0000044644 - CLINICAL MANAGER, FT

Niagara Health; Canada; On-site; CAD 96,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Niagara Health is seeking a Clinical Manager for Clinical Nutrition, Student Resources & Policy. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple sites, oversee student placements, and manage policy administration.

The role includes budget oversight, performance management, and collaboration with physicians, educators, and staff to advance clinical care priorities and best practices in nutrition.

Qualifications

• Leadership and strategic/operational leadership in a multi-site hospital.
• Budget development, financial management and variance analysis.
• Experience with student placements, academic partnerships, and learner resources.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and manage diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to Clinical Nutrition and Central Diet Office teams.
• Ensure safe, evidence-based, patient-centred nutrition care and regulatory compliance.
• Lead interprofessional collaboration to promote integrated care and transitions.
• Oversee diet order management, nutrition systems, service utilization, and metrics.
• Manage resources, budgets, and policies to support efficient service delivery.
• Lead education, student placements, and knowledge translation within the nutrition team.

Skills

Leadership

Budgeting

Quality improvement

Education & training

Partnerships

Education

Bachelor's degree in Dietetics/ Nutrition

Registered Dietitian in good standing (Ontario)

Job description

VACANCY DETAILS

• VACANCY NUMBER: 44644CG
• JOB TITLE: CLINICAL MANAGER,(CLINICAL NUTRITION, STUDENT RESOURCES & POLICY), FT
• STATUS: FULL TIME
• DEPARTMENT: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
• LOCATION: NIAGARA HEALTH
• HOURS OF WORK: 75 HOURS PER PAY PERIOD
• POSTING DATE: 15 OCTOBER 2026
• CLOSING DATE: 21 OCTOBER 2026
• UNION: NON UNION
• WAGE RANGE: $70.002 PER HOUR

Join Our Extraordinary Team at Niagara Health!

Niagara Health is a regional hospital system with multiple sites and a growing network of community-based services. We believe every person in our region deserves to live every day of their life in the best health possible and are committed to transforming hospital care in Niagara.

Working in a dyad model with physician leadership, the Clinical Manager will drive effective operations and foster community and academic partnerships aimed at improving transitions of care for the patients and communities we serve.

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

Reporting to the Director, Interprofessional Practice, Ethics & Education, The Clinical Manager,(Clinical Nutrition, Student Resources & Policy) provides strategic and operational leadership across a multi-site hospital organization while overseeing student placement operations, educational partnerships, and policy administration.

The Clinical Manager is a member of the Professional Practice Program leadership team. The Clinical Manager will participate in planning, implementing and sustaining key practice quality improvement projects and strategic plan initiatives and to advance corporate clinical care priorities and best practices with the Clinical Nutrition and Student Resources/Policy portfolio. They will have management responsibilities related to daily operations, scheduling, budget management, recruitment, and performance management within the Professional Practice Program.

This role is responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-informed clinical nutrition care, supporting a positive learner experience for students and educators, and advancing organizational strategies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES:

Clinical Nutrition Leadership

• Provide strategic, operational, and professional leadership to the Clinical Nutrition and Central Diet Office teams, including recruitment, onboarding, scheduling, workload management, performance management, and staff development
• Ensure the delivery of safe, evidence-based, patient-centred nutrition care through oversight of clinical practice standards, documentation, quality improvement initiatives, patient safety, clinical outcomes, and regulatory compliance
• Lead and support interprofessional collaboration with clinical, operational, and community partners to promote integrated care, continuity of care, and effective nutrition-related transitions
• Oversee the operations of Clinical Nutrition and the Central Diet Office, including workflow, staffing, diet order management, nutrition systems, service utilization, performance metrics, and operational planning
• Manage departmental resources, budgets, supplies, business planning, and nutrition-related policies, procedures, protocols, and clinical tools to support efficient service delivery
• Partner with Food Services, Information Technology, and other departments to support therapeutic diets, nutrition information systems, data reporting, process improvement, food safety, and patient meal services
• Lead education, competency development, student placements, knowledge translation, and communication initiatives within the nutrition team

Student Resources Policy and Library

• Lead team responsible for student placement programs and organizational learner resources
• Oversee student placements, affiliation agreements, onboarding, capacity, and academic partnerships
• Ensure compliance with organizational, regulatory, and placement requirements
• Oversee digital library, policy management, and knowledge-management resources and related software
• Support access to current, evidence-based information and resources for staff and students

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition, Dietetics, or a related field, with current registration as a Registered Dietitian in good standing with the College of Dietitians of Ontario
• Minimum five (5) years of progressive Clinical Nutrition experience in an acute care environment, including two to three (2-3) years in a leadership role
• Experience supporting student placements, academic partnerships, professional practice, or organizational learning initiatives
• Demonstrated experience in budget development, fiscal planning, and financial management, with a proven ability to monitor and control expenditures in line with organizational goals and priorities
• Strong understanding of financial reporting, cost analysis, and variance analysis, with the ability to make data-driven decisions to ensure budget adherence and optimize resource allocation
• Experienced people manager with demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and support diverse teams to achieve high performance and foster professional growth
• Demonstrated knowledge translation skills to implement evidence-based practices
• Demonstrated proficiency with program development and implementation, project and change management, and evaluation
• Committed to excellence in all elements of professional practice, including excellence in patient care processes, measuring outcomes, collaboration, and professional growth through education and research utilization
• Demonstrated experience with quality improvement strategies and methodologies
• Experience in developing and maintaining strong academic partnerships, including collaboration with universities, colleges, to advance organizational goals
• Excellent communication, presentation, organizational, and project management skills, with the ability to develop and deliver engaging education and training programs
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, SharePoint, and other digital tools, with the ability to work independently, prioritize competing demands, and build collaborative relationships

Why Niagara Health?

At Niagara Health, you will be part of a supportive and collaborative environment that puts people first and values your contributions. We are dedicated to fostering a culture where every team member has a positive experience, feels valued, respected, and empowered to make a difference.

This position is an existing vacancy at Niagara Health. No artificial intelligence is used in the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants.

At Niagara Health, we value diversity, equity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all people. We are especially interested in hearing from you if you are excited about being part of a respectful and hard-working team in the beautiful Niagara Region, have a passion for service and excellence in healthcare, have a background or related expertise in the healthcare environment, supporting patient care and providing extraordinary customer-service.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code, Niagara Health will provide accommodations through the recruitment process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

At Niagara Health, we are committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. As a part of this work, we collect information on Ontario Human Rights Code grounds and non-Code grounds in order to: hire and retain diverse talent, prevent and/or address systemic barriers to access and opportunity, improve service delivery and programs and advance diversity and inclusion overall. All identification questions are optional and include a "prefer not to answer" option.