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Clinical Nutrition Supervisor - Fixed Term

Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, Pennsylvania, United States

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America) Why work with Stanford Medicine | Stanford Health Care (SHC)?

Our Clinical Nutrition Team prides itself in supplying compassionate, safe, and high-quality care. The overarching goal is to bring the best of who we are each day, thus creating an environment that fosters relationship building, innovation, patient knowledge, and professional growth.

This is a non-union/represented, salaried role. The role of the staff is hybrid.

Benefits begin the first day of the month following employment eligibility. Our core benefits include medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, an employee assistance program, savings and spending accounts, disability, life and accident insurance, and COBRA. For medical insurance, you have the choice of three generous health plans through Stanford Health Care Alliance, Aetna, or Kaiser Permanente. Each plan includes 100% coverage for preventive care, telemedicine through Teledoc, prescription drug coverage, and behavioral health coverage. Added incentives exist for healthy choices. And so much more – generous leave & time off, Wellness Program, special programs, educational assistance, and adoption assistance!

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview The Clinical Nutrition Supervisor assists in the oversight of the day to day operations of Stanford Health Care's Clinical Nutrition Department. Primary responsibilities include supervising an established clinical nutrition team; initiating and collaborating on continuous quality improvement projects and integrating results into evidence-based practice; reviewing and updating policies and procedures; facilitating human resource functions including recruiting, hiring, staffing, mentoring, precepting interns, handling conflict resolution and corrective action; interacting with department leadership, professional and frontline staff; and maintaining professional competency and skills required for professional practice.

The Clinical Nutrition Supervisor functions independently to provide nutrition care to patients, including complex patient types such as intensive care units, transplant, cystic fibrosis and specialty clinics. More than 50% of the time the supervisor works with the most complex patient types at an advanced practice level (proficient/expert). The role also serves as a role model, resource, and leader for Level I, II, and III dietitians.

Locations Stanford Health Care

What you will do

Perform all functions of Clinical Dietitian levels I, II, III.

Maintain advanced clinical competency and provide direct patient incredibly.

Education Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in dietetics, foods and nutrition, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university.

Completion of a didactic program in dietetics and a supervised practice program approved by the Accreditation Council for Education and Dietetics (formerly the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education).

Experience Qualifications

Minimum of three (3) years of directly related work experience, including two years in a specialty area providing care to complex patients.

A Master’s degree in dietetics, nutrition, or a specialty area is preferred. Specialty certifications (Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), Certified Nutrition Support Specialist (CNSC), Certified Specialist in Oncology (CSO), etc.) are also preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of the Nutrition Care Process as it relates to the needs of complex patient populations and acutely ill patients/clients and ability to apply all steps of the process.

Comprehensive knowledge and application of nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy in patients, especially in a specialty area(s).

Rapidly recognize norms and deviations from norms without considering unproductive alternatives.

Demonstrated flexibility and advanced priority-setting skills.

General knowledge of electronic medical record systems, nutrient analysis software, word processing, and spreadsheet software.

Ability to communicate effectively in written, verbal and electronic form to patients, the public, hospital/clinic and medical staff, and physicians.

Ability to function independently on assigned patient care units and/or outpatient clinics.

Demonstrated excellence in counseling skills and the ability to relate to a multi-ethnic community with varied learning levels.

Demonstrated critical thinking skills to integrate facts, informed opinions and observations.

Decision making, problem solving and collaboration.

Strong interpersonal skills to establish productive working relationships with multidisciplinary teams and support services.

Licenses and Certifications

RD – Registered Dietitian required.

CDE – Certified Diabetes Educator preferred.

CNSC – Certified Nutrition Support Clinician preferred.

CSON – Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition preferred.

RDN – Registered Diet Akoção Rio nutritionist preferred.

These principles apply to ALL employees: SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptionaladeras Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C‑I‑CARE standards التشذ. The framework is patient-centered. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

We will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care.

Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health.

Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination.

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $62.75 - $83.16 per hour.

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set útil by a variety of factors, including but not limited to internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.

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