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Irvine, California

Clinical Dietitian II, PRN

DietitianPer Diem

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Job Description

Clinical Dietitian II, PRN – (On-Site)-Per Diem IRVINE

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Research Dietitian to join our team. In this role, you will work closely with researchers to design and implement nutrition protocols for clinical studies, with a primary focus on the collection and analysis of dietary data. You will ensure compliance with study-specific nutritional guidelines and collaborate with the research team to refine study protocols, ensuring they effectively capture relevant dietary data.

The Research Dietitian will be expected to have experience with, and the ability to apply, gold standard dietary assessment methods and best practices in the field. This includes using a multimodal assessment strategy involving diet history, recall, and record review to collect accurate, detailed, and temporally relevant data. You will play a critical role in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting dietary intake data, ensuring its accuracy and relevance to study outcomes.

As a successful candidate, you will:

  • Provides services that are accurate, reliable, courteous and timely.
  • Delivers care that is consistent with professional practice standards and the mission and values of City of Hope.
  • Demonstrates competence appropriate to their role and function in age-specific care and nutrition management.
  • Delivers quality care consistent with the scope of practice of the discipline.
  • Provides timely, comprehensive and complete education/teaching to patients and families and documentation of progress towards achievement of outcomes.
  • Delivers care for a defined group of patients using effective delegation, supervision and decision-making skills.
  • Provides timely, evidence-based, and appropriate education to medical staff, other health care professionals and the community.
  • Ensures that all professional and regulatory standards are met and maintained.
  • Promotes collaboration and teamwork among all members of the healthcare team.
  • Effectively communicates with all customers/team members to meet organizational goals and customer service expectations.
  • Maintains current knowledge, skills and competencies through involvement in professional continuing education activities.
  • Promotes the efficient and effective utilization of resources.
  • Demonstrates performance improvement activities to promote continuous improvement in care delivery.
  • Demonstrates assimilation of core organizational values within own performance.
  • May participate in research activities related to the field of nutrition.

Your Qualifications Should Include

Bachelor’s Degree with four years recent experience or Master’s degree with two years of experience as a clinical dietitian

  • 3+ years recent experience as a clinical dietitian

Req. Certification/Licensure:

  • Registered Dietitian;
  • For Endocrinology position, Certification as a Diabetes Educator
  • For pediatric service, CCS Panel provider or complete application within 60 days of hire

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

  • City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.
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Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Dietitian will design and implement nutrition protocols for clinical studies while collecting and analyzing dietary intake data. They are also responsible for providing quality patient care, education, and ensuring compliance with professional and regulatory standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's degree with at least four years of recent experience or a Master's degree with two years of experience as a clinical dietitian. A Registered Dietitian certification is required, along with specific certifications for endocrinology or pediatric service roles if applicable.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical nutritionData analysisPatient educationEvidence-based practiceRegulatory complianceInterdisciplinary collaborationDietary recallClinical research

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 24% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

In California, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (245 salary observations; 698 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (1,825 salary observations; 8,887 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

How many Clinical Nutrition jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedClinical Nutrition median $109k (middle half $98k–$109k)18 comparable listings, Nov 2026
California vs national$93k median in California$78k nationally (+19%)245 state / 1,825 national salary observations
Cost of livingCalifornia index 110.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Clinical Nutrition listings in California278 active2,968 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 42% remote · 24% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia Dietitian listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 2% offer loan repayment291 active listings, Nov 2026
New Clinical Nutrition listings1,087 in the last 30 days610 the 30 days before (+78%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Clinical Nutrition pay trend+1.5% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Dietitian Jobs

44 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

38 jobs · 33 employers
20
<$95k
11
$95k-110k
5
$110k-125k
2
$125k-140k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

34 jobs · 33 employers
401k / retirement match
79%
CME allowance
41%
Sign-on bonus
35%
Loan repayment
6%
Relocation assistance
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Registered Dietitian

Oregon Health & Science University · Portland, Oregon

$104k-$138k
#2

Registered Dietitian or Diabetes Educator

Vancouver Clinic · Vancouver, Washington

$41.85-$62.78/hr
#3

Registered Dietitian (RD) | NH License

$50/week
#4

Registered Dietitian (RD) | NM License

$50/week
+ 42 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Below most Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,931 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Irvine

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.36M
Typical market rent
$3,604/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.