Clinical Dietitian PRN

DietitianIncludes callIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Job Description

Our patients are our number one priority! We're committed to giving children back their childhood!

Job Posting Title

Clinical Dietitian PRN

Location: Dallas - Hospital

Additional Posting Details

  • PRN, As needed
  • 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Job Description

Duties/Responsibilities

Utilizes the Nutrition Care Process to perform comprehensive nutritional assessments and reassessments while using age-appropriate standards and validated tools to include nutrition related diagnosis using the eNCP terminology approved by the Academy of Nutrition and dietetics.

Respond to consults and nutrition referrals within the established time frame Facility and or based on department policy and patient outcome

Monitor and evaluate patient progress, adjusting nutrition interventions as needed

Communicate with medical team regarding nutrition intervention or plan of care through verbal, written, or electronic communication

Provides nutrition education to patients and families with the patient’s preferred learning style/readiness for change/cultural belief

Support enteral and parenteral nutrition therapy when applicable and communicate recommendations with the medical team

  • Participate in Hospitalist rounding, interdisciplinary meetings, and/or discharge rounds as needed.
  • Collaborate with physicians, nurses, speech therapists, and other healthcare professionals
  • Communicates and coordinated meals, supplements, and enteral feeding regimen with the FNS staff
  • Ensure compliance with clinical guidelines, regulatory standards, and hospital policies
  • Serves as a preceptor for dietetic interns
  • Required Skills/Abilities
  • Bachelor’s degree if RDN obtained prior to 1/1/24 or master’s degree after 1/1/24
  • RD/RDN or RDE with ability to sit for exam required withing 6 months of hire date

LD (Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist) or LD approved application from Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation required 6 months of hire date with R.D.

Minimum of 2 years of experience in clinical nutrition practice preferred; 1 year experience in a pediatric preferred

  • Ability to read and speak English, Spanish ability beneficial
  • This position fulfills on-call responsibilities for weekends and holidays on a rotating schedule with other RDN staff
  • Working Environment
  • Working Conditions: Inside
  • Working Position: Sitting, Standing, and Walking
  • Physical Demands: Medium
  • Physical Requirements: Lifting/Carrying, Pushing/Pulling, Stooping/Kneeling/Bending, and Repetitive Movements
  • Lifting or carrying between 11 - 24 lbs.
  • Sensory/Communicative activities essential to the performance of this position: Feeling, Hearing, Seeing, Smelling, Tasting, and Speaking
  • This position will be exposed to Inside Environments

Key Responsibilities

The Clinical Dietitian will perform comprehensive nutritional assessments and develop nutrition care plans for pediatric patients. They will collaborate with the medical team, provide patient education, and manage enteral and parenteral nutrition therapy.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Dietetics and be a Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) or eligible to sit for the exam. A Texas Licensed Dietitian (LD) license is required within 6 months of hire, along with at least 2 years of clinical nutrition experience.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Nutritional assessmentEnteral nutritionPediatric nutritionInterdisciplinary collaborationMedical documentationRegulatory compliancePreceptingNutrition diagnosis

Pediatrics — Dietitian Career Context

Of the 50 active Dietitian listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 20% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Texas 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 & Perks24 jobs

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
50%
Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.2this job 4.8
Better work-life than 60% of Pediatrics (Dietitian) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 79 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Dallas

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$286k
Typical market rent
$1,591/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
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 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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