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Come join the Dietitian team at Saint Francis Hospital, part of Trinity Health Of New England! We are a member of the nationwide Trinity Health family, bringing compassionate care to our communities.

Position Purpose:

Oversees clinical dietitians, performs administrative duties, and participates in patient satisfaction, quality management, and performance improvement projects and meetings. Collaborates with the leadership in Food and Nutrition Services, as well as leadership in other departments as it relates to patient care and nutrition. Provides these clinical nutrition duties to more than one site. Completes nutrition assessments and provides medical nutrition therapy using the nutrition care process in a timely manner. Delivers individualized nutrition care to patients while performing within the Scope of Practice per Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary care team. Provides nutrition education for the patients, family, medical, and non-medical staff and community.

What you will do:

Leadership Management:

• Interviews, selects, orients, trains, rounds and/or develops dietitians, dietetic technicians and dietetic interns to uphold THS mission, vision, and values, and achieve strategic goals specific to THS and the RHM.

• Ensures that the clinical dietetics team practices and conducts themselves in a professional manner aligned with the Code of Ethics and Scope of Practice.

• Creates and adjusts schedule to provide adequate coverage while optimizing staffing pattern. Assists in the timely review and payroll sign-off.

• Maintains updated employee files including annual competencies, registration, licensure, certification, and continuing education requirements.

• Assists Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager with performance evaluations and disciplinary action as needed.

• Coordinates dietetic intern schedule and experience to help meet competency requirements.

• Serves as liaison between the General Manager and dietitians to resolve menu/formulary related issues and maintains regulatory compliance.

• Assists Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager in the implementation of Trinity Health initiatives, standards, and new programs.

• Functions as clinical nutrition expert and technical advisor to clinical staff, directors and managers for more than one site.

Patient Care Management:

• Meets hospital, department, and regulatory standards for providing nutrition screening, assessments, and reassessments from assigned units according to established policies.

• Uses evidence-based practice and clinical judgment to individualize medical nutrition therapy, documents using standardized language from Nutrition Care Process Terminology manual and communicates initiation and progress of care plans.

• Actively participates with rounds, interdisciplinary teams and committees as appropriate.

• Provides education/or counseling to patients and/or family as per assessed need, request, or consult

Education and Training:

• Provides nutrition and other related education to Food Service Staff, medical, nursing, dietetic interns and/or allied health as requested by RHM or as assigned by the Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager.

• Conducts yearly clinical nutrition competency assessments on all Clinical Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians.

• Participates with the promotion of health or provision of nutrition education/information for the community/cafe, in collaboration with Retail Manager or as assigned by the Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager.

Performance & Quality Improvement:

• Ensures dietitians adhere to the scope of practice and standard of care documentation and policies through chart audits and timeliness of assessment tool.

• Maintains minimum productivity standards. Ensures productivity tools for benchmarking are completed in a timely manner and reviewed with the Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager.

• Participates in multidisciplinary meetings and committees, including the quality improvement committee (QIC) and leadership/management meetings.

• Identifies quality improvement opportunities, collects data, and develops and implements strategies as appropriate.

• Participates in food and nutrition-related research as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Active status as Registered Dietitian Nutrition (RDN) with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) is required and licensed where states mandate.

• Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree along with advanced certification (e.g. CDE, CNSC, CSO, CSG, or AP) preferred in dietetics. Minimum 3-5 year of clinical experience in an acute care setting. Previous experience working with dietetic interns, maintaining comprehensive curriculum, and acting as a preceptor.

• Displays strong communication skills and ability to interact in a positive manner with physicians, patients, families and other hospital staff. Must be able to read, speak, and write English with understanding.

• Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and experience interacting with inspectors and documentation standards.

• Ability to be a self-starter and independent worker able to manage multiple conflicting priorities and demands. Excellent leadership, analytical, organizational, planning, delegation, coaching, communication (verbal, written and interpersonal), and computer (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, EMR and nutrition software) skills; with a continuous improvement mindset and ability to challenge conventional thinking at all levels of the organization.

• Demonstrates knowledge of diverse patient populations, various acuity levels, in a high volume setting. Ability to work effectively in a diverse, collaborative, and team oriented culture. Ability to lead a team, manage performance, provide constructive feedback, prepare and issue performance reviews. Demonstrates the ability to handle confidential information and situations.

• A personal presence characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.

Working Conditions:

• Must be able to set and organize own work priorities and adapt to them as they change frequently.

• Must be able to work concurrently on a variety of tasks/projects in an environment that may be stressful with individuals having diverse personalities and work styles.

• Must possess the ability to comply with Trinity Health policies and procedures.

• Requires working in a normal patient care area and office environment where there are relatively few physical discomforts due to dust, dirt, noise, and the like. Requires traveling to other facilities as needed.

• May experience exposure to injury, occupational or contagious disease hazards which require routine precautions.

Position Highlights and Benefits

• Full-Time, 40 Hours- Day Shift

• Our Mission and Core Values

• Career growth and advancement potential

• Award-winning Patient Access Department

Ministry/Facility Information

Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community's overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.