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Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania

Registered Dietitian, Per Diem

DietitianIncludes callIncludes weekendsPer Diem

Compensation

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Could you be our next Dietitian at Bryn Mawr Hospital?

Why work as a Dietitian with Main Line Health?

Make an Impact! As a Dietitian, you will plan and deliver nutritional care to patients of various age categories by screening patients based on admission diagnosis and providing them with timely intervention as consulted. Use your effective communication skills to communicate clinical findings via documentation as well as educate patient and family members as appropriate.

Develop and Grow your Career! You are encouraged to attend MLH Education & Development Classes that offer a variety of relevant courses, tools, and resources to help achieve your personal and professional goals. On-going feedback and career development are provided by your Manager through the use of performance appraisals and 1:1 communication to further develop yourself professionally.

Join the Team! Like our patients, the Main Line Health Family encompasses a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Just as each of our patients requires a personalized care plan, each of our employees, physicians, and volunteers, bring distinctive talents to Main Line Health. Regardless of our unique design, we all share a purpose: providing superior service and care.

Position-Specific Benefits include: We offer a number of employee discounts to various activities, services and vendors... And parking is always free!

Position: Dietitian

Shift: Primarily days with weekend rotation as required

Experience

Minimum of two years experience as a clinical dietitian required.

Education

Bachelors of Science degree in Dietetics required.

Licensures/Certifications

Registered dietitian status with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and licensed in the state Pennsylvania.

Key Responsibilities

Plan and deliver nutritional care to patients of various ages by screening based on admission diagnosis and providing timely interventions. Communicate clinical findings through documentation and educate patients and their families.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and a minimum of two years of experience as a clinical dietitian. Must be a Registered Dietitian with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and licensed in the state of Pennsylvania.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Nutritional Care PlanningPatient ScreeningClinical DocumentationPatient EducationClinical Dietetics

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 26% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

In Pennsylvania, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$78k (70 salary observations; 305 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (2,400 salary observations; 8,206 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 Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
4%
PSLF eligible
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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 3,208 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends
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About Main Line Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Radnor Township, Pennsylvania
5,001-10,000 employees

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