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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; interacts 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, e.g., intensive care units, transplant, cystic fibrosis and specialty clinics, etc., and works with the most complex patient types greater than 50% of the time at an advanced practice level (proficient/expert). Clinical Nutrition Supervisor serves as a role model, resource, and leader for the Level I, II, and III dietitians.

Locations

Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto, CA; onsite)

What you will do

• Performs all functions of Clinical Dietitian level I, II, III.

• Maintains advanced clinical competency and provides direct patient care in proportion to specific area needs.

• Assists in the oversight of daily operations of Clinical Nutrition, including but not limited to application of Stanford Operating System, maintenance of relevant policies, procedures, and standards of care, patient care coordination, and facilitation of team and program meetings, marketing, research, maintenance of contact with professional organizations and implementation of best practices.

• Participates in the active daily management of department resources to help meet the needs of the patients and Stanford Health Care.

• Assumes supervisory responsibility for staff members as assigned including hiring, onboarding, training, coaching, scheduling and mentoring of new staff members to ensure on-going competency.

• Conducts performance reviews including new hire, annual and performance improvement evaluations of Clinical Dietitian levels I, II, and III and the Nutrition Technician/Dietetic Technician, Registered (DTR), and dietetic interns.

• May assume responsibilities for manager/director in reporting or representing the manager/director at meetings, etc., in the manager’s/director’s absence.

• Performs review of staff documentation to assure quality, regulatory, and fiscal compliance. Ensures staff's ability to meet all documentation requirements. Provides appropriate training as needed. Assists in preparing staff and areas for regulatory review and surveys TJC (The Joint Commission), DHS (Department of Health Services) etc.

• Other lead duties as assigned.

• Note: Clinical Nutrition Supervisor FTE allocation: up to 50% supervisor time with remaining time allocated to clinical work. Clinical Nutrition Supervisor position quantity and availability is also based on departmental need and budgetary approval processes and is attained through an application process.

Education Qualifications

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

• Completion of a didactic program in dietetics and supervised practice program approved by the Accreditation Council for Education and Dietetics (formerly known as 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 specialty area is preferred. Specialty certification (Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), Certified Nutrition Support Specialist (CNSC), Certified Specialist in Oncology (CSO), etc.).

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/areas.

• Rapidly recognizes norms and deviations from norms without considering a number of unproductive alternatives.

• Demonstrated flexibility and advanced priority-setting skills.

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

• Ability to communicate effectively in written, verbal and electronic form to patients, 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 team and support services.

Licenses and Certifications

• RD - Registered Dietitian required

• CDE - Certified Diabetes Educator preferred

• CNSC - Certified Nutrition Support Clinician preferred

• CSON - Cert Spec Oncology Nutrit preferred

• RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist preferred

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

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 for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You 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 $59.14 - $78.37 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on 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.

At Stanford Health Care, we seek to provide patients with the very best in diagnosis and treatment, with outstanding quality, compassion and coordination. With an unmatched track record of scientific discovery, technological innovation and translational medicine, Stanford Medicine physicians are pioneering leading edge therapies today that will change the way health care is delivered tomorrow.

As part of our spirit of discovery, we also leverage our deep relationships with luminary Silicon Valley companies to develop new ways to deliver preeminent patient care.

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