Clinical Dietitian
Pay as listed: $27.25-$46.26/hr · no weekends · Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania · pays below the median of 64 Dietitian listings (0th percentile).
Listed compensation
$27.25-$46.26/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
- Join our team of Life Changers!
- UPMC is hiring a Full-Time, Dietitian to support the hospital in West Shore.
- New Grads are welcome to apply!
- This position will cover both acute rehab and inpatient units.
- Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm (flexible scheduling)
- This position will require rotating holiday and weekend coverage.
Excellent benefits, a pleasant work environment, and friendly team are just a few of our perks. Apply today!
Final candidate will be hired into job title and pay based on education and experience.
Pay range for this position is $27.25-$46.26
Responsibilities
As required, knowledgeable about outpatient billing guidelines and performs necessary documentation to ensure compliance of client charges with regulatory requirements.
- Provide in-servicing or CEU opportunities to the multidisciplinary team at the department or facility level.
- Formulate a Nutrition Diagnosis and identify Malnutrition through application of Nutrition Focused Physical Assessment and the nationally established criteria for identification of malnutrition.
- Appropriate execution of order writing as governed by the Dietitian Delegation Order system protocol.
- Provide appropriate nutritional education and counseling based upon patient/family learning needs and abilities.
- Demonstrate effective communication methods as a collaborative member of the interdisciplinary care team.
- Mentor and train dietetic students, interns and support personnel and provide feedback for student and program improvement.
- Provide timely interventions as determined by Nutrition Risk level and the Plan of Care.
- Provide quality patient care to diverse patient populations using Medical Nutrition Therapy to include assessment, goals and plan of care.
- Lead one department initiative annually with the ability to actively endorse evidence-based practice.
Accountable as nutrition liaison/expert to assigned units & participate as a member of interdisciplinary committees, responding to needs and initiatives for nutrition care process improvement.
As required, demonstrate professional writing skills adaptable to all health literacy levels in preparing materials, presentations and other communications
Dietitian I
For individuals who obtained their Registered Dietitian (RD) certification prior to January 1, 2026, a bachelor's degree in Nutrition or Dietetics is required.
For individuals who obtained their Registered Dietitian (RD) certification on or after January 1, 2026, a master's degree in a Nutrition or Dietetics is required.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances
- Registered Dietitian within 6 months of hire required.
- Licensed Dietitian within 9 months of hire required.
Dietitian II
Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics degree with Registered Dietitian certification obtained before January 1, 2026 with 2 years clinical nutrition experience required.
OR Master's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics with Registered Dietitian certification obtained on or after January 1, 2026 with 1 year of clinical nutrition experience required.
Skills
- Analytical skills to accurately assess, plan, and evaluate outcomes.
- Interpersonal skills to effectively interact with a diverse population and collaborate in a team environment.
- Strong nutrition education/counseling and mentoring skills.
- Critical thinking skills for sound decision making.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances
- Registered Dietitian required.
- Licensed Dietitian required.
- Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN)
- Registered Dietitian (RD)
- Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
- Act 33 with renewal
- Act 34 with renewal
- Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Requirements
A bachelor's degree in Nutrition or Dietetics is required for Dietitian I candidates certified as registered dietitians before January 1, 2026; those certified on or after that date must have a master's degree. Dietitian II requires the applicable degree and registered dietitian certification plus one or two years of clinical nutrition experience, depending on certification date; registered dietitian and licensed dietitian credentials are required within the stated timelines for Dietitian I.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Dietitian Career Context
Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 18% are remote, 20% have no call, 80% require no weekends.
In Pennsylvania, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$78k (49 salary observations; 340 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (1,656 salary observations; 9,121 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 Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$76k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $78k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Dietitian at UPMC 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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