Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
M-F, rotating weekends and holidays. 8 hour day, usually starts at 8am
Posted Date
12/15/2025
Salary Range $95400 - 208300 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
27955
In this role, you will supervise dietitians, diet technicians, and diet assistants, guiding daily operations and managing schedules, assignments, onboarding, and training. It assigns responsibilities, monitors performance, and provides ongoing coaching to support growth and maintain a collaborative team culture. The supervisor evaluates staff alignment with departmental goals, implements improvement plans when needed, and helps lead routine RD and DTR meetings. The position also contributes to quality improvement efforts, staff development, performance evaluations, and partners with Nutrition Services leadership to develop and update policies, procedures, and best practices that support high-quality, patient-centered care. It also assists with Nutrition Lab oversight for the pediatric and NICU teams.
Alongside leadership duties, the role provides direct patient care, including assessment, reassessment, screening, rescreening, diagnosing malnutrition, performing Nutrition-Focused Physical Exams, offering nutrition education, and managing therapeutic diets and enteral or parenteral nutrition. The supervisor works closely with interdisciplinary teams to ensure coordinated, effective care across a wide range of patient populations.
Qualifications:
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
Clinical inpatient experience required; leadership or supervisory experience preferred
Strong communication, organizational, and team-management skills
Ability to oversee clinical workflows, support staff performance, and maintain regulatory compliance
Experience managing a diverse workforce, including staff working under union agreements
Familiarity with food service operations and coordination with kitchen/production teams
Ability to support staff through unique workflow, scheduling, and labor-related needs
For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.
Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.
Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.
