Dietitian Clinical I
Multiple U.S. locationsJob$55.85/hrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
The Clinical Dietitian I assesses patients’ nutritional status using recognized assessment tools and recommends and counsels patients, families, or caregivers on nutrition plans for disease or condition management. The role serves the general patient population and patients in more complex levels of care under the supervision of a Clinical Dietitian II or Clinical Nutrition Manager/Director. It also communicates nutritional data and participates in health team meetings.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Dietitian, you will provide expert nutrition care, developing and implementing individualized plans to improve patient health outcomes.
Every day you will clearly communicate nutritional data across all systems and participate in health team meetings as the resident nutrition expert.
To be successful in this role, you will integrate robust clinical expertise with empathetic, evidence-based care, consistently adhering to professional standards and fostering effective communication with patients and healthcare teams.
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As an entry level clinician, the Clinical Dietitian I assesses the nutritional status of the patient using recognized tools of assessment, and recommends & counsels patients, family, and/or caregivers on the appropriate nutrition plan to improve the patient's disease or condition management.
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Works with the general patient population, as well as with patients in more complex levels of care under the supervision of a Clinical Dietitian II or Clinical Nutrition Manager/Director.
Job Requirements
Required
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Bachelors Degree Completion of an accredited dietetics program (ACEND Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics).
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Registered Dietician (RD) or
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Registered Dietitian ADA (RD-ADA) or
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Registered Dietitian AND (RD-AND)or
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Registered Dietitian CDR (RD-CDR).
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1973, Dignity Health - Methodist Hospital is a 158-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 80,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Methodist Hospital of Sacramento has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
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Pay Range
$55.85 - $55.85 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,529 open Clinical Dietitian jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$55.85/hr
- California median$40–54/hr84 hourly ranges
- US median$30–40/hr961 hourly ranges
This rate, $55.85/hr, is 19% above the California median midpoint ($47/hr) — in the top quarter of Clinical Dietitian hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 171 open Clinical Dietitian jobs in California and 2,529 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Compass Group, North America124 open
- Dignity Health (this employer)9 open
- Sutter Health7 open
- Experience
- Clinical Dietitian postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (263 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 423 of the 2,529 open Clinical Dietitian jobs (17%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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