About This Role
Directing and managing a regional clinical staffing business that services long-term and post-acute care facilities is the core of this role. The position involves building and leading a team of Registered Dietitians, ensuring compliant clinical coverage, and overseeing financial performance. It suits a leader with a strong background in dietetics and management.
Responsibilities
- Build, direct, and manage a regional scalable clinical staffing business servicing the long-term and post-acute care industry
- Work and communicate with Human Resources and other stakeholders to recruit, hire, and train team members
- Assign work schedules and areas of responsibility to Registered Dietitians to ensure appropriate and compliant clinical coverage within client facilities
- Conduct performance evaluations in accordance with Company policy
- Follow guidelines and limits the parameters allowing for use of external contract RDN services and participate in Company record-keeping systems when utilized
- Work with Human Resources and other stakeholders to implement a retention strategy for the Registered Dietitian team to minimize turnover
- Participate in the budget and oversight processes, including monitoring and approving area of oversight expenses (labor hours and dollars, contract services, supplies, travel, education and training, recruitment, other)
- Monitor and approve revenue targets for internal HCSG dining accounts and external contract RDN service strategy and growth
- Utilize and keep up to date Company-approved systems to track and manage financial performance to budget
- Display in-depth knowledge of Mealtracker and demonstrate ability to manage clinical requirements through the system, as well as support menu and diet extensions for operationally developed menus
- Communicate, develop, and implement corrective action plans as necessary in coordination with the human resources department
- Provide oversight for full compliance with Company programs, policies and procedures and standards of ethics
- Conduct ongoing review of audit and quality monitoring measurements and regulatory performance data to assure that quality targets and thresholds are consistently met
- Seek and provide direction and support regarding regulatory compliance
- Function as clinical support, seeking input from internal stakeholders and supporting HCSG operations with the clinical leader(s) of the client organizations as required
- Participate in quarterly business review meetings with clients as needed
- Collaborate with the HCSG Sales, Marketing, and Learning and Development Teams to support new revenue opportunities for full service Dining or Clinical Services
- Participate in corporate work groups, as requested, for strategic planning and product development relative to clinical policies and procedures, clinical infrastructure and process improvement
