Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford, the mission to provide compassionate care to the poor and underserved is still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital holds over two dozen national ranks and recognitions and is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.

Whether you are an experienced healthcare professional or working toward that, we invite you to experience Hello Humankindness with us! CHI Saint Joseph Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. We care about our team members well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance such as:

• Paid Time Off (PTO) - 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs with matching
• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Mental Health resources for you and your family
• Wellness Program with rewards up to $450
• Tuition Reimbursement for future career growth and development
• Adoption Assistance
• Voluntary Protection: Accident, Critical Illness, Identify Theft and Pet Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits to support adult and child care needs
• Employer Discounts
• Relocation Assistance*
• Employee Referral Bonuses up to $7,500*
• Sign-on Bonuses up to $25,000*
• Education Assistance (student loan payoff) up to $24,000*

*for eligible hires

Learn more about Saint Joseph Hospital and why we're voted a "Best Place to Work" in Kentucky!

Directs the functions of clinical nutrition services, which is required to provide high quality nutritional care to patients and clients. Director also directs the daily RD function for training and performance improvement programs for the clinical employees within a CSH (CommonSpirit Health) region.

Essential Key Job Responsibilities

 Has the authority to interview, hire, orient, terminate, promote, train and conduct performance evaluations. 

1. Directs the clinical nutrition program within a region.
2. Assigns day-to-day work activities; directs the functional and technical job performance of team members within the region.  
3. Allocate and direct staffing needs to meet patient, unit, and department needs, and collaborate with others to ensure overall clinical nutrition staffing needs are met at each hospital. 
4. Advocate to expand and promote the role of Clinical Nutrition throughout each facility.           
5. Manage performance including: setting goals, clarifying job expectations, monitoring performance progress, providing feedback, recognizing, developing skills and addressing performance issues related to work and our Commitments using corrective action.       
6. Establishes goals and oversees implementation of clinical nutrition care based upon the facility's medical direction and patient population at CSH (CommonSpirit Health).  
7. Assesses, develops and revises a nutritional care plan of neonates/ infants, pediatric, adolescent, adult and/or geriatric patients through documentation in the medical record.
8. Evaluates and coordinates hospital nutrition formulary for CSH (CommonSpirit Health). Plans regular and modified menus based on the current diet manual for CSH (CommonSpirit Health).  
9. Oversees systems and processes to ensure the strategic and operational objectives of the hospital and the department requirements are met.  Complies with regulatory agencies, including federal, state, JCAHO and CMS as evidenced by successful completion of surveys with no deficiencies.
10. Drive performance improvement and quality management projects.
11. Visits patients in an assigned nursing unit or area and helps ensure that every patient is visited by a member of the management or professional team as needed during their hospital stay.
12. Is an active member on the CSH Nutrition Council.

The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job.Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Three (3) years acute hospital or similar experience working with patients including complex levels of care to specialized populations.
  
• Bachelor's Degree (prior to 2024 graduates) with completion of accredited dietetics program (ACEND - Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition Dietetics).
• Master’s Degree required for 2024 (and beyond) graduates.

Required Licensure and Certifications

• Valid registration as a Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) in the State of Kentucky. 
• Current certification as a ServSafe© Food Protection Manager and ServSafe© Allergen certification. Certification must be obtained within 60 days of hire; unless otherwise required by state or local health code.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training

• Prior management experience preferred (such as clinical nutrition management, foodservice management, etc.).