Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
M-F, rotating weekends and holidays. 8 hour day, usually starts at 8 or 9am.
Posted Date
12/08/2025
Salary Range $42.55 - 56.14 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
27756
Under the direction of the Clinical Nutrition Manager or Chief Clinical Dietitian, the Dietitian Senior is responsible for providing advanced medical nutrition therapy and care to patients with complex medical conditions in a large, fast-paced academic setting. Key responsibilities include performing comprehensive nutrition assessments and reassessments, developing individualized care plans, documenting in electronic health records, providing patient education, and implementing and monitoring nutrition interventions. This includes diagnosing malnutrition, conducting Nutrition-Focused Physical Exams (NFPE), managing therapeutic diets, nutrition education, and enteral/parenteral nutrition. Works with all ages, from patients in the NICU, to pediatrics, adult, and the geriatric patient population.Includes NPH.The Dietitian Senior works collaboratively with interdisciplinary healthcare teams, medical staff, ancillary staff, and food service personnel.The RD Senior also participates in department activities and meetings, including performance improvement initiatives.Completes one Senior Task (listed within JD).
May also do clinic.
• In good standing with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Strong knowledge of Medical Nutrition Therapy.
• Proficient in developing enteral (EN) and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) plans tailored to patient-specific clinical needs.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across clinical teams.
• Education: Master’s degree required for minimum 7 years of experience, or minimum 15 years of experience without a master’s degree.
For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.
Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.
Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.
