Registered Dietitian - Full Time
Listed compensation
$25-$40/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
- Hospital Name: Select Medical Rehabilitation Hospital at Lutheran HospitalJoint venture/Partnership/Affiliation with Select Medical
- Position: Registered Dietitian
- Location: Fort Wayne, INSchedule: Fulltime
- Compensation: $25.00 - $40.00 per hour
(based on years of experience)
Sign On Bonus: $10,000
Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.
At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.
Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting
Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Responsibilities
Provides quality nutrition services including, but not limited to, screening, initial assessment, re-assessments, nutrition counseling and education, therapeutic diet calculations, and calorie counts. Develops an appropriate nutritional care plan.
Considers religious, cultural, and ethical factors when completing nutrition assessments and creating plan of care.
Evaluates potential food/drug interactions, and/or herb/supplement interactions. Provides nutrition education/counseling as appropriate.
Communicates and implements the nutritional plan of care with the interdisciplinary care team.
Attend Interdisciplinary Care meetings, when assigned, for the development of patient care plans. Participates with the interdisciplinary team in various medical rounds (as available at the facility) i. e., wound rounds, or dysphagia rounds.
Develops and implements educational programs for patients and staff. Works with the patient to identify a nutrition education plan and sets achievable goals.
Keeps current with nutritional practices and theories. Maintains current ADA requirements, (i. e., Professional Portfolio, self-development, and continuing education classes.)
Minimum Qualifications
- Current state licensure/certification, if required by state.
- Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
- One (1) year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent.
*Post offer employment testing (POETs) are completed as part of the onboarding process and are to be completed before an employee's first day of work.*
Additional Data
Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Dietitian Career Context
Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 20% have no call, 78% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Indiana is 93.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$68k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $72k in an average-cost state. 60.4% of Indiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $52k–$83k | Clinical Nutrition median $79k (middle half $73k–$92k)264 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$72k in purchasing power | Indiana index 93.3 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Clinical Nutrition listings in Indiana | 79 active | 3,080 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 26% remote · 20% no call · 78% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
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