Clinical Nutrition Coordinator- Dauphin Region Hospitals
Required skills
- Clinical Nutrition Coordinator
- Dauphin Region Hospitals
- Registered Dietitian
- Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Medical Nutrition Therapy
- Nutrition Program Management
- Quality Improvement
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Healthcare Informatics
Nice to have
- Motivational skills
- Analytical skills
- Decision-making
- Time management skills
- Clinical judgment
- Menu planning
Role summary
UPMC is seeking a Full-Time Clinical Nutrition Coordinator for Dauphin Region Hospitals. This role requires previous clinical and leadership experience, involving program management and direct patient care. Responsibilities include providing nutrition education, developing and evaluating nutrition programs, managing clinical budgets, leading staff, and ensuring quality nutrition care. The position requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics with 4 years of experience and 1 year in a leadership role, along with RD and LDN credentials. Travel is required 25% of the time.
Join our team of Life Changers!
UPMC is hiring a Full-Time, Clinical Nutrition Coordinator to support Dauphin Region Hospitals.
Must have previous clinical and leadership experience to be considered for this position.
Schedule: 7:00am-3:30pm
Would be required to weekend and holidays as needed.
Travel will be required 25%25 of the time to support Harrisburg and Community General.
Manager will discuss further during interview.
Excellent benefits, a pleasant work environment, and friendly team are just a few of our perks. Apply today!
Purpose:
To assist or coordinate the functions, resources, and programs essential for quality care and to provide a high level of nutrition-related expertise in the interdisciplinary team management of all hospitalized patients. Position incorporates a combination of program management tasks and direct and indirect patient care.
Responsibilities:
- Provide appropriate nutrition education and counseling based on patient/family learning needs and abilities.
- In collaboration with manager/director participate as a member of interdisciplinary committees, responding to needs and initiatives for nutrition care process improvement.
- Develop, implement and evaluate nutrition programs, including preparing materials, presentations, and other communications, and contribute to relevant department, hospital or system-wide policies.
- Assist in developing goals and objectives for Clinical Nutrition to maintain high-quality care.
- Lead and encourage professional growth and development for self and clinical team.
- Deliver and oversee quality nutrition care to a diverse patient population within established criteria.
- Contribute to maintaining clinical budget and expectations by monitoring and maintaining expenses and man-hour utilization, including implementing appropriate staffing levels; as required, oversee outpatient billing to ensure compliance of client charges with regulatory requirements.
- Direct and mentor dietetic students, peers and support personnel.
- Provides expertise and support for menu planning and maintenance of the nutrition-related computer software.
- Identify, participate and/or lead in Quality Process Improvement activities with the ability to actively endorse evidence-based practice.
- Maintain and expand knowledge of current trends and issues in health care, food and clinical nutrition services, TJC standards and healthcare informatics.
- Assumes duties of manager in his/her absence.
- Manage recruitment, hiring, training, evaluation and competency of personnel; maintains a quality workforce.
- Schedule and/or coordinate daily workflow.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics with 4 years' experience and 1 year in a leadership role required.
Skills:
- Strong leadership and motivational skills to evaluate and develop a diverse Clinical Nutrition Team.
- Strong analytical skills to design, implement, enhance and trouble-shoot nutrition programs and processes.
- Function with a high degree of autonomy and use high level decision-making to demonstrate efficiency and problem-solving techniques to achieve desired results and effect change.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively communicate and collaborate with a diverse population in a team environment. Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Sound clinical judgment in Medical Nutrition Therapy.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- Registered Dietitian with Commission on Dietetic Registration.
- Maintenance of registration as demonstrated by 75 CEU credits every 5 years.
- Maintenance of specialty certification as specified by governing body, if applicable.
- Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN) with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and maintenance of PA-LDN as demonstrated by 30 CEU credits every 2 years.
- Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN)
- Registered Dietitian (RD)
- Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
- Act 33 with renewal
- Act 34 with renewal
- Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
