Primary Care Registered Dietitian - hiring bonus & relocation assistance!

  • Full-time
  • Toppenish, WA
  • posted September 08, 2025
Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
https://www.yvfwc.com/
Category:

Clinical Dietitian

Starting Date:

Immediately

Position Description:

$31.20-$38.22/hour DOE with the ability to go higher for highly experienced candidates

$3,000 sign-on bonus with first paycheck & $2,000 bonus at 12 months

Relocation Allowance available – ask for more details!

100% employer-paid health insurance including medical, dental, vision, Rx, 24/7 telemedicine

Profit sharing & 403(b) retirement plan available

Generous PTO, 8 paid holidays, and much more!

Minimum Qualifications:

Conduct nutritional screening and assessment for patients/clients to include anthropometric and laboratory data, collection of nutrition history, calculation of nutrition adequacy, and identification of drug-nutrient interactions.

Utilize motivational interviewing to identify desired goals and outcomes of nutrition care in collaboration with the patient/client and health care professionals. Considers the variables that may influence the patient/client’s food-related behaviors, including culture and social determinants of health.

Evaluate and provide evidence-based nutrition recommendations to address patient/client medical needs. Understand and evaluate patient/client nutrition status and its relationship to complex disease states, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, gastrointestinal disorders, cancer, food allergies, and obesity.

Collaborate with physicians and other health care professionals to advocate for and implement optimal nutrition care.

Provide preventative services and counseling at individual patient/client visits and group meetings.

Serve as preceptor providing nutrition education and guidance to dietetic interns and students. Develops training materials and participates in mentoring of staff.

Assist in monitoring compliance to Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic (YVFWC) procedures, federal qualified health center quality metrics and/or state and federal WIC requirements.

Maintain awareness of community demographics and resources. Connects clients to resources.

Design and implements outreach activities to raise community awareness of program services.

Complete documentation in the appropriate electronic medical record to document patient/client interaction.

Actively participates in assigned meetings to promote care team collaboration and ongoing learning.

Perform other duties as assigned

Desired Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in Dietetics from a U.S. regionally accredited college, university, or foreign equivalent for new graduates after January 2024. Dietitians credentialed prior to Jan 2024 are allowed to be grandfathered in with a Bachelor’s Degree. A Master’s Degree in Dietetics serves as two years of experience for job offer purposes.

Completion of ACEND® (Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics) accredited academic coursework in a Didactic Program in Dietetics

Registered Dietitian or registration eligible (must obtain RD credential within 180 days of employment).

May require the following certifications based on location and job duties performed.

Certified Dietitian (if going to bill for Maternity Support Services [MSS]).

Bilingual (English/Spanish) highly preferred - eligible for differential bonus upon successful completion of fluency assessment test.

Contact
GabrielleF@yvfwc.org

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