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General Information

Work Location: West Hills, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
A variable schedule including days, nights, weekdays, weekends, and holidays
Posted Date
06/30/2025
Salary Range: $92600 - 202200 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
25652

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

UCLA Health is seeking a dedicated and experienced Clinical Nutrition Manager at the UCLA West Valley Medical Center. This pivotal role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by combining clinical expertise with leadership and operational management in a dynamic healthcare setting.

In this role, you will oversee the daily operations and performance of clinical nutrition services, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care across a variety of populations. You will provide direct supervision to a team of registered dietitians, diet technicians, and diet assistants; managing schedules and assignments, supporting recruitment and onboarding efforts, and leading staff training and development initiatives.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Overseeing daily clinical nutrition operations, staffing, and workflow

  • Providing coaching, performance feedback, and professional development opportunities

  • Leading and participating in RD/DTR/patient services team meetings

  • Partnering with interdisciplinary leadership on policy development and quality improvement initiatives

  • Ensuring team compliance with departmental goals and healthcare standards


Join UCLA Health and be part of a nationally recognized team committed to excellence, innovation, and compassion.




Salary Range: $92,600.00-$202,200.00 Annually

 

Job Qualifications

Required:
  • Current and valid Registered Dietitian license with the State of California.
  • At least 5 years of clinical experience as a Registered Dietitian.
  • Ability to provide excellent leadership skills including communication, scheduling, problem solving, survey readiness, project management, HR files compliance and more.
  • Ability to analyze patient concerns and seek solutions satisfactory to the patient in the Dept of Nutrition.
  • Ability to demonstrate knowledge of nutrition care for varying age groups.
  • Ability to adapt procedures for patient education level, cultural practice, psycho-social and economic status.
  • Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of a specific area of dietetics such as pediatrics, transplant, cardiology, med/surg, renal, liver, critical care and oncology.
  • Ability to apply principles of medical nutrition therapy, food service and sanitation.
  • Ability to evaluate appropriateness of current nutrition regimen and make appropriate recommendations.
  • Ability to assess patient calorie, protein and micronutrient needs based on the Standards of Nutrition Practice and specialty Guidelines.
  • Ability to demonstrate appropriate written and verbal communication skills; must be an effective communicator when interacting with hospital administration, medical, nursing, allied health professionals, and food service staff.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.