Clinical Dietitian - Travel - $2,114/week - Cottonwood, AZ (Days)
Listed compensation
$42.67/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
VitalHire is hiring: Travel Clinical Dietitian in Cottonwood, AZ
Job Details
- Profession: Clinical Dietitian
- Location: Cottonwood, AZ
- Setting: Acute Care Hospital
- Job Type: Travel Contract
- Shift: Day 5x8 8:00-17:00
- Hours: 40 hours/week
- Assignment length: 13 weeks
- Start date: 11/30/2026
- Openings: 1
Pay
- Travel weekly estimated pay: $2,114/week (40 hrs/week)
- Local pay rate: $42.67/hr (local candidates)
- CDR registration (RD/RDN) and any Arizona license required, plus any Arizona license required for this role
- Current BLS (if required by facility)
- 1+ year of recent clinical (inpatient) dietitian experience
- About 12 visits/day; some Saturdays depending on census
- First-time travelers accepted
Why VitalHire
- Weekly direct deposit and a dedicated recruiter from submission through your last shift
- Help with licensing, credentialing and onboarding so you can start on time
Apply today and a VitalHire recruiter will reach out with next steps.
Key Responsibilities
The Clinical Dietitian will provide nutritional care to patients in an acute care hospital setting. Responsibilities include conducting approximately 12 patient visits per day and managing dietary needs based on census.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a CDR registration (RD/RDN) and an Arizona license. At least one year of recent inpatient clinical dietitian experience is required.
Key Skills
Dietitian Career Context
Of the 49 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 43% are remote, 24% have no call, 78% require no weekends.
In Arizona, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$76k (25 salary observations; 158 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (1,825 salary observations; 8,887 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.2 / 10 · above average in clinical nutrition (dietitian) | ranked against 2,931 Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $89k–$110k | Clinical Nutrition median $94k (middle half $72k–$109k)79 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Arizona vs national | $76k median in Arizona | $78k nationally (−3%)25 state / 1,825 national salary observations |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$99k in purchasing power | Arizona index 100.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Clinical Nutrition listings in Arizona | 63 active | 2,968 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 43% remote · 24% no call · 78% no weekends49 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US Dietitian listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $4k) · 4% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Clinical Nutrition listings | 1,087 in the last 30 days | 610 the 30 days before (+78%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Clinical Nutrition pay trend | +1.5% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Dietitian - Travel - $2,114/week - Cottonwood, AZ (Days) at Vital Hire a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) — ranked against 2,931 active Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
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- No nights
- Includes weekends
Benefits & Perks
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Living in Cottonwood
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $404k
- Typical market rent
- $1,848/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 98.3
- State income tax
- Up to 2.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.