Dietitian
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Job Description
Dietitian Career Opportunity
Appreciated for Your Dietitian Skills
Are you a dedicated dietitian in search of a career that feels close to home and heart? As a dietitian at Encompass Health, you'll play a crucial role in promoting health and wellness through personalized nutrition plans.
Your responsibilities will include assessing patients' nutritional needs, developing and implementing dietary plans, and providing education on healthy eating habits. In this role, you will instruct patients on post-discharge diets and monitor their nutritional status.
If you're passionate about making a positive impact on individuals' lives through nutrition and are seeking a rewarding career that aligns with your values, consider joining us on our mission to enhance the well-being of the patients we serve in your community.
A Glimpse Into Our World
At Encompass Health, you'll experience the difference the moment you become a part of our team. Working with us means aligning with a rapidly growing national inpatient rehabilitation leader. Our achievements include being named one of the "World’s Most Admired Companies" and receiving the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® Award, among other accolades, which is nothing short of amazing.
Become the Dietitian you always wanted to be
- Communicate with and counsel patients per physician orders and diet instruction.
- Communicate with physicians and other involved disciplines in patient care.
- Evaluate referral orders to determine adequacy of nutrition intake methods.
- Document pertinent information in the patient's medical record according to established standards.
- Implement nutritional care plans, adapt menus, and assist patients with special dietary needs.
- Conduct calorie counts and make appropriate recommendations.
- Review, revise, and sign off menus for nutritional adequacy.
Qualifications
- Registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association
- State licensure required.
- Membership in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics preferred.
- Bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited institution with a major in Food & Nutrition.
- One year of Clinical Dietetics experience preferred.
We're eagerly looking forward to meeting you, and we genuinely mean that. Join us on this remarkable journey!
Key Responsibilities
The dietitian will assess patient nutritional needs, develop personalized dietary plans, and provide education on healthy eating habits. They are also responsible for documenting care in medical records and collaborating with physicians to ensure nutritional adequacy.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Dietitian Career Context
Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 38% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
In Tennessee, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$68k (56 salary observations; 170 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (2,400 salary observations; 8,204 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 Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Location & Logistics
Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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