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New Vista of the Bluegrass
Somerset, Kentucky

Clinical Dietitian M-F/No Holidays or Weekends!

DietitianNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

If you are mission driven and want to enhance the lives of people in our community, we have a place for you on our team!

Currently extending a $5,000.00 sign-on bonus!

Position Summary

The Registered Dietitians(s) work collaboratively with Therapy Services and other departments to provide individualized nutritional care to the individuals of Oakwood as well as to those seen in the Outpatient Clinic. All services are provided at the highest standard of professional practice, complying with standards set by both federal and state regulations.

Qualifications Required

  • Registered as a dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the credentialing agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
  • Licensed by the Kentucky Board of Licensure and Certification for Dietitians and Nutritionists
  • Prefer experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities
  • Ability to meet drug screen and background check standards

Site Description

New Vista Oakwood is located on the shores of Lake Cumberland in the heart of Somerset, Kentucky; a growing, friendly city. Somerset provides a highly livable environment because of affordable cost of living, healthy lifestyle, excellent school systems and exceptionally high quality of life.

Our employees experience all the benefits of working for a company that values their employees by providing a robust incentive and benefits package.

  • Generous and flexible Annual Leave and Sick Leave plan
  • FREE Onsight Primary Care Clinic for employees and their dependents
  • Health, Vision and Dental insurance
  • Retirement savings through KRS Pension Plan and 401K
  • Company paid Life and AD&D insurance at 1.5 times your annual salary
  • Employee Assistance, Wellness Programs and much more!

New Vista prohibits discrimination and harassment against any applicant, employee or contractor based on sex, race, color, age, national or ethnic origin, religion, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, working conditions, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, wage and salary administration, employee benefits and training.

It is also the company’s policy to prohibit all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, encouraged another to complain, participated in an investigation into such complaints, or opposed unlawful discrimination.

Key Responsibilities

The Registered Dietitian works collaboratively with therapy services and other departments to provide individualized nutritional care to individuals at Oakwood and the outpatient clinic. They ensure all services comply with federal and state professional practice standards.

Requirements

Candidates must be registered as a dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration and licensed by the Kentucky Board of Licensure and Certification for Dietitians and Nutritionists. Experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Clinical dieteticsTherapy services collaborationPatient assessmentRegulatory complianceIntellectual disabilities support

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 26% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Dietitian M-F/No Holidays or Weekends! at New Vista of the Bluegrass a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Clinical Nutrition dietitian listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,226 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Somerset

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$254k
Typical market rent
$1,183/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About New Vista of the Bluegrass

Mental Health Care
Lexington, KY
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

$5,000 sign-on bonus
Generous and flexible Annual Leave and Sick Leave plan
FREE Onsight Primary Care Clinic for employees and dependents
Health, Vision and Dental insurance
Retirement savings through KRS Pension Plan and 401K
Company paid Life and AD&D insurance at 1.5 times annual salary
Employee Assistance, Wellness Programs