"Senior Nutritionist"

Position Summary

Under the supervision of the Director of the Integrative Therapies Program, the Senior Nutritionist will collaborate with a global team of nutrition clinicians and researchers on studies related to nutrition and integrative medicine in children with cancer.

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Subject to business needs, we may support flexible and hybrid work arrangements. Options will be discussed during the interview process

Responsibilities

Responsibilities (In order of importance):

Research-50%

• Employee is responsible for coordinating research studies, along with data management, subject accrual, and conduction of subject interviews.
• Responsible for managing databases for nutrition research studies and ensuring high-quality data entry.
• Assisting with applications to the federal drug administration for INDs and assisting the PI with all necessary documentation.
• Serve as the study contact for a national study evaluating obesity in childhood cancer and serve as the primary point of contact.

Clinical - 45%

• Responsibilities include provision of clinical care to children with cancer visiting the outpatient center and overseeing junior nutrition clinical staff.
• Establish standard practices, improving the delivery of telemedicine-based nutrition services, and overseeing the team of telemedicine-based nutritionists delivering care for research studies.
• Serve as direct liaison for establishing a nutrition training program for registered dieticians.
• With our international nutrition program, International Initiative for Pediatrics and Nutrition (IIPAN) lead virtual training sessions with clinical dietitians located in several countries around the globe.
• Responsible for managing sites and ensuring timely and accurate information is provided to team members.
• Coordinate, collect and input nutrition and related study data for nutrition and integrative medicine studies in the REDCap database.
• Collaborate the development of domestic and international grants and research protocols pertaining to nutrition and integrative medicine.
• Serve as primary point of contact for several multi-center clinical studies in nutrition.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for nutrition-based, telemedicine services.
• Oversee the team of telemedicine-based nutritionists delivering care for research studies.
• Ensured all timely submission of all research studies to the institutional review board.
• Assist with correspondence to federal drug administration for submission of INDs.
• Maintain all clinical trials information on clinicaltrials.gov.

Additional related duties as assigned-5%.

• Manage correspondence, generate materials, and execute administrative tasks for publications and presentations.
• Provide nutrition care to outpatient clinic.
• Lead clinical education and guideline development for IIPAN sites.
• Performs related duties & responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in education and experience required; plus, four years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in pediatric nutrition.
• At least 3-5 experience in pediatric hematology/oncology/stem cell transplant.
• Experience managing dietetic interns.
• Experience establishing clinical care standards for outpatient nutrition services.
• Interest and/or experience in pediatric hematology/oncology/stem cell transplant and obesity, international nutrition.
• The senior nutritionist must be flexible, highly organized, and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Fluency in Spanish preferred.

Other Requirements

• Registered Dietician (RD).