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Post Falls, Idaho

Registered Dietitian - Per Diem

DietitianPer Diem

Compensation

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Job Description

Dietitian - Per Diem - Post Falls, Idaho

Rehabilitation Hospital of the Northwest in Post Falls, Idaho offers specialized inpatient rehabilitation services for patients throughout northern Idaho and the Inland Northwest. As a leading rehab hospital, we help individuals overcome the challenges of strokes, amputee, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, complex orthopedic injuries, and other serious conditions with comprehensive therapy programs. We are certified by The Joint Commission in Stroke and Amputee.

Our caring clinical team provides one-on-one physical, occupational, and speech therapy, along with 24/7 nursing and physician support, all in a comfortable, healing environment.

We are seeking a Dietitian to join our team of passionate patient caregivers!

As a participating hospital of Ernest Health, we offer robust recognition, wellness, and retention programs. These programs focus to enhance the employees’ work experience, recognize, and celebrate achievements.

We also encourage employees to share their work experience through “My Ernest Journey” and through our Engagement Survey, where our approach is “You Spoke, We Listened”. These platforms provide additional avenues for employees to give feedback about their work experience and share what is important to them.

Qualifications

Required Skills

  • Current Dietitian license required or certified by the Commission on Dietetics, as required by state.
  • One year of experience in the care of patients in hospital setting preferred.

Additional Qualifications/Skills

Demonstrates an understanding of treatment costs and financial support as they relate to quality and efficiency

  • Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
  • Demonstrates general computer skills including: data entry, word processing, email, and record management.
  • Effective organizational and time management skills.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to maintain proper levels of confidentiality.
  • Ability to work closely and professionally with others.
  • Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.

Ability to utilize the appropriate leadership skills in delegating, organizing, and educating coworkers and staff.

Responsibilities

Coordinates the preparation and serving of meals, in collaboration with the Food Services Manager, based on general or special diets. Specifies dietary requirements for patients with special restrictions or nutritional needs. Integrates the hospital’s mission and “Guiding Principles” into daily practice.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Clinical nutritionDietary assessmentPatient careMeal planningDelegationNutritional counseling

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 32% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Idaho is 95.5 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.2% of Idaho clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Clinical Nutrition jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedClinical Nutrition median $98k (middle half $78k–$109k)79 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingIdaho index 95.5US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Clinical Nutrition listings in Idaho15 active3,046 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 44% remote · 32% no call · 66% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS Dietitian listings: 16% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 3% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Clinical Nutrition listings1,128 in the last 30 days736 the 30 days before (+53%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Clinical Nutrition pay trend+4.1% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Dietitian Jobs

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

26 jobs
5
<$80k
6
$80k-90k
5
$90k-100k
8
$100k-110k
2
$110k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

30 jobs · 27 employers
401k / retirement match
70%
CME allowance
53%
Sign-on bonus
33%
Relocation assistance
20%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Dietitian - Community Health

Providence · Apple Valley, California

$35.06-$54.43/hr
#2

Dietitian Director of Nutrition Excellence and Dig

Compass Group · Houston, Texas

$90k-$110k
#3

Registered Dietitian (Contract, Colorado)

$40-$50/hr
#4

Registered Dietitian

$83k-$104k
+ 37 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Below most Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,977 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Ernest Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Mesquite, Texas
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Recognition programs
Wellness programs
Retention programs

Living in Post Falls

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$500k
Typical market rent
$1,692/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
98.3
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Coeur d'Alene, ID metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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