General Information

Work Location: West Hills, CA, USA Work Schedule A variable schedule including days, nights, weekdays, weekends, and holidays Posted Date 10/22/2025 Salary Range: $53.26 - 62.12 Hourly Employment Type 6 - Staff: Per Diem Duration Indefinite Job # 27246

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Join UCLA West Valley Medical Center as a Clinical Dietitian and play a vital role in providing exceptional medical nutrition therapy to inpatient areas across a variety of specialties.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments, develop care plans, and provide ongoing monitoring and reassessment.
• Educate patients and provide appropriate referrals for continued care post-discharge.
• Perform Nutrition-Focused Physical Exams (NFPE) and assess malnutrition.
• Collaborate with dietetic technicians, food service staff, nurses, physicians, and the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Participate in departmental initiatives, performance improvement activities, meetings, and patient care rounds.
• Provide coverage across various units based on department needs, rather than a fixed assignment.

If you’re passionate about patient-centered care and thrive in a dynamic clinical environment, we invite you to apply and make a difference!       Salary Range: $47.36-$55.24 Hourly *May convert to career*

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Registered Dietitian or Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist (RD/RDN) registered with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Understanding of food service systems, menu planning, and food safety, to ensure that patients receive appropriate meals during their stay.
• Proficiency in conducting comprehensive nutritional assessments, including interpreting lab results and understanding the patient’s current and past medical history.
• Availability to work weekends and holidays. 

 

Preferred:

• Acute care experience

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.