Clinical Nutrition Manager

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Location Aurora
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Job Overview

Join our dedicated Clinical Nutrition Leadership Team! We are a collaborative group committed to supporting the professional growth and development of our team while fostering a positive work culture. Our passion lies in promoting excellence, teamwork, and meaningful partnerships - both within our department and across the organization! Through close collaboration with our teams, we strive to enhance patient care. We are dedicated to aligning our initiatives with the broader goals of the organization, always keeping the well-being of our patients and families at the heart of what we do. Come experience the culture of Clinical Nutrition...excellence & collaboration!

A Clinical Nutrition Manager oversees the planning, delivery, and quality of clinical nutrition services across the organization. They ensure regulatory compliance, manage a team, and develop programs that support patient care outcomes.

Additional Information

• Location/Dept: This role provides Clinical Nutrition leadership at the Anschutz (Aurora) Campus. This role may also provide Clinical Nutrition leadership at other Denver Metro system of care locations, including North (Broomfield) and South (Highlands Ranch) Campuses.
• Job Details: 1.0 FTE; 40 hours/week - eligible for benefits
• Shift: 830am-5pm Monday-Friday. Please note, this role will be on-site at Anschutz Medical Campus. Will primarily be working days, however, may need to work night/holidays/weekends depending on the department's needs.

Essential Functions
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

1. Manages the daily operations of the department to ensure compliance with established policies, procedures, and guidelines, while utilizing evidence-based practice to develop and maintain these standards.
2. Assures procedures and processes are in place to maximize quality outcomes, service experience, and productivity.
3. Provides leadership and assumes responsibility for resolving escalated, complex, or controversial operational and patient/family issues, making decisions that are inclusive of multiple perspectives and solves underlying problems.
4. Defines and monitors departmental performance metrics, collaborating with Clinical Nutrition leadership to achieve targeted outcomes, maintain high standards for performance and professional development, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
5. Continuously strives to improve clinical, educational, research, and advocacy programs in department; sets and models high performance standards that empower staff to achieve agreed upon outcomes. Encourages clinically based research projects to evaluate practice outcomes and mentor's department team members in creating/evaluating projects.
6. Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders and actively participates in rounds, forums, and committees to support organizational initiatives and ensure alignment with business objectives.
7. Develops departmental budget recommendations, and monitors expenditures to ensure compliance with organizational financial goals.
8. Responsible for people leadership including hiring, onboarding, performance management, coaching, development, and disciplinary actions, to ensure alignment with organizational policies.
9. Provides direct patient care to maintain clinical competence and enhance understanding of dietitian roles, care processes, and organizational guidelines.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

* EDUCATION - Master's degree
* EXPERIENCE - Five (5) years as registered dietitian. Experience in pediatric nutrition strongly preferred.
* EQUIVALENCY - none
* LISENCURES/CERTIFICATION(S) -CDR certification (Commission on Dietetic Registration). CNSC or CSP preferred.

Salary Information
Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience. Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $90,900.58 to $136,350.88

Benefits Information
Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

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Estimated Close Date 08/30/2026