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Centra Health
Farmville, Virginia

Dietitian (Full Time, PACE Farmville)

DietitianFull-Time

Listed compensation

$62K - $94K

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

*This position is eligible for a Recruitment Bonus!*

Provides medical nutrition therapy using evidence-based practice to optimize patient care. Provides consultation to the healthcare team to ensure efficient and effective nutrition care to patients. Monitors and evaluates patient care and nutrition outcomes on an ongoing basis.

Educates patients, healthcare members, dietetic interns, and members of the community. Participates in ongoing process improvement activities with the Nutrition Services Department. Maintains customer service, patient-centered approach at all times when fulfilling job duties. Meets the qualifications to provide care to patients in the assigned clinical areas.

Key Responsibilities

Provides evidence-based medical nutrition therapy and consultation to the healthcare team to optimize patient outcomes. Educates patients and community members while participating in nutrition services process improvement activities.

Requirements

Requires a degree in Dietetics or Nutrition and completion of a CDR-approved internship to be a Registered Dietitian or registration eligible. Basic computer skills and Microsoft Office proficiency are required, with a Master's degree and clinical experience preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Nutrition ConsultationPatient EducationClinical Nutrition

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 48 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 17% are remote, 23% have no call, 81% require no weekends.

In Virginia, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$75k (82 salary observations; 250 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 Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$78k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $77k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Centra Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 47 active listings.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Dietitian (Full Time, PACE Farmville) at Centra Health a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) — ranked against 3,172 active Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Top Dietitian Jobs

19 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution19 jobs · 13 employers

5
<$85k
8
$85k-100k
3
$100k-115k
3
$115k-130k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks19 jobs · 13 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
53%
Relocation assistance
26%
Sign-on bonus
16% this job
Loan repayment
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Registered Dietitian-PACE

Neighborhood Healthcare · Riverside, California

$88k-$128k
#2

Regional Registered Dietitian

Medical Nutrition Therapy Associates · Baltimore, Maryland

$100k-$125k
#3

Regional Dietitian Wellbeing Director- Allergen Management

$110k-$120k
#4

Clinical Dietitian

$95k-$110k
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 7.2
Among the best 10% of Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings for work-life

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

Living in Farmville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$287k≈ 4.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,298/mo≈ 25% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
19 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.