Clinical Dietitian (Remote)
Compensation
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Job Description
Schedule: Days: M-F
Part-time/ PRN
Job Location Type: [Remote]
Your Experience Matters
At Lifepoint Health, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. As a member of the Health Support Center (HSC) team, you’ll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members to positively impact our mission of making communities healthier ®.
More About Our Team
We are seeking a Remote Clinical Dietitian to join our growing team supporting behavioral health hospitals across the country. In this role, you will assess patients' nutritional status, develop individualized medical nutrition therapy plans, and provide nutrition education through our remote telehealth program.
Dietitians are assigned facilities based on a predetermined schedule and provide coverage for fellow dietitians during vacations and other planned absences. This position reports directly to the Director of Dietary Services.
How you’ll contribute
A Clinical Dietitian Who Excels in This Role
- Completing comprehensive nutrition assessments
- Developing and maintaining therapeutic menus
- Writing and updating nutrition-related policies and procedures
- Managing foodservice ordering for assigned hospitals
- Providing nutrition education classes for patients
- Supporting facilities with clinical nutrition and foodservice needs
- Strong clinical assessment and medical nutrition therapy skills
- Knowledge of behavioral health nutrition and therapeutic diets
- Ability to maintain patient confidentiality and comply with HIPAA regulations
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating effectively with physicians, nursing staff, therapists, and other members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team
- Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple facilities and competing priorities
- Proficiency with electronic medical records (EMR) and remote communication platforms
- Flexibility to provide coverage for assigned facilities and other dietitians as needed
What We’re Looking For
Applicants should have a Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field required with 3-5 years of clinical nutrition experience behavioral health or acute care settings required. Additional requirements include:
- Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
- Active Dietitian license in the candidate's state of residence required.
- Foodservice management experience is preferred
EEOC Statement
“Lifepoint Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”
You must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier.
Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.
We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.
Key Responsibilities
The Clinical Dietitian will assess patient nutritional status, develop individualized medical nutrition therapy plans, and provide nutrition education via telehealth. They are also responsible for managing foodservice ordering and maintaining nutrition-related policies for assigned behavioral health facilities.
Requirements
Applicants must hold a Bachelor's degree in Dietetics or Nutrition and possess 3-5 years of clinical experience in behavioral health or acute care. A valid Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) credential and an active state license are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Dietitian Career Context
Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 26% have no call, 64% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Clinical Nutrition pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 7.3 / 10 · top 10% in clinical nutrition (dietitian) | ranked against 2,879 Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Clinical Nutrition median $77k (middle half $70k–$85k)204 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | remote | peers: 56% remote · 26% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US dietitian listings (all specialties): 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 3% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Clinical Nutrition listings | 1,046 in the last 30 days | 580 the 30 days before (+80%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Clinical Nutrition pay trend | +1.0% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Dietitian (Remote) at Lifepoint Health a 7.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) — ranked against 2,879 active Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
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