MANAGER- CLINICAL NUTRITION

LE101 North Mississippi Medical Center, Inc; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 75,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

North Mississippi Health Services in Mississippi seeks a Manager of Clinical Nutrition to oversee the Food & Nutrition Services, including the central kitchen, patient and retail operations, and affiliated hospital support. You will lead a team, drive quality, and implement improvements to meet patient needs.

Responsibilities include strategic planning, budgeting assistance, ensuring compliance, mentoring staff, and delivering safe, cost-effective nutrition services across facilities.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates knowledge of nutrition care throughout the life cycle.
• Knowledge of nutrition and menu planning and health/food safety requirements
• Skilled in using Microsoft Office products, budgeting personnel management and strategic planning
• Ability to instruct staff in food service processes and procedures
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and good organization skills
• Strong food safety and customer service focus
• Ability to work independently while balancing and planning a variety of tasks for self and staff
• Prioritizes and organizes tasks of assigned managers and staff
• Directs staff to ensure positive and productive work atmosphere
• Provide positive, effective guidance and communication to the affiliate hospital’s Food Service teams
• Manages the development and implementation of action plans to improve the department’s functions
• Interacts daily with administrators, department managers, other employees and outside parties
• Must possess the ability to work well with groups or provide individualized assistance
• Must be able to communicate effectively with patients, family, community, leadership, staff and outside vendors

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, facilitates, and evaluates short and long-term strategies to meet the organization’s needs.
• Manages operations of central kitchen facility providing products throughout NMHS.
• Manages patient and retail operations at Women’s, Behavioral Health, & Baldwyn Nursing Facilities.
• Assist Director in serving as a consultant to affiliate/community hospital’s food service management teams.
• Plans, develops, facilitates, and evaluates quality indicators on services provided to customers.
• Develops metrics to drive operational efficiencies while enhancing staff and patient satisfaction.
• Provides positive leadership and direction to staff ensuring safe, cost-effective, and quality food services.
• Continuously monitor patient and employee satisfaction and employee retention.
• Ensure department compliance with all local, state, federal, and other legal/regulatory agencies.
• Attends and provides continuing education in-services.
• Accountable for managing and evaluating work performance of assigned employees/areas.
• In absence of Director, will fulfill duties and responsibilities of that role.
• Facilitates multi-disciplinary process improvement teams for root cause analysis investigations.
• Lead the development and implementation of a dietary performance improvement plan that provides measurable benefits to the department.
• Contribute ideas and suggestions for improvement opportunities that will enhance the department and ensure continual, positive relationships with internal customers.
• Monitor, observe, review and evaluate the performance and competencies of assigned direct reports.

Skills

Nutrition care

Menu planning

Budgeting

Staff management

Strategic planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition

Master’s Degree in Nutrition

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We believe a career is more than just a career — it's a calling. Our teammates' \"True North\" is what calls them to health care; it’s their passion. At North Mississippi Health Services, we believe in helping you leverage and connect that passion with a much greater purpose that impacts people you know and love.

Department: 10008010 Food and Nutrition Hospital Work Shift: Job Description: The Manager of Clinical Nutrition at North Mississippi Health Services plays a critical role in overseeing and enhancing the Food & Nutrition Services department. This includes managing the central kitchen facility, patient and retail operations, and providing consultation to affiliate/community hospital food service management teams. As a manager of people, this role is responsible for supervising a team and optimizing operations within a designated department or area, ensuring productivity and effective team management.

JOB FUNCTIONS

• Plans, develops, facilitates, and evaluates short and long-term strategies to meet the organization’s needs.
• Manages operations of central kitchen facility providing products throughout NMHS.
• Manages patient and retail operations at Women’s, Behavioral Health, & Baldwyn Nursing Facilities.
• Assist Director in serving as a consultant to affiliate/community hospital’s food service management teams.
• Plans, develops, facilitates, and evaluates quality indicators on services provided to customers.
• Develops metrics to drive operational efficiencies while enhancing staff and patient satisfaction.
• Provides positive leadership and direction to staff ensuring safe, cost-effective, and quality food services.
• Continuously monitor patient and employee satisfaction and employee retention.
• Ensure department compliance with all local, state, federal, and other legal/regulatory agencies.
• Assists in preparing annual budget and monthly statistical reports.
• Maintain confidential and legal department data.
• Ensure the delivery of highest standard of care specific to patient condition/need.
• Attends and provides continuing education in-services.
• Accountable for managing and evaluating work performance of assigned employees/areas.
• In absence of Director, will fulfill duties and responsibilities of that role.
• Facilitates multi-disciplinary process improvement teams for root cause analysis investigations.
• Lead the development and implementation of a dietary performance improvement plan that provides measurable benefits to the department.
• Contribute ideas and suggestions for improvement opportunities that will enhance the department and ensure continual, positive relationships with internal customers.
• Monitor, observe, review and evaluate the performance and competencies of assigned direct reports.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates knowledge of nutrition care throughout the life cycle
• Knowledge of nutrition and menu planning and health/food safety requirements
• Skilled in using Microsoft Office products, budgeting personnel management and strategic planning
• Ability to instruct staff in food service processes and procedures
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and good organization skills
• Strong food safety and customer service focus
• Ability to work independently while balancing and planning a variety of tasks for self and staff
• Prioritizes and organizes tasks of assigned managers and staff
• Directs staff to ensure positive and productive work atmosphere
• Provide positive, effective guidance and communication to the affiliate hospital’s Food Service teams
• Manages the development and implementation of action plans to improve the department’s functions
• Interacts daily with administrators, department managers, other employees and outside parties
• Must possess the ability to work well with groups or provide individualized assistance
• Must be able to communicate effectively with patients, family, community, leadership, staff and outside vendors

Physical Demands

• Standing. occasionally
• Walking. occasionally
• Sitting. Frequently
• Lifting/Carrying. occasionally 20 lbs
• Pushing/Pulling. Rarely
• Climbing. Rarely
• Balancing. Rarely
• Stooping/Kneeling/Bending. Rarely
• Reaching/Over Head Work. occasionally
• Grasping. Frequently
• Speaking. Frequently
• Hearing. Constantly
• Repetitive Motions. Frequently
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordinations. occasionally

Salary Range: $75,441.60 - $113,172.80

Education: Bachelor’s Degree | Nutrition | Required Master’s Degree | Nutrition | Not Required

Certifications: DNU REG DIET - Dietitian – Registered - REG - REG

North Mississippi Health Services is a large rural health care system with state-of-the-art facilities in Mississippi and Alabama. We have career opportunities ranging from inpatient hospital care to 70+ rural health and specialty clinics, a variety of outpatient, women’s and behavioral health services and many additional support services. Our team of over 7,000 works together every day toward our shared mission – to continuously improve the health of the people of our region.