Director-Clinical Nutrition (Registered Dietitian)

NYU Langone Health is a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic medical center, known for its excellence in clinical care, research, and education. It comprises more than 200 locations throughout the New York area, including five inpatient locations, a children’s hospital, three emergency rooms and a level 1 trauma center. Also part of NYU Langone Health is the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center, and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. For more information, go to nyulangone.org, and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

Position Scope:

This position oversees all operations of the Clinical Nutrition Team which is part of the Food and Nutrition Department at NYU Langone Health.  This position leads a team of Clinical Nutrition Managers and Registered Dietitians at  our Manhattan and Brooklyn Campuses. (Tisch/Kimmel Hospitals, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital, Fink Ambulatory Care Center, Langone Orthopedic Hospital, and NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn)  This position is responsible for holding the  team accountable to achieve departmental and organizational goals and ensuring that care is delivered to our patients with the highest level of quality, accuracy and safety.

Responsible for directing and overseeing the Clinical Nutrition program and assuring compliance with the Rules and Regulations of the Medical Board, The Joint Commission, CMS, DOH and other regulatory agencies.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities

• Adheres to and promotes the mission, vision and values of the Food and Nutrition Services Department and NYU Langone Health.  
• Achieves a world class level of service and care for our patients, ensuring quality, accuracy and safety.
• Ensures a high level of employee engagement and satisfaction by facilitating a positive work environment, open lines of communication, and culture of excellence.
• Manages by providing positive and constructive feedback, and performance evaluations to employees and managers to reward, coach, correct and motivate.
• Responsible for hiring, coaching, and counseling of management and staff
• Represents and is actively involved with hospital committees and other regional/national applicable professional organizations.
• Plans, coordinates, and directs programs to support NYU Dietetic Internship, and other student educational programs.
•   Acts as liaison for the Food and Nutrition Department with other NYULH departments, including Pharmacy, IT, Regulatory, and Nursing. Monitor all aspects of nutrition care and service.
• .Function as a resource person to registered dietitians, nutrition students/interns and medical team regarding nutritional management of patients.
•  Stays abreast of current trends, codes and standards, assuring that NYULH provides state of the art Nutrition care.
•  Revision, review, and creation of policies and procedures to ensure compliance with The Joint Commission requirements, Federal, State and other local regulations.
• Establish, implement and maintain clinical nutrition standards.
• Manage financial performance for areas of responsibility.
• Provide oversight and manage overall performance of all Registered Dietitians (RD) within the Manhattan and Brooklyn campuses, regarding the provision of medical nutrition therapy including assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring and evaluation, and patient education according to established departmental policies.
• Participate in interdepartmental committees and maintain positive collaborative relationship across the organization. Leads and Directs the Diet and Nutrition Sub-committee of the Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee. Act as a liaison for Nutrition services with Epic (EMR).
• Foster strong connection with the medical staff and introduces therapies to integrate nutrition programs throughout all services.
• Design, direct and implement quality service performance improvement process related to clinical nutrition services, patient safety and service improvement goals.
• Recognize and adopt activities appropriate to the specific needs of the patients and in line with the professional standards of practice.
• Develop and coordinate provision of nutrition education to frontline staff that relates to patient menus and diet orders.
• Maintain department’s information system inclusive of establishing parameters and ensuring accuracy of the EMR (Epic)/CBORD information interface for all NYULH sites. Make recommendations for upgrades as necessary based on the latest advances in research and coordinate with respective interdisciplinary teams to facilitate.
•   Maintains open communications and provides weekly clinical updates to the Senior Director and collaborates with other members of the Food and Nutrition team.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in nutrition or related field required. 

8 years experience within Clinical Nutrition management in a healthcare facility/setting.

Registered Dietitian (RD) credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR –the credentialing Agency for Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)

NYS Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist (CDN) within 365 days 

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters Degree in nutrition or related field, with 10+ years experience within Clinical Nutrition management in a healthcare facility/setting.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Health provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you’ll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $97,589.95 – $162,649.75 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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