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Lake Mary, Florida

Registered Dietitian at Lake Mary Hospital

DietitianIncludes callNo nightsPer Diem

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Position Summary

  • Department: LMH Clinical Nutrition
  • Status: Pool
  • Schedule: First Shift
  • Title: Registered Dietitian

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital

Orlando Health Lake Mary Hospital represents Orlando Health’s continued commitment to the Seminole County community, which we have proudly served for 40 years.

As a comprehensive acute care facility, the hospital offers a full scope of medical and surgical services, including cardiovascular, general surgery, orthopedics, and women’s services with labor and delivery, alongside a future NICU.

Opening with 124 beds, the 455,000 square foot hospital will be able to expand to up to 240 beds. State-of-the-art facilities include operating rooms, catheterization labs, interventional radiology, a vascular lab, an ICU and a full-service emergency department.

For labor and delivery, the hospital features six private suites thoughtfully designed to make you feel at home while providing exceptional medical care.

Each suite includes a hydrotherapy tub for laboring, shower, recliner, adjustable bed with a squat bar, wireless and waterproof heart rate monitors for mom and baby, a smart board that integrates patient and nurse information from Epic, WiFi, and televisions. These modern amenities ensure a comfortable and supportive environment for every patient.

Features Include

  • Center for Women and Babies
  • Six state-of-the-art operating rooms
  • Three catheterization labs with a dedicated interventional radiology and vascular lab
  • Comprehensive cardiovascular care
  • 16 ICU beds
  • Observation unit
  • Imaging
  • Lab
  • Orlando Health Scripts pharmacy
  • Dining and café
  • Chapel
  • Top Reasons to Choose Orlando Health – Lake Mary Hospital:
  • BEST Place to Work for 6 years!
  • As a new hospital, Orlando Health Lake Mary offers unique opportunities for career advancement, leadership roles, and professional development.
  • Benefits Package that begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only).
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Tuition Reimbursement of up to $5,000 a year.

Position Summary

Develops and implements nutritional care plans based on assessment of patient nutritional needs taking into account both growth and disease state requirements.

Responsibilities

What You Will Do

Writes orders per policy.

Counsels patients and/or significant others on nutritional principles, dietary plans, and food selections taking into account cultural and ethnic requests.

Communicates appropriate dietary history and nutritional care data through medical record documentation system.

  • Participates in physician and health care team interdisciplinary rounds.
  • Serves as the consultant on nutrition care.
  • Coordinates activities in the diet office as needed.

The registered dietitian is expected to adhere to Orlando Health policies, procedures, guidelines, mission and vision statements, and commitment to excellence.

Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.

  • Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
  • Provides nutrition education and in-service to patients, families, and health care team members.

Reviews current scientific findings to update menus, hospital formulary, diet manual, and standards of care for specific patient population.

Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to assess patient’s nutritional requirement and specific needs appropriate to the age of the patient.

  • Knowledgeable in medical nutrition therapy for appropriate nutrition related care of patients.
  • Participates in clinical Performance Improvement activities as assigned.
  • Represents Orlando Health through outside speaking engagements to the community.
  • Provide the care needed as described in all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree from a U.S. regionally accredited university or college and coursework accredited or approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Dietetics Education (CADE) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).

Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) registration and State of Florida licensure required.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Nutritional AssessmentPatient CounselingDietary PlanningDiet Office Coordination

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 30% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

In Florida, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$74k (69 salary observations; 323 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (2,400 salary observations; 8,206 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution35 jobs · 29 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs

401k / retirement match
78%
CME allowance
39%
Sign-on bonus
30%
Relocation assistance
4%
PSLF eligible
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,208 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • Includes call

Living in Lake Mary

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$400k
Typical market rent
$1,988/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.4
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedules
Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,000 a year
Benefits Package begins on day one (Full-Time & Part-Time only)