Travel Dietitian/Registered Dietitian in Baltimore, MD

Job Title

Pediatric Registered Dietitian (RD) – Travel Contract

Location

Baltimore, MD | Inpatient / Outpatient

Schedule / Job Type

Contract | Days | Monday–Friday Block Schedule | 5x8-Hour Shifts (approximately 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, with one mid-week evening shift approximately 11:00 AM – 7:30 PM) | Expected 40 hours/week | 20-week assignment (shorter contract lengths may be considered) | Weekends and on-call not required | Holidays required as scheduled

Key Responsibilities

• Assess patients' nutritional status and develop appropriate medical nutrition therapy care plans for a complex pediatric inpatient and outpatient population, including TPN patients, short gut, GI complications, post-trauma, and tube-fed infants transitioning to oral feeds
• Provide nutrition counseling and education to patients and caregivers, including facilitating group classes focused on healthy eating and weight management
• Collaborate with the GI physician and interdisciplinary team in an outpatient clinic setting, assessing patients with weight management challenges through the Healthy Living Academy clinic
• Admit and assess new inpatient admissions, attend interdisciplinary medical rounds, and write follow-up notes in the electronic medical record in accordance with facility policy
• Support outpatient programs including feeding day programs, clinics, nutritional rehabilitation, and individual nutrition appointments
• May be required to float to an additional campus within scope of practice; travelers are first to float

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a Master's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or a related field, including completion of required coursework and a Dietetic Internship; candidates who successfully passed the CDR exam prior to 1/1/2024 may qualify with a Bachelor's degree plus required coursework and Dietetic Internship completion
• Active Maryland Dietitian licensure required at time of submission
• Active Registration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (CDR) required
• Minimum of 2 years of pediatric dietitian experience required
• First-time travelers are accepted
• Must maintain a permanent address at least 50 miles from the facility to be eligible

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Experience with TPN management, short bowel syndrome, and complex GI diagnoses in a pediatric setting
• Experience working with infant populations transitioning from tube feeds to oral feeding
• Familiarity with outpatient weight management programs and group nutrition education
• Comfort working within a large, multi-disciplinary healthcare environment

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work with a diverse and complex pediatric patient population across both inpatient and outpatient settings within a well-established healthcare system
• Structured Monday–Friday block schedule with no weekend or on-call requirements, offering a consistent and predictable work-life balance