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Weslaco, Texas

Registered Dietitian

DietitianFull-Time

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Job Description

Dietitian - Full-time - Weslaco, Texas

Weslaco Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Weslaco, Texas provides compassionate inpatient rehabilitative care to the Rio Grande Valley community.

As a specialized rehabilitation hospital, we help patients recover from strokes, neurological injuries, orthopedic surgeries, and other disabling conditions through intensive, individualized therapy programs.

Our team of rehabilitation experts – including physiatrists, therapists, and nursing staff – works closely with each patient to regain strength, mobility, and functional skills, using the latest therapy techniques and equipment.

The hospital offers a welcoming, family-oriented atmosphere where Spanish and English are spoken to best serve our diverse patient population.

Joint Commission-accredited and part of an award-winning regional network, Weslaco Regional Rehabilitation Hospital takes pride in delivering high-quality, culturally sensitive care that helps patients achieve remarkable recoveries.

As a participating hospital of Ernest Health, we offer robust recognition, wellness, and retention programs. These programs focus to enhance the employees’ work experience, recognize, and celebrate achievements.

We also encourage employees to share their work experience through “My Ernest Journey” and through our Engagement Survey, where our approach is “You Spoke, We Listened”. These platforms provide additional avenues for employees to give feedback about their work experience and share what is important to them.

Our hospital offers comprehensive benefits, designed to support your health and financial well-being.

Benefits

  • PPO and High-Deductible Medical Plan options
  • Flexible Spending and Health Savings Account options available
  • Dental and Vision coverage
  • 401K with employer matching
  • Life insurance
  • Short-and-long term disability

Wellness & Work Life Balance

  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Wellness Program with quarterly wellness challenges with participation incentives
  • Earned Time Off - start accruing vacation time on start date

Qualifications

Required Skills

  • Current Dietitian license required or certified by the Commission on Dietetics, as required by state.
  • One year of experience in the care of patients in hospital setting preferred.

Additional Qualifications/Skills

Demonstrates an understanding of treatment costs and financial support as they relate to quality and efficiency

  • Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
  • Demonstrates general computer skills including: data entry, word processing, email, and record management.
  • Effective organizational and time management skills.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to maintain proper levels of confidentiality.
  • Ability to work closely and professionally with others.
  • Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.

Ability to utilize the appropriate leadership skills in delegating, organizing, and educating coworkers and staff.

Responsibilities

Coordinates the preparation and serving of meals, in collaboration with the Food Services Manager, based on general or special diets. Specifies dietary requirements for patients with special restrictions or nutritional needs. Integrates the hospital’s mission and “Guiding Principles” into daily practice.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Clinical nutritionDietary assessmentPatient careOrganizational skillsDelegation

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 32% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

In Texas, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$77k (75 salary observations; 614 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (1,889 salary observations; 8,565 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

How many Clinical Nutrition jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Texas vs national$77k median in Texas$78k nationally (−1%)75 state / 1,889 national salary observations
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Clinical Nutrition listings in Texas240 active3,119 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 44% remote · 32% no call · 64% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedTexas Dietitian listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus · 5% offer loan repayment263 active listings, Oct 2026
Clinical Nutrition pay trend−2.5% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

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

Top Dietitian Jobs

34 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

21 jobs
8
<$95k
10
$95k-105k
3
$105k-115k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

24 jobs
Sign-on bonus
58%
401k / retirement match
54% this job
CME allowance
46%
Loan repayment
8%
Relocation assistance
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Dietitian - Community Health

Providence · Apple Valley, California

$35.06-$54.43/hr
#2

Registered Dietitian-Hybrid

Trinity Health · Remote - Nationwide

$36.45-$53.7/hr
#3

Clinical Dietitian / Registered Dietitian Cardiac Rehab

$72k-$106k
#4

Registered Dietitian (Contract, Colorado)

$40-$50/hr
+ 32 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 3,103 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Ernest Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Mesquite, Texas
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

PPO and High-Deductible Medical Plan options
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Account options
Dental and Vision coverage
401K with employer matching
Life insurance
Short-and-long term disability
Employee Assistance Program
Wellness Program with quarterly challenges

Living in Weslaco

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$180k
Typical market rent
$1,103/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
85.9
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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