General Information

Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA Work Schedule Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, with rotating weekends and holidays Posted Date 08/31/2026 Salary Range: $44.53 - 58.71 Hourly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration indefinite Job # 32754

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

As a Clinical Dietitian, you will provide medical nutrition therapy to inpatient and/or outpatient populations across a variety of specialized practice areas, including pediatrics, renal, critical care, gastroenterology, cardiology, orthopedics, neurology, and oncology.

Under the supervision of the Clinical Nutrition Manager, you will assess patients’ nutritional needs, conduct nutrition-focused physical examinations, identify and diagnose malnutrition, and develop, implement, monitor, and reassess individualized nutrition care plans. You will also provide patient and family education and coordinate referrals for continued nutrition care following discharge from the UCLA Health network.

Working as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team, you will collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, food service personnel, patients, and other care team members to support high-quality patient care. You will also have opportunities to contribute to departmental initiatives and performance improvement projects.

Job Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

• Clinical experience as a Registered Dietitian (highly preferred)

• Pediatric clinical experience (highly preferred)

• Experience with California Children’s Services (CCS) paneling preferred.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.

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.