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West Anaheim Medical Center
Anaheim, California

Clinical Dietitian

DietitianPer Diem

Listed compensation

$42/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! West Anaheim Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Founded in 1964, West Anaheim Medical Center is a 219-bed acute-care hospital dedicated to providing the community with high-quality, compassionate healthcare.

Key services include general medical and surgical inpatient care and treatment, emergency services, surgical services, behavioral health, comprehensive heart center, and diagnostic imaging. For more information visit westanaheimmedctr.com.

Responsibilities

Provides appropriate patient nutritional care. Assesses the nutritional status of patients, formulates a care plan, coordinates its implementation, and evaluates its impact and effectiveness. Provides nutrition education to patients/families. Approves supplements as appropriate and assists in the development of a hospital formulary appropriate to the patient population.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. Registered Dietitian Required (CMS requirement)2. One year healthcare experience desirable.

Pay Transparency

West Anaheim Medical Center offers competitive compensation and a reasonable compensation estimate for this role is $42.00 to $42.00. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Employment Status: Per Diem

Shift: Variable

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice for California Applicants: primehealthcare.com

Key Skills

Nutritional AssessmentPatient Nutrition CareCare Plan DevelopmentCare Plan CoordinationEvaluation of Care EffectivenessSupplement ApprovalHospital Formulary Development

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 26% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

In California, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (330 salary observations; 659 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (2,428 salary observations; 8,305 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$87k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $79k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution34 jobs · 26 employers

15
<$100k
5
$100k-120k
3
$120k-140k
11
$146k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
67%
CME allowance
48%
Sign-on bonus
38%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

PACE Registered Dietitian Part-Time (Central Valley PACE - Merced)

Golden Valley Health Centers · Merced, California

$48-$52/hr
#2

Registered Dietitian Inpatient PRNPer Diem

Intermountain Health · Layton, Utah

$32.34-$49.94/hr
#3

Adjunct Nutrition Instructor - Registered Dietitian

$50.00Hourly
#4

Registered Dietitian

$36-$48/hr
+ 48 more · ranked by pay

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 3,172 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Anaheim

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$919k
Typical market rent
$2,759/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About West Anaheim Medical Center

Hospitals and Health Care
Anaheim, California
201-500 employees