Registered Dietitian - PRN

DietitianPer Diem

Listed compensation

$42/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

Hospital Name: UF Health Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliation with Select MedicalPosition: Registered Dietitian Per Diem Location: Gainesville, FLSchedule: Per DiemCompensation: $42.00

Sign-On Bonus $5,000

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

Why Join Us

Start Strong: Extensive orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.

Opportunity for Advancement: Demonstrate your skills and dedication, which could lead to potential full-time opportunities

Foster Well-being: We offer benefits which support the financial, work/life, and emotional well-being of you and your family members. Part-time/Per Diem positions are eligible for 401k based on reaching 1,000 hours within their first anniversary or subsequent calendar year.

Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Responsibilities

Provides quality nutrition services including, but not limited to, screening, initial assessment, re-assessments, nutrition counseling and education, therapeutic diet calculations, and calorie counts. Develops an appropriate nutritional care plan.

Considers religious, cultural, and ethical factors when completing nutrition assessments and creating plan of care.

Evaluates potential food/drug interactions, and/or herb/supplement interactions. Provides nutrition education/counseling as appropriate.

Communicates and implements the nutritional plan of care with the interdisciplinary care team.

Attend Interdisciplinary Care meetings, when assigned, for the development of patient care plans. Participates with the interdisciplinary team in various medical rounds (as available at the facility) i. e., wound rounds, or dysphagia rounds.

Develops and implements educational programs for patients and staff. Works with the patient to identify a nutrition education plan and sets achievable goals.

Keeps current with nutritional practices and theories. Maintains current ADA requirements, (i. e., Professional Portfolio, self-development, and continuing education classes.)

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Current state licensure/certification, if required by state.
  • Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
  • One (1) year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent.
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Nutrition assessmentPatient care planningInterdisciplinary collaborationClinical nutritionMedical rounds participationDysphagia managementWound care nutritionFood-drug interaction evaluation

Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Clinical Nutrition listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 24% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

In Florida, the Clinical Nutrition weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$74k (69 salary observations; 323 listings), vs ~$78k nationally (2,400 salary observations; 8,206 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 Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
62% this job
Sign-on bonus
52% this job
CME allowance
33% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Clinical Nutrition (Dietitian) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,208 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Gainesville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$295k
Typical market rent
$1,618/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.7
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Gainesville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About UF Health Rehabilitation Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

401k
Sign-On Bonus $5,000