Clinical Nutrition Manager 2

Unit Description:

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where change is the only constant?

Sodexo is seeking a Full Time Clinical Nutrition Manager 2 for Fort Walton Beach Medical Center (257 beds)  in Fort Walton Beach Florida. A highly motivated Registered dietitian, 2 years of clinical and at least 1 year of lead experience.  

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center is a 267 bed acute care facility on the beautiful Emerald Coast of the Florida Panhandle serving Okalossa county and surrounding communities. The facility provides services in the area of cardiology, wound care, Women and Children's Care Program, Pediatrics,Trauma, Behavioral Health and Rehabilitation Center, open heart surgery, an Accredited Advanced Primary Stroke Center, an Accredited Chest Pain Center, and a Cancer Care Center that is accredited by the Commission on Cancer and an Associate of the UAB Birmingham Health System Cancer Community Network .The facility has a psychiatric treatment center, advanced care for critically ill patients, including cardiovascular and neonatal intensive care units, and emergency services, including a main ER, Pediatric ER and Express ER.

Reporting to the General Manager, the Clinical Nutrition Manager will:

• Be a Registered Dietitian with experience in acute care setting.
• Manages 4 Dietitians

• Provides nutritional care for patients, be the primary liaison with medical team and nursing staff.

  Have experience utilizing the nutrition care process, electronic medical records charting
• Be responsible for conducting nutrition care and patient assessments for patients.
• Have excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Be enthusiastic about the impact medical nutrition therapy has on patient outcomes. 
• Demonstrate good time management skills and be able to work well with physicians, nursing, and ancillary staff and collaboratively as part of a team, as well as independently and be outcome focused.
• Licensure in Florida is required.

Is this opportunity right for you? We are looking for candidates who have:

• Registered Dietitian credentials and be licensed in FL is required;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills;
• Good time management skills be a self-starter and a team player
• The ability to work well with physicians, nursing and ancillary staff.

Click here to learn more about Fort Walton Beach Medical Center

Sodexo offers a full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K and access to ongoing training and development programs, tuition reimbursement, plus health and wellness programs.

Sodexo is committed to providing working conditions and client services that are safe and healthy and will follow all applicable COVID-19 prevention measures, including state/local or client-mandated mask, testing and/or vaccine requirements.

Employees in Healthcare are required to be fully vaccinated as a term and condition of employment at Sodexo no later than February 28, 2022, absent a legally required exception, and are required to report their vaccination status and upload proof of vaccination via an online portal. 

After February 28, you must be fully vaccinated before you can start work. Fully vaccinated by February 28 means:

• Obtain the first dose of a two-dose vaccine no later than January 27, 2022; and the second dose no later than February 28, 2022; or
• Obtain one dose of a single-dose vaccine no later than January 27, 2022 

Not the job for you?
At Sodexo, we offer Dietitian positions in a variety of business segments, including Schools, Universities, Health Care and Senior Living locations across the United States. Continue your search for Dietitian jobs.

Working for Sodexo:
Sodexo fosters a culture committed to the growth of individuals through continuous learning, mentoring and career growth opportunities. As the largest private employer of dietitians, we have tremendous job opportunities for registered dietitians who are looking to get more out of their career!

What We Offer:

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.

Position Summary:

Functions as the in-unit lead Clinical leader for a medium to large account or multiple accounts under one contract in a system. Manages the daily operations of nutrition services through direct supervision of both non-exempt employees and entry-level exempt professional employees.

Key Duties
-Directs daily operations of nutrition programs and ensure customer and client satisfaction levels are met.
-May provide direct nutrition care to population served
-Establishes and executes operating standards, implements quality improvements, manages the budget and communicates them to other departments.
-Maintains and develops client relationships and client satisfaction for nutrition services.
-Promotes nutrition services and stays current with most recent nutrition-related trends, research, policy, certifications, and standards of practice.
-Manages employees to ensure they meet goals, cost controls deadlines, and collect outcomes.
-Ensures compliance with all federal, state and local regulations as well as Sodexo/client policies and procedures (e.g. Health Dept., HIPAA/Privacy Act, Joint Commission, quality assurance, safety, operations, and personnel).
-Assists in the development of new business service(s) for the client, regional or national initiatives, projects, and implements the service program(s).

Qualifications & Requirements:

Basic Education Requirement - Bachelor's Degree

Basic Management Experience - 1 year

Basic Functional Experience - 2 years work experience in health care including hospitals, nursing homes, assisted or independent living facilities, long-term care, retirement homes, or clinics + registered dietitian

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.