Sr. Manager, NCS Data Systems

As a patient-focused organization, University of Utah Health exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. University of Utah Health seeks staff that are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission. EO/AA

The Senior Manager, Nutrition Care Services Data Systems provides strategic leadership for nutrition informatics, clinical data management, analytics, technology optimization, and enterprise data governance across a multi-hospital academic healthcare system. This position is responsible for ensuring that nutrition-related foodservice technologies, electronic medical record (EMR) functionality, analytics platforms, and reporting systems effectively support patient & customer care, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and organizational strategy.The Senior Manager serves as the primary liaison between Nutrition Care Services, Information Technology, Clinical Informatics, Quality, and operational leadership. The position leads enterprise-wide efforts to standardize nutrition-related foodservice workflows, optimize clinical documentation, improve data integrity, support nutrition quality outcomes, and advance the strategic use of technology and analytics throughout inpatient and ambulatory settings.As a leader within an academic health system, this position partners with physicians, nurses, dietitians, and clinical leaders to support innovation, evidence-based practice, and continuous improvement across five hospitals and twelve community clinics.

Corporate Overview: The University of Utah is a Level 1 Trauma Center and is nationally ranked and recognized for our academic research, quality standards and overall patient experience. Our five hospitals and eleven clinics provide excellence in our comprehensive services, medical advancement, and overall patient outcomes.

 

 

 

To be considered for this role, applicants must:

• Please upload your most recent, updated resume that demonstrates a solid background in the qualifications required for this position.

• Include complete work history and relevant experience

• Ensure their experience clearly reflects the required qualifications

• Be able to meet the schedule, hours, and work location listed for this position

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• Develops the strategic vision for nutrition informatics and data systems across the health system.
• Leads enterprise initiatives that improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and utilization of nutrition technology and data resources.
• Identifies opportunities to leverage technology to improve patient outcomes, customer satisfaction, and operational performance.
• Serves as the senior Nutrition Care Services representative for technology planning and enterprise system initiatives.
• Collaborates with physicians, coding professionals, and revenue cycle leaders.
• Ensures standardization of nutrition documentation practices across all facilities.
• Establishes and maintains enterprise nutrition data governance standards.
• Develops policies and procedures that promote consistency, standardization, and data integrity.
• Defines standardized nutrition metrics and reporting methodologies.
• Collaborates with enterprise analytics and information services teams to improve data accessibility and reporting efficiency.
• Develops and oversees dashboards and performance reporting tools.
• Analyzes trends and provides actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Translates complex data into meaningful operational and clinical insights.
• Monitors documentation quality and diagnosis capture performance.
• Evaluates program outcomes and communicates results to executive leadership.
• Supports initiatives that improve quality metrics, reimbursement performance, and patient outcomes.
• Supports the collection, reporting, and analysis of clinical nutrition outcomes.
• Evaluates emerging technologies and digital health solutions that support innovation in nutrition care.
• Ensures systems and documentation processes support compliance with CMS requirements, DNV standards, state regulatory agencies, organizational policies, and professional practice standards.
• Participates in accreditation surveys, audits, and regulatory reviews.
• Develops corrective action plans when opportunities for improvement are identified.
• Coordinates multidisciplinary teams across hospitals and ambulatory sites.
• Manages stakeholder communication and change management activities.
• Monitors project outcomes and ensures achievement of strategic objectives.
• Directs and supervises assigned staff.
• Provides leadership, mentoring, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Fosters a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and collaboration.
• Promotes employee engagement and professional development.
• Participates in annual budget development and resource planning.
• Monitors technology-related expenditures and contracts.
• Evaluates return on investment associated with informatics and technology initiatives.
• Identifies opportunities to improve operational efficiency and resource utilization.

• Demonstrated experience engaging clinical, foodservice, and operational stakeholders to define data systems’ needs, translate workflows into technical requirements, and support implementation.

• Experience working in complex healthcare delivery environments with multidisciplinary teams.

• Strong understanding of menu management, recipe standardization, and nutrition database administration

• Project management and implementation leadership

• Demonstrated reliability, ownership, follow-through, and ability to deliver high-quality work across multiple concurrent priorities.

• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, documentation, and presentation skills.

Carrying, Climbing, Color Determination, Crawling, Far Vision, Lifting, Listening, Manual Dexterity, Near Vision, Non Indicated, Pulling and/or Pushing, Reaching, Sitting, Speaking, Standing, Stooping and Crouching, Tasting or Smelling, Walking

• Master's degree in Nutrition, Health Informatics, Business Administration, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, or related discipline.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible healthcare leadership experience.
• Experience working with electronic medical records and healthcare information systems.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and process improvement initiatives.
• Experience utilizing healthcare analytics and reporting tools.

• Registered Dietitian with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

• Current License to practice as a Certified Dietitian in the State of Utah.

* Additional license requirements as determined by the hiring department.

• Experience within an academic medical center or integrated healthcare system.
• Experience supporting nutrition informatics or clinical documentation programs.
• Experience working with research, quality improvement, or population health initiatives

Employee must be able to meet the following requirements with or without an accommodation.

• This is a sedentary position in an office setting that may exert up to 10 pounds and may lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. This position involves sitting most of the time and is not exposed to adverse environmental conditions.