Manager Clinical Nutrition Service

We are searching for a Manager of Clinical Nutrition- Someone to manage the clinical services for inpatient and outpatient areas to include nutrition assessment and education, patient management and communication throughout the continuum of care, nutrition standards of care and programs, nutrition reference materials, and staff development.

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Qualifications:

• BS degree in Nutrition or related field required.
• One of the following certifications required
  • CSP - Cert Spec in Pedi Nutrition Commission on Dietetic Registration
  • CDCES - Cert Diab Care and Educ Spec Certified Board for Diabetes Care and Education
  • CSO - Cert-BC SPCLST Oncology NUTR Commission on Dietetic Registration
  • IBCLC - Cert-Lactation Con IBCLC International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
  • CNSC - Cert-Cert NTI Support CLIN National Board of Nutrition Support Certification
  • CSR - Board Cert Spec Renal Nutrition Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition (CSR) issued by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
  • CSSD - Board Cert Spec Sports Dietetics Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) issued by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
  • AP - Adv Practice Cert Clin Nutrition Advanced Practice Certification in Clinical Nutrition (AP) issued by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.
• Master's degree in nutrition, Dietetics, Public Health, or any health care business administration field of study can be used instead of extra certification.
• 4 Years experience in nutrition field preferred

Responsibilities:

• Implements and manages evidenced based processes and clinical nutrition standards of care for both inpatient and outpatient areas of responsibility
• Manages the clinical staff to ensure adequate staffing, patient care coverage, and program/resource effectiveness.
• Ensures job competence and positive/safe work environment of personnel by the coordination of staff development programs and new hire orientation/competency programs, mentoring of effective leadership skills of senior staff, and the implementation of work climate initiatives.
• Ensures the delivery of quality, cost effective patient care within a family-centered environment by participating and/or leading at least one (1) performance improvement activity a year which improves patient flow, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction or patient care in collaboration with MC or specific area.
• Coordinates nutrition care operations by participating in interdepartmental activities, participating on hospital committees, and collaboration with Food Service as well as committee involvement in NCC. Provides nutrition training for medical staff, professional groups and leads implementation of nutrition initiatives in area of responsibility.
• Provides direct patient care for both children and adults as necessary in accordance with departmental guidelines.

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the