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Winchester, Virginia

Clinical Dietitian - Bariatric Program - Full Time

DietitianFull-Time

Pay as listed: $29.4-$44.1/hr · Winchester, Virginia · pays below the median of 11 Dietitian listings (22nd percentile).

Listed compensation

$29.4-$44.1/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

As one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems, recognized by Premier and Modern Healthcare, Valley Health is a place where excellence, compassion, and purpose come together. This distinction reflects our commitment to exceptional patient care, clinical quality, and the caregivers who make it all possible.

Department: Bariatric PBB - 209592

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Work Shift

  • Pay Range
  • $29.40 - $44.10

Job Description

As a Clinician Registered Dietitian I, the employee supports the overall Mission and Vision of Valley Health by providing the highest quality and best-practice service to its customers.

The Registered Dietitian I may be employed in any one of the acute or outpatient Valley Health settings, is an active member of the interdisciplinary team, is responsive to physician consults, assesses for nutrition risk and medically necessary needs of the patient and provides discipline specific interventions through the nutrition care process.

The Registered Dietitian I is responsible for establishing and maintaining professional competence, identifying educational needs and seeking out learning opportunities from more advanced clinicians and specific continuing education.

The Registered Dietitian I is mindful of the fiduciary responsibilities and delivers nutrition therapy in a timely and efficient manner, adhering to evidence based practice, documentation and billing guidelines, and begins to recognize need for program development and process improvement initiatives.

Setting

Acute

  • Orthopedics
  • Medical/Surgical
  • Medical/Pulmonary
  • Neurology
  • Cardiac
  • ICU
  • Step Down
  • Trauma
  • NICU
  • Behavioral Health
  • Rehab
  • Pediatrics

Outpatient

  • Bariatric Program
  • Oncology
  • Wellness Services
  • Diabetes Management

Education

Bachelors Nutrition/Dietetics or Masters accepted by Commission on Dietetic Registration.

Experience

2 Years clinical experience (4,160 hours).

Certification & Licensures

Registered Dietitian or Registry eligible within six months.

Responder Certification - American Heart ‘Healthcare Provider’ (HCP) - AHA approved required. New hires must have American Heart Association (AHA) appropriate certification prior to completion of orientation.

West Virginia licensure or eligible, if applicable.

Qualifications

Basic computer and keyboarding skills or participation in computer training within the first year of employment.

Competent to successfully interact with patients, according to their special needs which may apply based upon the age of the patient served - Age Specific Competencies.

Learning and exhibiting consistent proficiency for entry level, setting defined, basic competency in the provision of discipline specific interventions.

Benefits

At Valley Health, we believe everyone is a caregiver, and our goal is to create an environment where our caregivers thrive physically, financially, and emotionally. In addition to a competitive salary, our most popular benefits for full-time employees include:

  • A Zero-Deductible Health Plan
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Retirement Savings Match
  • A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
  • Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program

Valley Health also offers a health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and professional development. In addition, several perks come with working for the largest employer in the region, such as discounts to on-campus dining, and more.

To see the full scale of what we offer, visit valleyhealthbenefits.com.

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Dietitian provides high-quality, evidence-based nutrition therapy and interventions to patients within acute and outpatient settings. They serve as an active member of the interdisciplinary team, assessing nutrition risks and maintaining professional competence through continuous learning.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical nutritionPatient assessmentBariatric careInterdisciplinary collaborationBilling complianceComputer literacy

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 20% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

In Virginia, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$75k (60 salary observations; 354 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 Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$76k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $76k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Dietitian Jobs

19 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution19 jobs · 12 employers

6
<$75k
4
$75k-90k
5
$90k-105k
2
$105k-120k
2
$120k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks18 jobs · 12 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
56% this job
Relocation assistance
28%
Sign-on bonus
22%
Loan repayment
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Registered Dietitian-PACE

Neighborhood Healthcare · Riverside, California

$88k-$128k
#2

Regional Dietitian Wellbeing Director- Allergen Management

Compass Group · Costa Mesa, California

$110k-$120k
#3

Clinical Dietitian

$95k-$110k
#4

Clinical Dietitian / Registered Dietitian Cardiac Rehab

$72k-$106k
+ 17 more · ranked by pay

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 3,187 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Winchester

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$371k
Typical market rent
$1,818/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.5
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.

BEA 2024 · Winchester, VA-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Valley Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Winchester, VA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Zero-Deductible Health Plan
Dental and vision insurance
Generous Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance
Retirement Savings Match
Employee Assistance Program
Healthy U Wellness Program
Health savings account