established guidelines and the mission of the agency or department. Employee is expected to resolve problems that arise in the normal course of the work. Work may be discussed with higher level supervisors and reviewed for soundness of judgment and feasibility of decisions.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

Body Movement

• Will frequently stand/walk for 6-8 hours per day.
• Will frequently use hands while keyboarding and writing.
• Will frequently sit for 2-4 hours per day while accessing computer, talking on the telephone, and while attending meetings.
• Back and Upper Body (lifting and carrying) - Will occasionally lift/force exerted up to 100 pounds.
• Vision: Constantly uses sight in performance for daily job duties.
• Hearing: Constantly uses hearing in performance for daily job duties.
• Able to assist or assume direct patient care as census directly permits. Exposure to unsteady or falling patient: In the course of transferring a patient, may encounter a patient who falls or loses balance, causing employee to fall and/or bear the full weight of a patient.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Regular/Frequent.
• Exposure: Exposure to heights: Occasional.
• Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Frequent.
• Exposure: Exposure to lung irritations: Occasional.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.
• Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.