Registered Dietitian
Listed compensation
$37-$40/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about call expectations, weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern and time off.
Job Description
Rome Health is seeking a Registered Dietitian to join our amazing and talented Food and Nutrition staff. Candidate must understand Diet office procedures. Knowledge of dietetic principles and procedures. Ability to use appropriate criteria to plan nutritional care standards.
Ability to provide nutritional counseling for patients and their families. Knowledge and ability to make appropriate entries in medical record. Knowledge and verbal ability to communicate dietetic practices, principles and theories to medical personnel. Knowledge of modified diets as well as dietary restrictions. Knowledge to address the needs of clients with various medical conditions.
Education: B.S. Degree in nutrition. Registration with A.N.D. ( R.D.)
Licenses: Registered Dietitian Required, CDN in NYS preferred/
Hours: Full-Time.
About Rome Health
Rome Health is a non-profit health care system based in Rome, N.Y., providing services to patients throughout Central New York. From primary and specialty care to long-term care, Rome Health delivers quality, compassionate medical care for every stage of life.
We are a comprehensive health care system that connects you to the best clinicians and the latest technologies so they are easily accessible to you and your family. Rome Health is an affiliate of St. Joseph's Health and an affiliated clinical site of New York Medical College. The best care out there. Here.
Key Responsibilities
The Registered Dietitian will plan nutritional care standards and provide counseling to patients and their families. They are also responsible for maintaining accurate medical records and communicating dietetic practices to medical personnel.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a B.S. degree in nutrition and be a Registered Dietitian (R.D.) with the A.N.D. A CDN license in New York State is preferred.
Key Skills
Dietitian Career Context
Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 24% have no call, 88% require no weekends.
In New York, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$79k (191 salary observations; 332 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (2,448 salary observations; 8,357 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 New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$80k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $74k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- On-site
Living in Rome
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $214k
- Typical market rent
- $1,472/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 18 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 92.7
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Utica-Rome, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.