VANESSA T. QUINTANILLA
McAllen,USA
Summary
Experienced with team leadership, strategic planning, and operational management. Utilizes effective communication and organizational skills to drive project success. Track record of fostering productive work environments and achieving set goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager of Bariatric Services
Sodexo: Valley Regional Medical Center
03.2023 - 08.2024
- Responsible for administering all aspects of the bariatric program including program development, manage accreditation process and ensure compliance with standards
- Managed accreditation criteria to ensure facility meets expectations set forth by governing agencies and all other regulatory requirements and standards that may required by local, state, and federal agencies
- Assisted Medical Director to lead quality improvement initiatives related to the continuum of care for the bariatric patient population
- Planned, developed and implemented relevant policies and procedures for the bariatric program in compliance with MBSAQIP requirements
- Ensure effective staff education, including orientation, focused education, and reinforcement education to achieve performance outcomes for leading best practice and safe care
- Assisted with the development and execution of outreach strategies aimed to educate and inform community physicians about the facility’s bariatric program and outcomes
- Maintain and improves nutrition knowledge
- Responsible for bariatric patient data tracking, regularly reports out on volume, trends, fallout and conversion rates
- Collaborated with leadership on opportunities for growth
- Coordinated bariatric seminars and support groups for the hospital
- Worked with local marketing and physician provider relations lead to develop and execute a marketing and outreach education plan for bariatric surgery at facility
- Worked with employees of the hospital, physicians, patients and their families to deliver high quality patient experience
Clinical Nutrition Manager
Sodexo: Valley Regional Medical Center
09.2017 - 03.2023
- Served as clinical nutrition manager for the food and nutrition services department
- Assisted Food and Nutrition services director in dietary education and disciplinary action of front line staff
- Directly responsible for hiring, orienting, scheduling, training, development, performance evaluations and disciplinary action of the clinical nutrition staff
- Conducted test tray assessments and patient satisfaction rounds
- Collaborated with front line supervisor and Executive Chef on monthly patient promotions
- Implemented policies on neonatal nutritional assessment, nutrition assessment care plan, malnutrition initiative, ICU nutrition support protocol, diet manual, and clinical nutrition downtime procedures
- Responsible for attending and representing the Nutrition department during interdisciplinary meetings such as: Quality Council, Neonatal care committee, Daily safety huddles, Multidisciplinary rounds
- Primary liaison with medical and nursing staff as representative of Clinical Nutrition Services
- Organized and implemented hospital wide Malnutrition Initiative with collaboration of CFO, CNO, Clinical Documentation Improvement specialist team, Nursing Directors and Managers, Director of Advanced Clinicals and Clinical Nutrition team
- Modified adult nutritional formulary and implemented ready to hang adult formula system hospital wide with assistance of nursing education department, clinical resource director and Abbott nutrition representative
- Responsible for collecting data and reporting quality initiative outcomes to hospital leadership
- Provided nutrition direction in pediatric and adult nursing skills fair with clinical nutrition team
- Collaboration with pharmacy department on parenteral nutrition protocol
- Precepted dietetic interns and complete competency evaluations
PRN dietitian
HHS: Solara Hospitals of South Texas
07.2017 - 09.2017
- Provided nutritional assessments for long term acute care patients for various disease states
- Attended care conferences with other members of healthcare team in order to optimize medical and nutrition care
- Communicated with food and nutrition staff regarding medical nutrition therapy
- Served as a reference for food and nutrition staff on dietary needs concerning medical nutrition therapy
- Assisted Food and Nutrition Service director with patient meal rounding and service recovery
- Collaborated with pharmacy on providing optimal nutritional care to patients requiring long term parenteral nutrition support
Full time clinical dietitian
Mission Regional Medical Center
12.2015 - 09.2017
- Provided nutritional assessments on various patient populations using the nutrition care process with a concentration on critically ill patients and nutrition support
- Attended medical rounds as part of interdisciplinary team
- Provided nutrition education on all new patients receiving Coumadin therapy as well as any nutrition education warranted based on patient population health conditions
- Outpatient nutrition counseling to patients with various disease states across the lifespan
- Completed patient tray accuracy as part of nutrition team
- Initiated hospital wide interdisciplinary nutrition committee as co-chair
- Developed nutrition education materials for health fairs, city employees and outpatients
- Provided nutrition presentations to the community as directed by hospital
- Malnutrition presentations to newly hired nursing staff as part of hospital orientation
- Organized hospital wide malnutrition awareness initiative during malnutrition awareness week 2016
- Precepted dietetic interns along with the clinical nutrition team and participated in evaluations
Full Time Clinical Dietitian II
Aramark: Valley Baptist Medical Center
09.2010 - 12.2015
- Provided comprehensive nutritional assessments using the nutrition care process for various disease states across the lifespan with a concentration on critically ill patients
- Provided nutrition education as warranted by a patient’s needs or condition
- Attended critical care rounds in the neuro ICU and cardiovascular/surgical ICU as part of interdisciplinary team
- Attended critical care committee meetings and worked with nutrition team on quality improvement in critical care nutrition
- Completed test trays, patient rounds, nurse rounding and participated in performance improvement projects
- Mentored various entry level dietitians as well as dietetic interns providing coaching and supervision on critically ill patients, patients at high nutrition risk, and patients requiring complex nutrition support
- Assisted in collecting data on nutrition support projects
- Provided diabetes self management classes as part of nutrition team
- Outpatient nutrition counseling to patients with various disease states across the lifespan
PRN dietitian
Lifecare Hospitals of South Texas
11.2012 - 08.2014
- Provided nutritional assessments for long term acute care patients for various disease states
- Nutrition education provided to all patients receiving Coumadin therapy as well as any education warranted based on patient’s overall medical condition
- Attended care conferences with other members of healthcare team in order to optimize medical and nutrition care
- Communicated with food and nutrition staff regarding medical nutrition therapy
- Served as a reference for food and nutrition staff on dietary needs concerning medical nutrition therapy
Education
Bachelor’s of Science Degree - Dietetics
University of Texas Pan American
Edinburg, Tx05.2010
Associate Degree - Biology
South Texas College
McAllen, Tx05.2006
Skills
- Customer service
- Team leadership
- Time management
- Decision-making
- Verbal and written communication
- Staff training and development
- Project management
Certification
Servsafe Manager Certification
Affiliations
- American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Languages
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Manager of Bariatric Services
Sodexo: Valley Regional Medical Center
03.2023 - 08.2024
Clinical Nutrition Manager
Sodexo: Valley Regional Medical Center
09.2017 - 03.2023
PRN dietitian
HHS: Solara Hospitals of South Texas
07.2017 - 09.2017
Full time clinical dietitian
Mission Regional Medical Center
12.2015 - 09.2017
PRN dietitian
Lifecare Hospitals of South Texas
11.2012 - 08.2014
Full Time Clinical Dietitian II
Aramark: Valley Baptist Medical Center
09.2010 - 12.2015
Associate Degree - Biology
South Texas College
Bachelor’s of Science Degree - Dietetics
University of Texas Pan American
Similar Profiles
Rudolph BergRudolph Berg
Executive Chef 2 at Sodexo/ Rapides Regional Medical CenterExecutive Chef 2 at Sodexo/ Rapides Regional Medical Center
Toni C. Ullrich, MS, RD, LD/NToni C. Ullrich, MS, RD, LD/N
Clinical Dietitian, Acute Care at Sodexo USA at Sharon Regional Medical CenterClinical Dietitian, Acute Care at Sodexo USA at Sharon Regional Medical Center
Marissa Guevarra MarzanMarissa Guevarra Marzan
Food Preparation Worker at Renown Regional Medical Center/SodexoFood Preparation Worker at Renown Regional Medical Center/Sodexo