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Come work for the world’s leading private employer of Registered Dietitians!

Sodexo is seeking a full time Reigstered Dietitian to come join their dynamic team at Corpus Christi Medical Center-Bay Area Hospital, a full-service, 250 bed, acute-care center offering inpatient and outpatient services including a 24-hour emergency department with a Level 2 Trauma unit and Level II/III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Position is full time with excellent benefits.

Position offers $3000.00 Sign on Bonus

Sodexo offers:

  • Reimbursement for AND dues, state licensure fees and CDR renewal
  • Money toward continuing education events
  • Up to $5000 tuition reimbursement annually
  • a full array of benefits including paid time off, holidays, medical, dental, vision, 401K and access to ongoing training and development programs, plus health and wellness programs.

Remote charting capabilities offered but must live locally within 45-90 miles from location. This is hybrid position and does allow for generous flexibility with partial-remote charting when needed.

The successful candidate will:

  • Provide nutritional care for a variety of inpatient units;
  • Work a rotating holiday coverage schedule providing hospital wide coverage (no weekends);
  • Perform quality improvement initiatives within the nutrition department;
  • Educate health care team members, including physicians and nurses; and
  • Assist the Food Service Management team, as needed.

Is this opportunity right for you? We are looking for candidates who have:

  • Registered Dietitian credentials and be licensed in TX;
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills;
  • Good time management skills be a self-starter and a team player; and
  • The ability to work well with physicians, nursing and ancillary staff.

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What We Offer

Sodexo offers fair and equitable compensation, partially determined by a candidate's education level or years of relevant experience. While the budgeted range for the position is posted, Sodexo salary offers are based on a candidate's specific criteria, like experience, skills, education and training.


Position Summary

Provides general to specialized nutrition care for patients, residents, and the community in the delivery of our contractual agreement with the client. Functions as a nutrition resource to assigned patient care areas, developing peers, and foodservice staff to ensure the provision of safe, high quality care. May function as a Lead providing supervision to clinical nutrition and/or patient foodservice staff. Maintains professional and business practices to assure regulatory compliance and to uphold company mission, values, and commitments made in the Sodexo client contractual agreement. Contributes to financial and clinical outcomes through implementation of services.

Executes and directs the Nutrition Care Process (assessment, nutrition diagnosis, intervention, monitoring and evaluation) for complex practice as a specialist or in an expanded clinical role; is accountable for the provision of safe and reliable care and services and completion of documentation in accordance with individual and statutory scope, regulatory standards and facility policies, protocols and practice guidelines, including clinical privileges.- 40%

Provides evidence-based nutrition counseling and training to meet basic and specialized clinical needs, promote disease management, educate healthcare personnel, interns and students on nutrition care strategies and support foodservice staff competency; offers input into development and enhancement of learning activities and educational resources and initiates referrals as needed to elevate care, support continuation of nutrition care plans or elevate educational processes. - 20%

Continually improves and expands performance and demonstrates professional growth by advancing nutrition-related skills and engaging in tailored professional education to develop a deeper understanding of concepts and principles associated with one or more areas of specialty practice. - 20%

Actively engages in interdisciplinary activities to promote the nutrition care plan and serve as a resource on nutrition-related issues; collaborates and communicates with clinical and culinary departments in the development, implementation and promotion of operating standards, tools, resources and programs for general and specialized clinical practice and foodservice operations in accordance with Sodexo standards; participates in the development of interdisciplinary policies and protocols. - 10%

Participates independently or with minimal guidance in performance improvement (PI) activities and demonstrates readiness to offer outcomes-based solutions to promote continuous improvement. - 10%


Qualifications & Requirements

Basic Education Requirement - Bachelor's degree with completion of required coursework and supervised practice as dictated by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) (Note: For those seeking registration after 2023, a master’s degree will be required)

Basic Functional Experience - 3 years experienced practitioner able to work with minimal supervision

Credentials Requirement:

  • Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
  • Certification/licensure as required by state(s) of practice
  • Specialty credential in area(s) of focused practice, as applicable, or advanced practice certification (RD-AP/RDN-AP)

Sodexo is an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.

Application Instructions

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