Clinical Dietitian- Clinical Nutrition-PT
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Job Description
Provides medical nutrition care to patients through nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention and education utilizing evidence based guidelines. Develops care plans with appropriate follow-up and reassessment of intervention. Manages the total nutritional care of patients receiving Enteral Nutrition. Assess and diagnose patients for malnutrition.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Nutrition from an accredited college or university
- Licensure, Certification and or Registration: Alabama State Licensure. Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (must be obtained within 6 months of employment)
- Experience: 1-2 years clinical experience preferred but not required
Additional Skills/Abilities: Excellent communication skills. Good organizational skills with attention to detail necessary.
About Us
Build Your Career with Us
At Huntsville Hospital, Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children and Madison Hospital, you’ll find meaningful work, supportive teams and opportunities to grow within a locally governed, nonprofit health system committed to the communities we serve.
Our workplace culture has earned national recognition, including Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care 2026 and Forbes’ America’s Best-in-State Employers 2025.
Huntsville Hospital is the region’s primary referral center for advanced and specialty care, home to a specialized Orthopedic & Spine Tower, a Level III Regional Neonatal ICU and North Alabama’s Level I Trauma Center.
Together, our three Madison County hospitals have 971 licensed beds and offer career opportunities across a wide range of specialties and care settings.
Employees have access to continuing education, Shared Governance, Clinical Ladder, Nurse Residency, tuition assistance, child care, wellness resources, an on-site employee pharmacy and health clinic, and more.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a partner in the U.S. Army Partnership for Your Success (PaYS) Program.
Huntsville Hospital Benefits
We are committed to providing competitive benefits. Our benefits package for eligible employees includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending; short term and long term disability; several retirement account options with 401K organization match; nurse residency program; tuition assistance; student loan reimbursement; On-site training and education opportunities; Employee Discounts to phone providers, local restaurants, tickets to shows, apartment application and much more!
Learn More About Huntsville Hospital Health System
- Careers: careers.hhsys.org
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- Education & Professional Development: huntsvillehospital.org
- Life In Huntsville: huntsvillehospital.org
Key Responsibilities
Provide medical nutrition care through assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and patient education using evidence-based guidelines. Develop and reassess care plans, manage nutritional care for patients receiving enteral nutrition, and assess and diagnose malnutrition.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Dietitian Career Context
Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 32% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
In Alabama, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$75k (10 salary observations; 96 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (2,154 salary observations; 8,612 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Clinical Nutrition median $80k (middle half $70k–$87k)186 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Alabama vs national | $75k median in Alabama | $78k nationally (−4%)10 state / 2,154 national salary observations |
| Cost of living | Alabama index 88.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Clinical Nutrition listings in Alabama | 39 active | 3,103 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 44% remote · 32% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | loan repayment | US Dietitian listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 3% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Clinical Nutrition pay trend | −1.7% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
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