Norton Healthcare
Manager, Clinical Dietitian, Norton Children's Medical Group - Cardiology
Norton Healthcare, Louisville, Kentucky, us, 40201
Job Description
The Manager, Clinical Dietitian serves as a leader and operates as the highest-level expert provider of nutrition-related education and patient care within the Norton Healthcare system. The Manager, Clinical Dietitian oversees the development and implementation of nutrition care delivery in their area of work for Norton Healthcare. This role is responsible for clinical staff, ensuring quality ongoing education and training, development of top-of-scope protocols, direct patient care and support, including comprehensive nutrition assessment, intervention, evidence-based education and nutrition-focused physical exam under policies and protocols approved by supervising Licensed Care Practitioners/Providers. The Manager, Clinical Dietitian supports programming for onsite programs and classes on nutrition and relevant health and wellness topics. This role is responsible for the development and implementation of processes and programs, along with monitoring, documenting tracking, and reporting patient results. The Manager, Clinical Dietitian provides nutrition or pharmacotherapy support recommendations, changes, and initiations for those requiring alternative nutrition, or medication therapies as appropriate and ensures reporting clinical staff have training and support in this area. The Manager, Clinical Dietitian measurably improves patient outcomes and adapt patient-facing education and services to fit all literacy and socioeconomic levels. As an advanced credential specialist, they will utilize critical thinking, decisive clinical judgement, and demonstrate the ability to work with minimal supervision in an ever-changing environment. All certifications and education are to be successfully maintained. This role functions as part of multidisciplinary team and collaborates with organizational departments/committees and partners with external programs to provide robust health and wellness options to patients served. Key Accountabilities:
Leads current programming to increase enhancement of processes with the aim of improving the clinical experience for patients and their families. Development, use, and evaluation of clinical pathways, standards of care and practice guidelines according to assigned role. Disseminates research findings for translation into practice to team and leadership and assists with designing quality improvement processes. Provides supervision and training to clinical team, and maintains ability to provide direct patient care. Applies pathophysiology knowledge of medical conditions to nutrition management, education and support. Develops policies and protocols for the Registered Dietitian and Registered Dietitian Specialist and Sr Specialist working at top of scope. Develops and implements processes and programs with the aim of achieving improved health outcome results for patients. Assesses efficacy of current programming and clinical skill of staff, education and training process, etc. Improves processes and procedures ongoing based on these assessments. Operates as part of a multidisciplinary team by leading nutrition therapy patient care plan as assessed and established with patient, communicating directly with other members of patient's care team in a timely matter. Identifies patients that would be appropriate for nutrition therapy. Monitors, documents, tracks and reports out on patient results. Achieves annual performance metrics. Identifies program goals, objectives and resources to produce optimal outcomes for nutrition-related education and patient care services. Qualifications
Required: Five years experience in specialty area Dietitian State DT - licensed in state of practice; KY or IN and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist National RDN and one of CSG, CSOWM, CSO, CSP, CSPCC, CSR, CSSD, CDCES, NWCC, CNSC, CED-RD, or CACFD Desired: One year management experience Bachelor Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics Master Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics
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The Manager, Clinical Dietitian serves as a leader and operates as the highest-level expert provider of nutrition-related education and patient care within the Norton Healthcare system. The Manager, Clinical Dietitian oversees the development and implementation of nutrition care delivery in their area of work for Norton Healthcare. This role is responsible for clinical staff, ensuring quality ongoing education and training, development of top-of-scope protocols, direct patient care and support, including comprehensive nutrition assessment, intervention, evidence-based education and nutrition-focused physical exam under policies and protocols approved by supervising Licensed Care Practitioners/Providers. The Manager, Clinical Dietitian supports programming for onsite programs and classes on nutrition and relevant health and wellness topics. This role is responsible for the development and implementation of processes and programs, along with monitoring, documenting tracking, and reporting patient results. The Manager, Clinical Dietitian provides nutrition or pharmacotherapy support recommendations, changes, and initiations for those requiring alternative nutrition, or medication therapies as appropriate and ensures reporting clinical staff have training and support in this area. The Manager, Clinical Dietitian measurably improves patient outcomes and adapt patient-facing education and services to fit all literacy and socioeconomic levels. As an advanced credential specialist, they will utilize critical thinking, decisive clinical judgement, and demonstrate the ability to work with minimal supervision in an ever-changing environment. All certifications and education are to be successfully maintained. This role functions as part of multidisciplinary team and collaborates with organizational departments/committees and partners with external programs to provide robust health and wellness options to patients served. Key Accountabilities:
Leads current programming to increase enhancement of processes with the aim of improving the clinical experience for patients and their families. Development, use, and evaluation of clinical pathways, standards of care and practice guidelines according to assigned role. Disseminates research findings for translation into practice to team and leadership and assists with designing quality improvement processes. Provides supervision and training to clinical team, and maintains ability to provide direct patient care. Applies pathophysiology knowledge of medical conditions to nutrition management, education and support. Develops policies and protocols for the Registered Dietitian and Registered Dietitian Specialist and Sr Specialist working at top of scope. Develops and implements processes and programs with the aim of achieving improved health outcome results for patients. Assesses efficacy of current programming and clinical skill of staff, education and training process, etc. Improves processes and procedures ongoing based on these assessments. Operates as part of a multidisciplinary team by leading nutrition therapy patient care plan as assessed and established with patient, communicating directly with other members of patient's care team in a timely matter. Identifies patients that would be appropriate for nutrition therapy. Monitors, documents, tracks and reports out on patient results. Achieves annual performance metrics. Identifies program goals, objectives and resources to produce optimal outcomes for nutrition-related education and patient care services. Qualifications
Required: Five years experience in specialty area Dietitian State DT - licensed in state of practice; KY or IN and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist National RDN and one of CSG, CSOWM, CSO, CSP, CSPCC, CSR, CSSD, CDCES, NWCC, CNSC, CED-RD, or CACFD Desired: One year management experience Bachelor Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics Master Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics
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