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Farmville, Virginia

Dietitian (Part Time, Southside Community Hospital, Farmville, VA)

DietitianPart-Time

Listed compensation

$62k-$94k

The week · per this posting

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

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Provides medical nutrition therapy using evidence-based practice to optimize patient care. Provides consultation to the healthcare team to ensure efficient and effective nutrition care to patients. Monitors and evaluates patient care and nutrition outcomes on an ongoing basis.

Educates patients, healthcare members, dietetic interns, and members of the community. Participates in ongoing process improvement activities with the Nutrition Services Department. Maintains customer service, patient-centered approach at all times when fulfilling job duties. Meets the qualifications to provide care to patients in the assigned clinical areas.

Key Responsibilities

Provides medical nutrition therapy and consultation to the healthcare team to optimize patient care outcomes. Educates patients and staff while participating in ongoing process improvement activities within the Nutrition Services Department.

Requirements

Requires a degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or a related field and completion of a CDR-approved dietetic internship. Candidates must be registered or registration-eligible and possess basic computer skills including Microsoft Office proficiency.

Key Skills

Patient education

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 18% are remote, 24% have no call, 84% require no weekends.

In Virginia, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$75k (85 salary observations; 258 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 Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$78k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $77k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Centra Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 47 active listings.

Top Dietitian Jobs

24 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution24 jobs · 13 employers

6
<$80k
10
$80k-95k
5
$95k-110k
1
$120k
2
$125k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs · 13 employers

401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
70%
Sign-on bonus
30%
Relocation assistance
30%
Loan repayment
17%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Registered Dietitian-PACE

Neighborhood Healthcare · Murrieta, California

$88k-$128k
#2

Regional Registered Dietitian

Medical Nutrition Therapy Associates · Baltimore, Maryland

$100k-$125k
#3

Regional Dietitian Wellbeing Director- Allergen Management

$110k-$120k
#4

Clinical Dietitian / Registered Dietitian Cardiac Rehab

$72k-$106k
+ 22 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 3,226 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Farmville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$287k≈ 4.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,298/mo≈ 25% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
19 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.