Registered Dietitian

Winters Healthcare is excited to the expanding its nutrition services, and we are seeking a registered dietitian to join our team! This individual will be responsible for assisting in developing nutrition workflows, protocols, screening tools, referral criteria, and documentation standards to support patient and community wellbeing. The ideal candidate is bilingual in English and Spanish, compassionate, innovative, and connective to diverse groups of people. We are excited to expand our resources for patients and look forward to this new partnership!

Position Overview

Expected Hire Date: November 2026

Hours per Week: 32 hours/week (28 clinical/programmatic, 4 administrative) = full-time at full salary. Will require 1-2 evening shifts per week.

note: Employee must complete an 8-week, foundational onboarding period of 40 hours per week, for a total of 320 hours before transitioning to 4Day work week (32 hours)

Location: Winters, CA and Esparto, CA

Reports To: Director of Clinical Services / Program Director

Loan Repayment: HCAI Allied Health Loan Repayment Eligible Site

If you are viewing this on an external recruitment site, please visit us at our careers page: Join Our Team!

A Day in the Life of a Registered Dietitian with Winters Healthcare

If you were a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with Winters Healthcare, you would spend your day embedded within our integrated primary care teams. Patients may be introduced to you through a warm handoff from a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, behavioral health clinician, dentist, or population health coach. You might meet with a newly diagnosed patient with diabetes, help a pregnant patient navigate healthy eating during pregnancy, provide medical nutrition therapy for a patient with obesity and hypertension, or assist a family experiencing food insecurity.

You will provide both individual and group services. Individual visits may include comprehensive nutrition assessments, care plan development, chronic disease management, and follow-up counseling. Group services include a 10-week Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine Program featuring nutrition education, cooking demonstrations, physical activity, stress management, goal setting, and peer support. The RDN will oversee group programming and support curriculum development and quality improvement activities.

Beyond direct patient care, you will work closely with medical providers, behavioral health clinicians, dental teams, population health staff, and community partners to improve access to nutritious foods. The ideal candidate enjoys building relationships, creating innovative programs, educating patients and staff, and helping individuals make sustainable lifestyle changes that improve long-term health outcomes.

Can you see yourself helping us build the future of nutrition services at Winters Healthcare? We hope so!

Summary of Duties:

Under the supervision of the Director of Clinical Services, the Registered Dietitian (RD) serves as the clinical nutrition lead for individual and group-based nutrition services. This position provides medical nutrition therapy, nutrition education, and counseling services while partnering with interdisciplinary care teams to prevent and manage chronic conditions, address food insecurity, and improve health outcomes through integrated, population health-focused approaches.

Responsibilities

Clinical Nutrition Services

• Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy for pediatric, adult, prenatal, and geriatric patients.
• Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments and develop individualized care plans.
• Manage nutrition care for patients with diabetes, prediabetes, hypertension, obesity, underweight, cardiovascular disease, pregnancy-related nutrition needs, and food insecurity.
• Document care in Epic EHR and participate in team-based care planning.
• Use evidence-based interventions consistent with current nutrition practice standards.

Program Development and Leadership

• Assist in developing nutrition workflows, protocols, screening tools, referral criteria, and documentation standards.
• Design and maintain patient education materials, care pathways, and community resource directories.
• Assist in developing and overseeing nutrition-related clinical templates, assessment tools, and care plans.
• Serve as the organization's nutrition subject matter expert.
• Attend at least one nutrition-focused state or national conference per year.

Group Visits and Lifestyle Medicine

• Lead or oversee nutrition and lifestyle medicine group visits.
• Collaborate with the Population Health Coach to deliver a 10-week Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine curriculum.
• Provide or oversee cooking demonstrations, nutrition instruction, and behavior-change counseling.
• Participate in community outreach and food-literacy activities.

Workforce Development

• Train staff on nutrition screening, referral processes, food insecurity interventions, and evidence-based nutrition care.
• Conduct case-based education and interdisciplinary learning sessions.
• Participate in onboarding and continuing education for clinical teams.

Quality Improvement and Population Health

• Participate in quality improvement initiatives focused on nutrition-related outcomes.
• Assist with development of registries, reports, dashboards, and outcome tracking.
• Monitor participation, referral completion, service utilization, and clinical outcomes.
• Collaborate with leadership to analyze program performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Community Partnerships

• Collaborate with local food banks, social service agencies, community-supported agriculture programs, and other nutrition-focused partners.
• Help patients access food resources and nutrition-related community services.
• Support food box, produce prescription, and healthy-food access initiatives.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree from the American Dietetic Association (ADA) accredited program.
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish (speak, read, write)
• Eligibility to practice in California and ability to meet all applicable professional requirements before hire.
• Minimum of one year of experience providing nutrition counseling or medical nutrition therapy.
• Experience supporting chronic disease management, including diabetes, obesity, hypertension, or cardiovascular disease.
• Strong communication, teaching, motivational interviewing, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Commitment to serving rural and underserved communities.

Preferred

• Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist credential or interest in obtaining certification.
• Experience in primary care, an FQHC, community health, public health, or lifestyle medicine.
• Experience facilitating group visits, group education, or community nutrition programs.
• Experience with food insecurity programs or produce prescription initiatives.
• Familiarity with Epic EHR and population health workflows.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Annual equivalent salary range is $81,00-$99,000 for 32 hrs/week^^ and depends on experience and qualifications.
• Paid Time Off, holidays, Wellness Days (1 per week during), and CME/CEU
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance- 95% paid for employees, and 70% paid for dependents.
• $1,500 and 32 hours of CME/CEU allowance, plus full licensure and DEA reimbursement
• 401K retirement match program- 3% match
• Professional liability insurance includes tail and wrap around coverage
• HCAI Loan Repayment Eligible site (Opportunity for up to $16,000 for full-time), up to 3 total years.

Hours

32 hours/week (24 clinical/programmatic and 8 administrative).

Tentative schedule:

• Monday and Tuesday 8 am-5 pm
• Wednesday and Thursday 11 am-8pm

Part-time candidates may also be considered.

Location

Winters, California, and Esparto, California.

Some community outreach activities may occur at partner locations throughout Yolo County.

Why Winters Healthcare?

Here at Winters Healthcare, we know that we are a unique organization, and we love what we do and for whom we do it. We believe exceptional healthcare starts with exceptional people. We are big on fit, and while we will assess whether Winters Healthcare is the right fit for you, we understand that you are doing the same.

Please submit your resume and cover letter and answer our application questions so we can learn more about your interests and what excites you about this opportunity.

Let's collaborate together to do great things for our patients and our community.

Recruiters, please do not contact us. We enjoy hearing from our candidates directly.

^^ As part of our overall wellness strategy and prioritizing employee and patient wellbeing, Winters Healthcare's full-time classification is 32-hours per week for full time pay - this is known as our 4 Day Work Week (4DWW). Employee must complete an 8-week Foindational Onboarding Period at 40 hours per week, prior to transitioning to 32-hours/week.