Manager, Regional Clinical Nutrition and Wellness

Trinity Health

Manager overseeing clinical practices for Registered Dietitians in Trinity Health's Food & Nutrition Services Program. Driving standardization and governance in clinical nutrition and wellness across the region.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $98,240 - $147,360 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Directs and coordinates all clinical practices for field Registered Dietitians (RD's) to drive standardized care practices and provide clinical nutrition and wellness governance for assigned regional operations of the Trinity Health system-wide shared services Food & Nutrition Services (FANS) Program.
Works with the Integrated Clinical Services (ICS) team to develop and standardize Clinical Nutrition practices and application across assigned THS region while overseeing efforts of Regional Health Ministry (RHM) dietitians to develop and standardize core policy pertaining to nutrition care and support at the local level.
Coordinates clinical reviews with Regional Operations Managers to ensure appropriate utilization of product on patient menus as well as maintaining the nutrition and wellness goals of the region in all culinary applications.
Participates in development and management of core clinical nutrition and wellness program standardization in collaboration with System Office operations, regional and site Managers for FANS, and RHMs.
Works with all levels of senior leadership and management teams at RHMs, develops and implements quality clinical nutrition programs cost effectively with implementation processes that support Trinity Health and UEM goals, objectives, strategies, policies, and procedures.
Ensures patient care standards, cost targets and productivity improvement objectives are met, while cultivating service/product quality and customer satisfaction.
Ensures the System Manager of THS Clinical Nutrition & Wellness is kept abreast of issues or problems impacting program efficiencies and effectiveness.
Attracts, develops and trains talent to ensure program quality, sustainability, long-term growth, and development.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A comprehensive knowledge of Food & Nutrition/Hospitality management principles and practices, as normally obtained through a Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition or related field plus four (4) to seven (7) years of clinical nutrition management experience in a multi-hospital/site setting.
Registered Dietitian (RD) by Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) is required.
Master’s degree required, preferably in Clinical Nutrition, Public Health, Health Administration or Business.
Experience in contract management organizations or system self operated sites, field operations management, project management, and implementing best practices in a regionally integrated service support group, leading cross-functional work teams, with demonstrated results in increasing Patient Satisfaction scores within budgeted costs.
Ability to work effectively in a diverse, collaborative, and team oriented culture.
Ability to develop methodologies for collecting and analyzing relevant data; to audit program processes; monitor quality; identify, problems and their root causes, and make recommendations for improvement.
Excellent leadership, analytical, organizational, planning, delegation, coaching, communication (verbal, written and interpersonal), and computer (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) skills; with a continuous improvement mindset and ability to challenge conventional thinking at all levels of the organization.
A personal presence characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.
Ability to be a self-starter and independent worker able to manage multiple conflicting priorities and demands.
Ability to delegate responsibilities effectively and provide regular follow up to ensure objectives is met.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

clinical nutrition managementfood and nutrition managementproject managementdata analysisquality monitoringcontract managementpolicy developmentcost managementpatient satisfaction improvementculinary applications

Soft Skills

leadershipanalytical skillsorganizational skillsplanningdelegationcoachingcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingindependent working

Certifications

Registered Dietitian (RD)Bachelor’s degree in Food and NutritionMaster’s degree in Clinical NutritionMaster’s degree in Public HealthMaster’s degree in Health AdministrationMaster’s degree in Business