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Perceived job importance and job performance satisfaction,.
Perceived job importance and job performance satisfaction of selected clinical nutrition management responsibilities.
In almost all hospital organizations, clinical nutrition managers are responsible for managing human and material resources for the delivery of nutrition care. The constantly changing health care environment forces clinical nutrition managers to decide how to provide an effective and professional atmosphere for their clinical and foodservice staff. Regulatory agencies, such as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), continue to change performance standards and demand a higher level of clinical accountability. For example, during the last few decades, health care organizations have established stricter standards in many areas, including the timeliness of nutrition screening and assessments, interdisciplinary care planning, maintenance of staff competency, and quality improvement activities.
Standards have increasingly focused on patient care outcomes, and therefore hospital administrators have directed their improvement efforts toward performance outcomes instead of written standards. In this challenging environment, it has become imperative that clinical nutrition managers have and use strong leadership and strategic planning skills. In response to financial demands, health care administrators have cut budgets, yet at the same time demanded top-quality care.
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