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Exemption Status:

Exempt

Schedule Details:

Holidays - No More Than Every Third Holiday, Monday through Friday, Weekends (Saturday and Sunday), Weekends - Every Eighth Weekend

Scheduled Hours:

0700-1530

Shift:

1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

40

Cost Center:

10030 - 6215 Clinical Nutrition

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Distributes and monitors the flow of work for an assigned group of employees.  Provides training and technical assistance to employees within the assigned work area.  Assists director in assuring that assigned employees are provided with appropriate resources, materials, and methods.  Provides recommendations to director for the most efficient utilization of assigned personnel.  Relays work instruction from the director.
2. Performs clinical care, including patient evaluation, treatment, discharge planning (inpatient only) and interdisciplinary care coordination in assigned area.  Completes clinical documentation and other activities as described in staff job descriptions.
3. Assists director in identifying opportunities for improvement in area and participates in Performance Improvement teams.  Acts as team leader, facilitator or member for own clinical areas and interdisciplinary initiatives as assigned.
4. Assures that own clinical area complies with departmental policies and meets accreditation, regulatory and quality standards for clinical care delivery and documentation.  Assists in implementation of policies and procedures to assure consistent practice in own clinical area.
5. Assists manager in coordination of student program for assigned area.  Assigns student supervisors and acts as resource for student supervision needs.
6. Participates in performance improvement initiatives.
7. Demonstrated ability to supervise staff and students.  Ability to manage multiple tasks.
8. Act as a liaison between the Clinical Nutrition Department and Food and Nutrition Department.  

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
5. Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
6. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:
1. Bachelor’s Degree from Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) approved four-year program in Food and Nutrition or related field.  
2. Current registration with Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency of the AND.
3. Massachusetts state license (LDN). 

Preferred:
1. Master’s Degree in Nutrition, Science, Business or related field.  

Experience/Skills:

Required:
1. 3 years clinical experience in related area.
2. Demonstrated leadership skills.
3. Ability to influence the quality of patient care, in an advisory capacity to the physician and other health care team members.  
4. Demonstrated skill in analyzing problems and making decisions.  
5. Strong verbal and written communication skills.
6. Strong computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
Preferred:
 

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies, including age-specific competencies and their measurements, will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

Work is considered sedentary.  Position requires work indoors in a patient care environment. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.