PRN Registered Dietician
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Penn Medicine seeks a Registered Dietitian to support patient care under the direction of the Clinical Nutrition Manager. The role includes nutrition screening and assessment for adult, NICU, and pediatric patients, nutrition education, care planning, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams. The posting prefers one year of acute care experience and requires a bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics, RD registration, and an active Pennsylvania LDN license.
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Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Registered Dietitian - Per Diem
General Summary Statement
Under the direction of Clinical Nutrition Manager assures that patient care standards are met and patient satisfaction is maintained. The RD, LDN serves as a liaison between the medical staff, nursing staff, ancillary health departments and the community. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
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Responsible for nutrition screening of patients based on established criteria for adult, NICU and pediatric populations
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Completes nutrition consults in timely manner
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Reassesses patient based on complexity of care level standards
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Prioritizes workload to complete in an efficient and effective manner
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Provides nutrition education to patients and family members by consult, protocol, or as deemed appropriate
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Develops nutrition care plan to fit patient needs and documents nutrition assessment in electronic medical record
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Completes nutrition assessment for patients on enteral and parenteral nutrition support
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Determines need for oral nutrition supplement and orders and/or implements based on individual patient needs.
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Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to address patient needs
Education Training and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
Minimum of 1-year experience in an acute care setting preferred.
Licensure/Certification Registered with the Commission on Dietetics Registration (RD)
Active nutrition license (LDN) with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
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How this job compares
Set against the 3,038 open Registered Dietitian jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$67–90K/yr627 salary ranges
- Pennsylvania median$28–40/hr510 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 848 open Registered Dietitian jobs in Pennsylvania and 3,038 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
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- Experience
- Registered Dietitian postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (479 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,134 of the 3,038 open Registered Dietitian jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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