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Harlingen Medical Center
Harlingen, Texas

Clinical Dietitian

DietitianNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

We are seeking a Clinical Dietitian, also referred to as a Registered Dietitian. The Registered Dietitian (RD) in our hospital designs and implements nutrition care plans for patients, tailoring diets to medical needs.

Clinical Dietitian’s assess nutritional status, monitor progress, educate patients and families, collaborate with healthcare teams, and ensure dietary staff prepares meals that meet safety and health standards. The Registered Dietitian’s goal is to improve patient outcomes through effective nutrition management.

  • Shift’s Available: Days
  • Employment Type: Full Time
  • Hours: 8-hour shifts
  • Location: Harlingen Medical Center - Harlingen, TX
  • Here are some of the benefits of working at Prime Healthcare:
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Paid vacation, sick time and holidays
  • Bereavement leave, FMLA and other leave options
  • Employer 401K options
  • Tuition reimbursement options
  • Life, disability, and other insurance options

Many Other Amazing Benefits

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: primehealthcare.com

Nutrition experience and nutrition support as it relates to tube feedings and (Total Parenteral Nutrition) TPN.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but not limited to):

Nutritional assessment: evaluate patients' dietary needs based on medical conditions, lab results, and health history

Develop meal plans: create individualized nutrition plans to support recovery, manage chronic diseases, or address specific conditions like diabetes, heart disease, or malnutrition

Track patients’ progress, adjust meal plans as needed, and ensure nutritional goals are met

Work closely with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to integrate nutrition into patient care plans

Educate patients and their families about proper nutrition education, special diets, or post-discharge meal planning

Ensure meals prepared by the dietary staff align with prescribed diets and safety standards

Qualifications

  • Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:
  • Education and Work Experience
  • Registered Dietitian Required (CMS requirement).
  • One year healthcare experience desirable.

Employment Status: Full Time

Shift: Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer.

Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: eeoc.gov

Key Skills

Nutrition Care PlanningClinical NutritionTube FeedingPatient MonitoringPatient And Family EducationInterdisciplinary CollaborationDietary Safety StandardsChronic Disease Nutrition ManagementDiabetes NutritionHeart Disease NutritionMalnutrition Management

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 26% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

In Texas, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$76k (86 salary observations; 582 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (2,428 salary observations; 8,305 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 Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution29 jobs · 26 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs

401k / retirement match
79% this job
CME allowance
46%
Sign-on bonus
29%
Loan repayment
8%
Relocation assistance
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,172 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Harlingen

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$219k
Typical market rent
$1,158/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
86.0
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Harlingen Medical Center

Hospitals and Health Care
Harlingen, Texas
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health, dental, and vision insurance options
Paid vacation, sick time and holidays
Bereavement leave, FMLA and other leave options
Employer 401K options
Tuition reimbursement options
Life, disability, and other insurance options