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Dietitian - Full Time - $6000 Sign On Bonus

DietitianFull-Time

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Job Description

Responsibilities

About Temecula Valley Hospital

Temecula Valley Hospital (TVH), part of Southwest Healthcare, brings advanced technology, innovative programs, patient-centered and family sensitive care to area residents. The hospital features 140 private patient rooms; emergency care; advanced cardiac and stroke care; orthopedics; general and surgical specialties.

TVH is nationally recognized for Patient Safety designated by The Leapfrog Group as a Top Hospital in both 2017 and 2020 and has received 10 “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades, most recently in Spring 2023.

The hospital was recently recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2023-2024 for Heart Attack, Heart Failure and Stroke, Pneumonia and COPD, as well as the Healthgrades 2022 Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award.

TVH is a DNV Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center and has received eight Women’s Choice Award Achievements as One of America’s Best Hospitals for Stroke Care and One of America’s Best Hospitals for Patient Safety.

Other accolades include: the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, Mission Lifeline® - STEMI Receiving Center – GOLD PLUS, Mission Lifeline® - NSTEMI – GOLD, Blue Distinction® Center Designation for Quality in Knee and Hip Replacement Surgeries, The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Certification for Hip and Knee Replacement, first hospital in the state of California to achieve certification as a Gluten-Free Food Service facility, 3 Star Medicare Hospital Compare Rating, the American College of Cardiology Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation Accreditation, the honor of the Inland Empire’s Top Workplaces 2017 and 2018, has been designated an Aetna Institute of Quality Cardiac Care Facility for comprehensive heart and vascular treatment-including Cardiac Medical Intervention, Cardiac Rhythm Programs and Cardiac Surgery. For more information, please visit swhtemeculavalley.com.

Dietitian

The Temecula Valley Hospital Dietitian is responsible for the initial nutrition appropriate to the patient’s clinical presentation/diagnosis, nutritional needs, age, developmental level, cultural and religious orientation.

Develops a nutritional care plan that is individualized for each patient based on the assessment, including input from the patient, family members and multidisciplinary team. Makes appropriate recommendations to physician for nutrition care plan and/or needs

Essential Job Duties

Identifies and prioritizes the need for further assessment and monitoring of nutritional needs.

Identifies nutritional risks, performs age-specific comprehensive nutritional assessment upon initiation of nutrition support according to hospital policy and guidelines.

Verifies written diet order and appropriateness of diet prescribed by the physician upon assessment of the patient.

Qualifications

Requirements

Completion of all academic and supervised practice requirements as set forth by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and Commission on Dietetic Registration with a minimum of a Master’s degree in food and/or nutrition related field granted by a USDE accredited institution or foreign equivalent.

Individuals who established eligibility for the registration examination for dietitians on or before December 31, 2023 or those who are already registered will not be required by CDR to obtain a graduate degree. Individuals eligible before the graduate degree requirement takes effect will not be required to take the examination before January 1, 2024.

Registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration as a dietitian (RD) or dietitian nutritionist (RDN), and any certifications as may be required by the state

Maintains Certification in Food Service Sanitation by the Department of Health (Riverside County)

This Opportunity Offers the Following

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Growth and development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries
  • Competitive compensation
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
  • 401k plan with company match

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024.

UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries.

Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. uhs.com

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Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Clinical nutritionPatient careCare planningMultidisciplinary collaborationAge-specific assessmentMedical record documentation

Dietitian Career Context

In California, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (76 salary observations; 134 listings), vs ~$80k nationally (575 salary observations; 1,806 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 30% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Clinical Nutrition pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution44 jobs · 36 employers

18
<$90k
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$90k-110k
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$110k-130k
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$130k-150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs

401k / retirement match
88% this job
CME allowance
50%
Sign-on bonus
22% this job
Relocation assistance
3%
PSLF eligible
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,049 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Temecula

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$655k
Typical market rent
$3,020/mo
Residents’ average commute
36 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
106.4
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Challenging and rewarding work environment
Growth and development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries
Competitive compensation
Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
401k plan with company match
$6,000 Sign-On Bonus