Registered Dietician

Nutrition and Dietetics Jobs
Bronx, New York
October 30, 2025
$50 - $55 / hour
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Job Description

Job Summary:

  • Monitors patients for and provides education on food/drug interactions.
  • Records food and drug interactions in the education section.
  • Consults with physicians regarding appropriate diet modification.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Screens and assesses patients in an accurate and timely manner based on levels of care; determines patients’ nutritional needs and status and provides follow-up care.
  • Interviews patients and/or their families to obtain history of food habits and preferences.
  • Interprets pertinent laboratory, physical and social data in the medical record, as it applies to nutrition care.
  • Provides nutrition education and records patient’s diet and diet instructions and the patient’s understanding of the diet in the education section.
  • Modifies patient menus as needed.

Required Education:

  • Graduate from accredited college/university with a degree in Dietetics or Foods and Nutrition.

Preferred Education:

  • Master’s degree.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

  • For post-acute locations, requirements New York State Certification, issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) as a “Dietitian-Nutritionist”.
  • For Acute locations: Registration by the Commissions on Dietetic Registration (CDR) as a Registered Dietitian Primary Source Verification – Required.

Preferred Certifications & Licensure:

  • AHA BLS.
  • Special Note for Dietitians assigned to Post-Acute Care (Long-Term Care) facility: Under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities, as outlined in Section 483.
  • 60 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations all newly-hired Dietitians, assigned to a Post-Acute Care (Long-Term Care) facility, are required to have New York State Certification, issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED), as a “Dietitian-Nutritionist” at the time of hire.

Required Skills & Experience:

  • Minimal one (1) year of experience.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

  • Two (2) years of experience.

Schedule Hours Per Week: 40.00
Schedule Hours Per Day: 8.00
Schedule Days Per Week: 5.00

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