Registered Dietitian-Weekends
Listed compensation
$40-$41/hr
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Job Description
Registered Dietitian-Per Diem-Weekends
The Parker Jewish Institute, located in New Hyde Park, NY is seeking a Registered Dietitian to join its team of dedicated professionals in Dietary Clinical Care on a per diem basis.
Job Specifications
Schedule includes working 1-2 shifts on alternating weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, with a shift of 8:00am-4:00pm or 9:00am-5:00pm.
Work collaboratively with our clinical dietary, food service, and the rest of the interdisciplinary care team.
Provide assessment of our residents' nutritional status, implement, monitor and modify nutritional care as planned, assist with planning and revision of resident menus, and work across the facility to evaluate and resolve problems as they occur.
Job Responsibilities
The Registered Dietitian is responsible for the records and reports concerning technical and clinical operations; responsible for resident care as it relates to nutritional status and maintaining resident nutrition care standards to conform to the high quality and expectations of the Institute.
Key Tasks Include
- Conducts an initial resident interview and screen within 48 hours
- Completes all nutrition assessments and documentation
- Plans and ensures that the resident's menus are accurate
- Plans modified individualized diets
- Works with the diet technicians to ensure preferences are provided
- Develops interdisciplinary care plans
- Responsible for perpetually charting on patients
- Maintains resident food service records
- Conducts meal rounds
- Attends and participates in medical rounds
- Provides diet instruction/education to residents
About Parker
The Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, conveniently located on the Queens-Nassau County border in New Hyde Park, New York, is a non-profit health care facility that offers inpatient programs such as sub-acute/short term rehabilitation, long-term care and nursing home care, as well as community health services encompassing certified home health care and a comprehensive community hospice program that serves terminally ill patients in their own homes or in nursing facilities, including Parker's nursing home.
Quality care means hiring quality people, and Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation has a longstanding reputation for excellence and innovation in resident and patient care.
Why Work at Parker
Friendly, collaborative team environment and exciting career growth opportunities providing an opportunity to learn, grow and have an impact on the overall results
- Excellent training and clinical education
- Accessible via public transportation
- Free parking on site for all staff
- On-site cafeteria offering breakfast and lunch
Position Requirements
Degree in Food and Nutrition
Registered Dietitian in New York State
Experience with clinical nutrition care in hospital or nursing home, or similar clinical environment
Ability to communicate pleasantly and effectively with residents, staff and family members
Key Responsibilities
The Registered Dietitian is responsible for assessing residents' nutritional status, developing individualized care plans, and maintaining clinical documentation. They also conduct meal rounds, provide diet education, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure high-quality nutritional care.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a degree in Food and Nutrition and be a Registered Dietitian in New York State. Experience in a clinical nutrition setting such as a hospital or nursing home is required.
Key Skills
Dietitian Career Context
Of the 40 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 23% have no call, 75% require no weekends.
In New York, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$79k (194 salary observations; 336 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (2,475 salary observations; 8,466 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 New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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