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Clinical Dietitian I - Clinical Nutrition - Per Diem

DietitianPer Diem

Listed compensation

$31.08-$48.17/hr

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Employment & setting
Per Diem
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 2h ago · Verified live

Job description

Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!

At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the
challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for
helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give
their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many
reasons U. S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best
Hospitals—and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single
day in service of this outstanding work – excellence and innovation in patient
care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated
professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have great resources
to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others

What will you be doing in this role?

The Clinical Dietitian is an entry-level Registered Dietitian with at least one
(1) year of acute care experience preferred.

* RD's will conduct and implement a complete nutritional assessment using
Nutrition Care Process at a basic level
* Collaborates with patient and facilitates active participation to assess
needs and resources and to establish mutual nutrition related goals.
* Collaborates with and facilitates patient/family/caregiver/client’s active
participation in establishing and implementing the plan of care
* Work independently providing basic nutrition care in non-specialized and
specialized areas.
* Communicates nutrition recommendations effectively to medical staff and care
team verbally, in rounds and interdisciplinary care meetings and documents in
the medical record.

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QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

* Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition or related field required.

LICENSE/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT'S

* Certification as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic
Registration - Preferred
* Must Obtain within ninety (90) days of hire.

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Dietitian conducts nutritional assessments using the Nutrition Care Process and collaborates with the medical team to establish patient nutrition goals. They provide independent nutrition care in both specialized and non-specialized areas while documenting recommendations in medical records.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Clinical nutritionMedical documentationInterdisciplinary collaboration

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 36% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

In California, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (320 salary observations; 537 listings), vs ~$77k nationally (2,781 salary observations; 7,020 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$82k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $74k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Clinical Nutrition pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs · 28 employers

CME allowance
68%
401k / retirement match
62%
Sign-on bonus
24%

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

A signal to investigate—not a guarantee about the workplace.