Registered Dietitian

Position: Registered Dietitian

Location: Select Specialty Hospital, Pensacola, FL

Schedule: Full‑time

Compensation: $24.00‑40.00 per hour depending on years of experience
Sign‑on bonus: $5,000

Registration Requirement: Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics is required.

Select Specialty Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world‑class inpatient post‑ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. Registered Dietitians play a central role in delivering compassionate, excellent care every step of the way.

• Comprehensive orientation program for a smooth transition into our setting.
• Full‑time medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings.
• Generous paid time off to maintain a healthy work‑life balance.
• Company‑matching 401(k) retirement plan and life and disability protection.
• Opportunity to join a nationwide team of over 44,000 committed to exceptional care.

• Develop, implement, and monitor Medical Nutrition Therapies for patients.
• Collaborate with medical staff, patients, families, and food service department to ensure nutrition care plans are implemented and departmental standards are maintained.
• Perform nutritional assessments and re‑assessments, identifying goals, recommending nutrition interventions, monitoring and evaluating patient progress.
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens.
• Work closely with the Speech Therapy Department to assist with progression of textured modified diets to ensure patient safety and optimize oral intake.
• Clarify admission orders to ensure nutrition support, diet and oral supplement orders are consistent with the facility’s established nutrition support formulary and diet manual.
• Consider religious, cultural, and ethnic factors in development of nutrition care plans.
• Review yearly updates and approve therapeutic diet manual annually; educate clinical and food service staff on location of the Nutrition Care Manual; maintain hard copy of simplified diet manual for downtime.
• Keep current with nutritional practices and theories; maintain current professional registration requirements (i.e., Professional Portfolio, self‑development and continuing education).
• Evaluate potential food/drug interactions, herbal/supplement interactions, and/or drug interactions.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and communicate progress and special needs.
• Participate in developing, planning, and standardizing menus.
• Perform meal rounds to ensure patients’ meal trays are consistent with the prescribed diet and meet quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance standards.

• Bachelor’s degree majoring in Food and Nutrition related field.
• Current state licensure/certification, if required by state.
• Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
• One (1) year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent.