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 8am
Posted Date
03/16/2026
Salary Range $47.23 - 62.32 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
indefinite
Job #
29360
Under the direction of the Clinical Nutrition Manager or Chief Clinical Dietitian, the Senior Dietitian provides advanced medical nutrition therapy to patients with complex medical conditions in a large, fast-paced academic healthcare environment. Responsibilities include conducting comprehensive nutrition assessments and reassessments, developing and implementing individualized nutrition care plans, documenting in the electronic health record, and providing patient and family education.
The Senior Dietitian evaluates and manages therapeutic diets and nutrition interventions, including diagnosing malnutrition, performing Nutrition-Focused Physical Exams (NFPE), and overseeing enteral and parenteral nutrition support. This role provides care across the full patient population, including NICU, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients, and may include responsibilities related to nutrition in public health settings.
Working collaboratively with interdisciplinary healthcare teams, medical staff, ancillary departments, and food service personnel, the Senior Dietitian supports coordinated patient care and positive clinical outcomes. The role also participates in departmental meetings, quality and performance improvement initiatives, and completes at least one designated senior-level task as outlined in the job description.
Salary Range: $47.23-$62.32/hr
Registered Dietitian (RD) certification.
Maintains active membership in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
In-depth knowledge of Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT).
Skilled in developing patient-specific enteral (EN) and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) plans.
Strong communication and collaboration skills for effective interdisciplinary teamwork.
Education: Master’s degree with at least 7 years of experience, or 15+ years of relevant experience without a master’s degree.
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.
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.
