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Arkansas Children's Hospital
Springdale, Arkansas

Registered Dietitian I

DietitianIncludes callNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$24.4-$30.5/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

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Work Shift

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Time Type

Full time

Department: CC097241 Clinical Nutrition

Summary

Springdale campus - Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm with limited weekend call required - Requirements: Arkansas LD & CDR registration

Salary

Most new hires start between $24.40-$30.50 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.

Additional Information

  • Springdale campus
  • Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm with limited weekend call required
  • Requirements: Arkansas LD & CDR registration

Provides safe and effective family centered nutritional care to patients from new born to adult with a variety of diagnoses. Reviews diagnosis and implements nutritional care plans for patients using general dietetic standards and regulations.

Serves as a resource for other staff to assist with problem-solving, participates in shared governance and evidence based practice and begins developing clinical leadership skills in their assigned areas. Generally independent and works on complex cases. Contributes to assigned projects.

Required Education

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university

Recommended Education

Master’s degree; or equivalent combination of education with experience

Required Work Experience

Recommended Work Experience:

Required Certifications

Licensed Dietitian (LD) - Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board, Registered Dietician Nutritionist - Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

Recommended Certifications

Description

1. Reviews diagnosis and designs and implements nutritional care plans for patients utilizing general dietetic standards.

2. Performs nutritional assessments and works with medical team to provide optimal nutrition care for patients.

3. Identifies nutrition related issues and obtains assistance/referrals for complex problems. Writes therapeutic diet orders within scope of practice.

4. Monitors patients' progress.

5. Communicates effectively with patients, family, and all medical staff. Provides appropriate information (problems, requests for service, improvement suggestions, etc.) to management.

6. Educates and provides guidance to patient, family, care-givers, and staff on diet, feeding regimen or other nutritional information prior to discharge or during outpatient consultation.

7. Functions as a part of a multidisciplinary medical team. Collaborates with nutritional services to ensure that necessary foods are available and procures formula from appropriate sources. Works with dietetic interns and provides peer review of nutritional assessments and diet orders.

8. Documents all pertinent nutrition information in patient's medical records according to policy. Document daily charges for patients seen, procedures and activities performed and time spent on each.

9. Attends nutritional case studies, department in-service and other training opportunities and document continuing education credit in CDR format.

10. Actively participate in Medical Team rounds.

11. Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities

Provides safe and effective family-centered nutritional care to patients of all ages by designing and implementing nutritional care plans. Collaborates with the multidisciplinary medical team to perform assessments, monitor progress, and educate patients and families.

Requirements

Requires a Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university. Must hold current Arkansas Licensed Dietitian (LD) and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (CDR) certifications.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Nutritional assessmentCare planningPatient educationMultidisciplinary collaborationMedical documentation

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 45 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 24% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Arkansas is 86.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$57k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $66k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Arkansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Clinical Nutrition jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$51k–$63kClinical Nutrition median $79k (middle half $73k–$89k)249 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$66k in purchasing powerArkansas index 86.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Clinical Nutrition listings in Arkansas24 active2,951 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% remote · 24% no call · 76% no weekends45 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS Dietitian listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $4k) · 3% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Clinical Nutrition listings1,097 in the last 30 days596 the 30 days before (+84%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Clinical Nutrition pay trend+4.0% 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.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Registered Dietitian I at Arkansas Children's Hospital a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Clinical Nutrition dietitian listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Salary Distribution

18 jobs · 10 employers
5
<$75k
3
$75k-90k
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3
$105k-120k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

14 jobs · 10 employers
401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
79% this job
Sign-on bonus
43%
Relocation assistance
29%
Loan repayment
21%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,913 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • Includes call
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About Arkansas Children's Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
Little Rock, AR
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plan
Continuing Education
PSLF Eligible

Living in Springdale

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$314k
Typical market rent
$1,436/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.4
State income tax
Up to 4.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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