Manager, Clinical Nutrition (Pediatrics)

The Manager, Clinical Nutrition (CNM) leads clinical nutrition services, ensuring the delivery of high-quality evidence-based medical nutrition therapy and patient-centered care. This role provides leadership and oversight of clinical dietitians, clinical practice standards, workflow management, regulatory compliance, quality improvement, and operational performance. Accountable for the management of daily clinical nutrition operations, ensuring efficient, compliant, and high-quality delivery of patient-centered nutrition care. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to advance patient care, educational activities, quality‑improvement initiatives, and research-informed practice, ensuring alignment with evolving clinical standards and training needs.

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What Awaits You?

• Career growth and development
• Diverse and collaborative working environment
• Affordable and comprehensive benefits package including Tuition Assistance

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Hours : Full time (40 hours), Day Shift, Weekdays

Location : Johns Hopkins Hospital Children's Center, Baltimore, MD

Requirements/Qualifications :

• Individuals earning the RDN credentialed after 1/2024 must hold a Master’s Degree. Bachelor's Degree acceptable if RDN credentialing was obtained prior to 1/2024
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience as a clinical dietitian
• Must be credentialed as a Registered Dietitian (RD) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration and licensed as a Dietitian-Nutritionist (LDN)per respective states licensing statutes and regulation.
• Experience in Pediactrics preferred

Essential Functions

• Manages the clinical nutrition services within the healthcare facility, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and evidence-based nutrition care in alignment with organizational and regulatory standards.
• Manages a team of clinical dietitians, including hiring, firing, corrective action, training, monitoring, and conducting performance reviews, fostering a high-performing and accountable team.
• Establishes, implements, and evaluates clinical practice standards, policies, and procedures to ensure consistency, quality, and compliance in the delivery of nutrition care.
• Ensures the effective application of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP), including timely assessments, documentation, and care plan implementation across patient populations.
• Oversees clinical workflow, including patient screening, consult management, caseload distribution, and coverage to optimize productivity and service delivery.
• Ensures compliance with hospital policies, professional standards, and regulatory requirements, maintaining survey readiness and documentation integrity.
• Leads quality improvement initiatives focused on clinical and operational outcomes, including length of stay, malnutrition identification, readmissions, and patient experience.
• Monitors departmental performance through data tracking, audits, and reporting to drive continuous improvement and accountability.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, food and nutrition services, and external partners to support coordinated, efficient care delivery.
• Manages departmental resources and contributes to budget stewardship, ensuring appropriate utilization of staffing and operational resources.

Our competitive Benefit Package is designed to support the well-being and financial security of our employees and includes paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, full medical, dental, and vision plans; retirement plans, tuition assistance, and more! Visit

Salary Range: Minimum 41.88/hour - Maximum 73.31/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.