JOB SUMMARY

Are you an experienced RD/RDN looking for a unique and challenging leadership position? This position blends clinical, operational leadership, and education of future RDNs. What more could you ask for? This manager position oversees the Milk Lab at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA and provides clinical expertise to the Milk Lab at Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes Barre. This manager also helps guide dietetic master’s students through clinical rotations at Geisinger. Responsible for managing Clinical Nutrition Services for assigned areas; responsible for planning, monitoring, and maintaining the budgets. Instills and maintains a customer service approach throughout all aspects of the responsibility area.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree-Nutrition (Required), Master’s Degree- (Preferred)

EXPERIENCE

Minimum of 5 years-Related work experience (Required), Minimum of 2 years-Managerial/Supervisory (Required)

• Supervises the Clinical Nutrition staff; manages Clinical Nutrition services provided at all clinics, and hospital sites for which he/she is responisble.
• Focuses staff on common goals, engages people to work together, uses leadership techniques that facilitate teamwork.
• Coordinates the implementation and evaluation of clinical standards of practice, performance improvement projects and service standards.
• Seeks input from management and implements recommendations in the process of developing and administering budgets; understands key financial terms and budget concepts; understands the expense and revenue aspects of the budgets; controls operational costs.
• Manages the budgets on a day-to-day basis.
• Responsible for recruitment, interviewing, and selection of staff at assigned sites.
• Coordinates and conducts orientation programs.
• Schedules staff for inpatient and outpatient services; maintains personnel files.
• Serves as resource to Clinical Nutrition staff.
• Develops and implements performance improvement activities; reports these activities to designated committees.
• Represents and participates in performance improvement teams as needed.
• Designs clinical nutrition policies, protocols, standards and work systems for inpatients and outpatients.
• Seeks approval when needed from administration and medical staff.
• Guides the development, evaluation, and refinement of individual objectives consistent with departmental goals and insures achievement of objectives.
• Facilitates appropriate recognition of individual staff performance in an effort to maintain a positive and motivational work environment.
• Provides some direct patient Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) on a limited basis, including in-or out-patient MNT.
• Serves as preceptor and coordinator for all dietetics students or other students as requested for campuses.
• Coordinates the planning, implementation and evaluation of clinical learning objectives.
• Manages all community, staff, student, and media requests for Clinical Nutrition.
  Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.