How to hire a pediatric clinical dietician

How to hire a pediatric clinical dietician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step pediatric clinical dietician hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a pediatric clinical dietician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new pediatric clinical dietician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the pediatric clinical dietician you need to hire. Certain pediatric clinical dietician roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   Hiring the perfect pediatric clinical dietician also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of pediatric clinical dieticians.

   Type of Pediatric Clinical Dietician	Description	Hourly rate
   Pediatric Clinical Dietician	Dietitians and nutritionists are experts in the use of food and nutrition to promote health and manage disease. They advise people on what to eat in order to lead a healthy lifestyle or achieve a specific health-related goal.	$21-56
   Nutrition Internship	Nutrition interns are individuals who are on the job training for the tasks performed by licensed nutritionists or dieticians. The interns provide a nutrition care process that includes prescription of parenteral and enteral recommendations and analysis of laboratory values... Show more	$11-25
   Dietetic Internship	In a dietetic internship, an intern primarily performs support tasks to gain industry insights and experience while under a dietitian's directives and supervision. Their duties typically include conducting research and analyses, gathering and analyzing data from previous projects and studies, participating in the development of new meal and nutritional plans, and assisting in food delivery operations... Show more	$14-63

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patients
   • Occupational Therapy
   • Early Intervention
   • Physical Assessments
   • Patient Care
   • EMR
   • Vital Signs
   • Medication Administration
   • Tracheostomy
   • IV
   • Patient Education
   • Surgery
   • IM
   • Catheter

   Responsibilities:

   • Demonstrate clinical competency and compassion in providing care, using technology, administering medications, performing procedures and managing emergencies
   • Perform assessments and administer medications to pediatric patients, chart and document all care that the patient receive.
   • Document data relate to patients' care including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, and treatment changes.
   • Obtain hospital certification for chemotherapy administration.
   • Provide care to pediatric patients as part of an interdisciplinary team on the pediatric hematology/oncology and general pediatrics unit

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your pediatric clinical dietician job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A pediatric clinical dietician salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, pediatric clinical dieticians' average salary in idaho is 56% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level pediatric clinical dieticians earn 62% less than senior-level pediatric clinical dieticians.
   • Certifications. A pediatric clinical dietician with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a pediatric clinical dietician's salary.

   Average pediatric clinical dietician salary

   $72,828yearly

   $35.01 hourly rate

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   Entry-level pediatric clinical dietician salary

   $45,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 23, 2026

4. Writing a pediatric clinical dietician job description

   A pediatric clinical dietician job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a pediatric clinical dietician job description:

   Pediatric clinical dietician job description example

   MAT 2 - Pediatric Clinic - (220002W7) Description Facility Profile
   TGH is the area's only level I trauma center and one of just two ABA-verified adult & pediatric burn centers in Florida. With five medical helicopters*, we transport critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need. The hospital is home to one of the busiest solid organ transplant centers in the country. TGH is a nationally designated comprehensive stroke center, and has a 32-bed Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. Other outstanding centers include cardiovascular, orthopedics, high-risk and normal obstetrics, urology, ENT, endocrinology, and the Children's Medical Center, which features a nine-bed pediatric intensive care unit and pediatric kidney transplant services. As the region's leading safety net hospital, Tampa General is committed to providing area residents with world-class and compassionate health care ranging from the simplest to the most complex medical services.
   
   Tampa General Hospital was named the #1 hospital in Tampa Bay by U.S. News & World Report, 2020-2021, and recognized as one of America's Best Hospital's in five medical specialties: Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Nephrology, and Orthopedics. Tampa General Hospital has been designated a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the highest recognition for nursing excellence, for the fourth consecutive time - an accomplishment that fewer than one percent of hospitals nationwide have earned. TGH is accredited by The Joint Commission and was awarded disease-specific certification in five medical specialties. TGH is also accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). *Air transport provided by Metro Aviation, Inc.
   Description - External
   Assists staff, providers, residents and medical students with patient care, clerical, and organizational tasks using a team based approach in providing patient care. Responsible for appointment scheduling, diagnostic testing and medical record management for the Department of Surgery (General Surgery but includes Vascular and Colorectal). Provides information to patients so they may fully utilize and benefit from the care services. Conveys a positive image of USFTGP.
   Note: Must successfully demonstrate competencies within job position.
   Ability to lift twenty (20) pounds. Moving, lifting or transferring of patients may involve lifting of up to fifty (50) pounds, as well as assist with weights of more than one-hundred (100) pounds. Ability to stand for extended periods. Fine motor skills. Visual acuity. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and stoop, stand and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach forward with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to, kneel, or crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift or move 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
   
   Qualifications
   
   Qualifications - External
   MA: Education: High School diploma or equivalent required. Certification/Registration as a CMA or RMA through one of the national certifying organizations required. BLS/AED certification is required and must be maintained; demonstrated competency within 90 days required.
   Experience: Experience as a Medical Assistant in a healthcare facility preferred.
   LPN: High School diploma or equivalent. Licensed as Practical Nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464 - maintain an active Florida license. BLS/AED certification is required and must be maintained; demonstrated competency within 90 days required.
   
   Primary Location: TampaWork Locations: Family Care Center Healthpark 5802 N. 30th Street Tampa 33610Job: AmbulatoryOrganization: USFTGPSchedule: Full-time Scheduled Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, FridayShift: Day JobJob Posting: Sep 19, 2022, 7:15:23 PM

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5. Post your job

   To find pediatric clinical dieticians for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any pediatric clinical dieticians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level pediatric clinical dieticians with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your pediatric clinical dietician job on Zippia to find and recruit pediatric clinical dietician candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as healthcarejobsite, health jobs nationwide, hospitalcareers, medreps.com.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting pediatric clinical dieticians requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new pediatric clinical dietician

   Once you've found the pediatric clinical dietician candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new pediatric clinical dietician first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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