Travel Dietitian Jobs
Are you interested in nutrition and want to impact patients' lives positively? Consider becoming a travel dietician and maximize your career potential while transforming patient care.
What Is a Traveling Dietitian?
A traveling dietician is a nutrition expert who takes on jobs at different healthcare facilities for a set time. Dietitians provide dietary guidance and support for their patients. They work closely with medical teams to enhance patient health through proper nutrition choices.
Dietitian Qualifications
If you're looking to apply for travel dietitian jobs, you'll need a bachelor's degree in nutrition or a related field. You'll also need an active license or proper accreditation in one of the 50 states and one to two years of recent experience working as a dietitian. Some facilities may require additional certifications based on the needs of their specific units.
Dietitians should also have a passion for healthy living and a genuine care for patient well-being. Working in a travel role demands adaptability, cooperative skills and individual initiative.
Travel Dietitian Job Description
Travel dietitians will work to create custom menu plans while overseeing food preparation. You'll educate your patients on health and nutrition, helping them with their goals and explaining their specific care plan to them. As a traveling dietitian, you'll complete this work at each facility for a set time before moving on to the next assignment elsewhere.
Duties & Responsibilities
Your day-to-day responsibilities as a traveling dietitian will cover a range of duties. Your responsibilities will include:
Patient consultation:
Collaborate with patients to understand their dietary needs, preferences and restrictions
Nutritional assessments:
Conduct thorough examinations to determine patients' dietary requirements
Tailored plans:
Design personalized nutrition plans that align with patients' medical conditions and goals
Education:
Provide patients with clear and understandable dietary guidance to improve their health
Collaboration:
Work closely with medical teams to ensure holistic patient care
Documentation:
Accurately record patient details and progress to maintain comprehensive medical records
Current Dietitian Jobs
Travel Dietitian Salary & Benefits
As a travel dietician, you can expect to earn a very competitive weekly paycheck as well as access to Fastaff benefits, including:
Great selection of high-paying jobs in all 50 states
Priority access to Fastaff-exclusive jobs
Guaranteed weekly hours based on your facility of choice
Direct deposit payment weekly
Dental/medical/vision insurance options starting at $23/per week
401k with employer match
Travel assistance
CEU assistance and licensure reimbursement
Joint commission-certified
Excellent bonus opportunities
Career and wellness tools through the Ingenovis Health ACT program
Employee discounts, rewards programs, birthday contests and more
Accelerate Your Career with Fastaff
For more than 25 years, Fastaff has helped connect the nation's top healthcare professionals with assignments that make the most of their skills. Fastaff travelers stand at the ready to serve communities where they're needed the most and are rewarded with flexible scheduling, attractive pay packages and dynamic assignments that enhance their careers, supported at every turn by personal service and the Ingenovis Health ACT program.
Earn What You Deserve
Working with Fastaff offers the opportunity to take your skills to new locales with travel and housing expenses fully covered. Apply online today or contact us for more information.