Lead Clinical Dietician

City of Hope

Irvine, CA

Job posting number: #7311878 (Ref:10031557)

Posted: July 3, 2025

Salary / Pay Rate: $43.18 - $66.92 / hour

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

Lead with Impact in Clinical Nutrition

Join a dynamic healthcare team where you’ll design and deliver personalized nutrition care plans, guide patients toward their health goals, and make a real difference every day. As a clinical nutrition leader, you'll oversee and mentor dietitians and technicians, develop innovative programs and protocols, and serve as a trusted resource for staff, patients, and the community. You'll also engage in academic research and community initiatives that drive forward the organization's mission and elevate patient care. This is more than a role—it’s an opportunity to shape the future of nutrition and wellness.

As a successful candidate, you will:

  • Deliver high-quality, evidence-based nutrition care that aligns with professional standards and City of Hope’s mission.
  • Provide age-appropriate education and counseling to patients, families, and caregivers, with thorough documentation of outcomes.
  • Supervise, mentor, and evaluate clinical nutrition staff, managing scheduling, orientation, and performance improvement initiatives.
  • Lead department operations in the director’s absence, including budget input, recruitment, employee engagement, and policy development.
  • Educate healthcare professionals and the community, coordinating in-services, workshops, and partnerships with educational institutions.
  • Drive quality improvement and innovation, developing protocols, measuring outcomes, and adapting care to meet evolving patient needs.
  • Serve as a clinical specialist and CIS trainer, supporting system improvements and leading departmental projects.
  • Engage in ongoing professional development and research, staying current with regulations, trends, and best practices in nutrition care.

Your qualifications should include:

  • Education:

    • Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of recent experience as a clinical dietitian

    • or Master’s degree plus 6 years of experience as a clinical dietitian

  • Experience:

    • 8 years (with Bachelor’s) or 6 years (with Master’s) in clinical dietetics

  • Certification/Licensure:

    • Registered Dietitian (RD) credential required

  • Required Training:

    • Completion of accredited coursework and supervised practice required for RD certification

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

To learn more about our Comprehensive Benefits, please CLICK HERE.

Salary / Pay Rate Information:
Pay Rate: $43.18 - $66.92 / hour

The estimated pay scale represents the typical [salary/hourly] range City of Hope reasonably expects to pay for this position, with offers determined based on several factors which may include, but not be limited to, the candidate’s experience, expertise, skills, education, job scope, training, internal equity, geography/market, etc. This pay scale is subject to change from time to time.



City of Hope is a community of people characterized by our diversity of thought, background and approach, but tied together by our commitment to care for and cure those with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The innovation that our diversity produces in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education has made us national leaders in this fight. Our unique and diverse workforce provides us the ability to understand our patients' needs, deliver compassionate care and continue the quest for a cure for life-threatening diseases. At City of Hope, diversity and inclusion is a core value at the heart of our mission. We strive to create an inclusive workplace environment that engages all of our employees and provides them with opportunities to develop and grow, both personally and professionally. Each day brings an opportunity to strengthen our work, leverage our different perspectives and improve our patients’ experiences by learning from others. Diversity and inclusion is about much more than policies and campaigns. It is an integral part of who we are as an institution, how we operate and how we see our future.


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Job posting number:#7311878 (Ref:10031557)
Application Deadline:Open Until Filled
Employer Location:City of Hope
Duarte,California
United States
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