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Pappas Restaurants
Edinburg, Texas

Dietitian (Part-time)

DietitianPart-Time

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Job Description

Now accepting applications for Dietitian (Part-time) at DHR Health - Edinburg! Luby’s Culinary Services, part of the Pappas family of restaurants, is seeking team members who are passionate about delivering fresh, nutritious meals. We provide customized dining solutions for health care, senior living, corporate dining, and education settings.

The Clinical Dietitian oversees the nutrition care of the patients, performing nutritional assessments, managing the physician’s orders for therapeutic diets and supplements, provides nutritional education to patients and/or families, attends patient rounds, and maintains clinical nutrition policies.

Enjoy the Following by Joining Our Team

  • Flexible Schedules – Part-time
  • Great earning potential
  • Advancement opportunities
  • An outstanding training program
  • A dynamic work environment & more!

Requirements

  • Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
  • Certification/licensure as required by state of practice. (Texas)
  • Bachelor’s degree in dietetics, foods and nutrition, or related area, granted by a US regionally accredited college or university, or foreign equivalent.
  • 1-2 years of clinical care in an acute care facility preferred.

Additional Information

This job posting contains some general information about what it is like to work at Pappas Restaurants and is not a complete job description. Pappas Team Members perform a number of different tasks every day, and this posting does not list all of the essential functions of the job.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done that will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on the Company. Please contact teamresource@pappasrestaurants.com for assistance completing any forms or to participate in the application process.

Pappas Restaurants is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Dietitian is responsible for performing nutritional assessments and managing physician orders for therapeutic diets and supplements. They also provide nutritional education to patients and families while maintaining clinical nutrition policies.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Nutritional assessmentPatient education

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 32% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

In Texas, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$77k (57 salary observations; 521 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (1,596 salary observations; 7,629 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.

Top Dietitian Jobs

36 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution31 jobs · 27 employers

11
<$95k
10
$95k-105k
3
$105k-115k
4
$115k-125k
3
$125k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
86%
CME allowance
38%
Sign-on bonus
24%
Relocation assistance
5%
PSLF eligible
5%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Clinical Dietitian II

Cottage Health · Santa Barbara, California

$41.03-$62.57/hr
#2

Registered Dietitian-PACE

Neighborhood Healthcare · Riverside, California

$88k-$128k
#3

Regional Registered Dietitian

$100k-$125k
#4

Nutrition Consultation Specialist (Dietitian / Nutritionist)

$45-$60/hr
+ 34 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,221 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Edinburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$219k
Typical market rent
$1,029/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
85.9
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 · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Pappas Restaurants

Restaurants
Houston, Texas
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedules – Part-time
Great earning potential
Advancement opportunities
Outstanding training program
Dynamic work environment