Job Title: Dietician Registered
Location: Main Hospital - New Brunswick
Department Name: Dietary-Management
Req #: 0000251938
Status: Hourly
Shift: Day
Pay Range: $35.30 - $45.64 per hour
Pay Transparency:
The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.
The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.
Job Overview:
Join our dedicated inpatient healthcare team as a Clinical Registered Dietitian at our main hospital campus. In this essential role, you will be responsible for the comprehensive nutritional care of hospitalized patients across their entire lifespan, including performing nutritional assessments, designing individualized care plans, and delivering vital patient education. This position offers a rewarding opportunity to collaborate closely with physicians, nursing staff, and multidisciplinary units to provide high-quality medical nutrition therapy that optimizes patient recovery and clinical outcomes.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Baccalaureate degree and/or Master’s Degree from an accredited College or University with a major in Foods and Nutrition, Dietetics, or a related science.
- Active Registered Dietitian (RD) credential or direct registration-eligibility with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) / American Dietetic Association.
- Strong verbal and written interpersonal communication skills with a proven ability to document clinical practices clearly in medical records.
- Demonstrated baseline competency in time management and the ability to work effectively within a fast-paced healthcare team.
Preferred:
- A minimum of one (1) year of active, direct inpatient hospital experience operating as a clinical dietitian.
- Proven experience conducting age-specific assessments across the full lifespan (pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric).
Scheduling Requirements:
Essential Functions:
- Formulates, implements, and evaluates comprehensive inpatient nutritional care plans containing clinical data reflective of patients’ exact nutritional requirements relative to their age and medical condition.
- Applies specialized knowledge of growth and development over the lifespan to render safe, age-specific nutrition care and counseling to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
- Provides frontline education to hospitalized patients and family members regarding therapeutic diets, and proactively identifies and addresses critical drug-and-nutrient interactions.
- Accurately documents and charts appropriate nutrition histories, clinical interventions, and care pathways directly inside the patient’s permanent electronic medical record in a timely manner.
- Participates actively in interdisciplinary hospital rounds, coordinates with diet office staff to resolve patient data concerns, and adjusts therapeutic meal patterns in the Health Touch database daily.
- Attends clinical in-services and continuing education programs to maintain active registration status, and coordinates teaching experiences or clinical tracking for rotating dietetic students.
- Conducts regular meal rounds to evaluate food safety and service quality, tracks department performance improvement data, and compiles accurate monthly operational logs for the Clinical Nutrition Manager.
- Maintains strict standard precautions, complies with all safety and infection control protocols, and provides annual educational in-services to clerks, technicians, and other medical professionals.
Benefits and Perks:
At RWJBarnabas Health, our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Driven by our Total Wellbeing promise, our market-competitive offerings include comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, financial, personal, career, and community wellbeing. These benefits and resources include, but are not limited to:
- Paid Time Off including Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
- Retirement Plans
- Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
- Dental and Vision Insurance
- Disability and Life Insurance
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Student Loan Planning Support
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Wellness Programs
- Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
- Community and Volunteer Opportunities
- Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, and Verizon
- ….and more!
Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.
RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.
