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Lexington, Kentucky

Outpatient Dietitian PRN

DietitianPer Diem

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Job Description

PRN RD LD position open with an established outpatient nutrition program with a wide variety of diagnoses.

Job Description

  • Registered Dietitian, Outpatient
  • PRN

Diabetes Care Clinic helps patients manage condition and enabling them to lead the lives they want to lead. The program Plantar Fasciitis (PF) preventive and maintenance services for adult suffering from diabetes.

Under limited supervision, provides professional medical nutrition therapy to groups and individuals of all ages and abilities, in a variety of settings in the outpatient nutrition service area.

Follows established standards of practice and guidelines defined by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, USDA, American Diabetes Association, and other evidenced based resources for the assessment of patients, and subsequent planning, implementation, evaluation of nutrition education.

Services also includes continuum of care for out-patients requiring medical nutrition therapy. Works with an established multidisciplinary team of professionals to provide quality nutrition education services including all department services. Also provides support the outpatient diabetes education services as needed.

Job Description

Performs and documents a complete and comprehensive medical nutrition therapy plan in accordance with scope of practice, policies and procedures, national standards of care, as well as consideration of the needs, barriers, and skills/abilities/resources/support system of each patient service in the outpatient setting.

Coordinates the nutritional plan of care for outpatients as part of the diabetes education program, and supports the overall established diabetes educational curriculum.

Provides counseling in an effective and compassionate way, using active listening techniques and professional behavior, individualizing the care of each patient, setting mutually agreed upon goals, performing follow up activities.

Works with RNs and all members of the team in the department to provide individual and group classes for all types of diabetes related services, including Diabetes Prevention Program.

Crosstrained to provide diabetes education services as need arises.

Accountable for measurements of effective and successful education to patients through measured goals and outcome reports, audits, and satisfaction survey/feedback.

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree

Current registration or registration-eligible with the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Those registration-eligible must become registered within 6 months of date of hire unless extension granted

Licensed Dietitian in Kentucky or licensed-eligible after receiving CDR registration. Those licensed-eligible must become licensed in KY within 6 months after receiving CDR registration unless extension granted.

Preferred Requirements

Experience with patient education and c counseling

Benefits

Preventive Plan

Retirement Plans

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  • Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Key Responsibilities

The dietitian provides professional medical nutrition therapy to outpatients, including individual counseling and group diabetes education. They work within a multidisciplinary team to develop, implement, and evaluate comprehensive nutrition care plans.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree and be registered or registration-eligible with the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Licensure in Kentucky is required or must be obtained within 6 months of hire.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Patient counselingNutrition assessmentGroup educationClinical documentationCare coordinationMultidisciplinary collaboration

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 24% have no call, 76% 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).

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Salary Distribution26 jobs

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$95k-105k
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$106k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs

401k / retirement match
73% this job
CME allowance
50%
Sign-on bonus
42%
Loan repayment
12%
Relocation assistance
8%

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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 3,195 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Lexington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$314k
Typical market rent
$1,553/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.9
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Lexington-Fayette, KY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Baptist Health

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Benefits & Perks

Preventive Plan
Retirement Plans