Shriners Children's

Clinical Dietician

Job Locations US-MA-Boston
ID
2026-8955
Category
Dietary/Nutrition
Position Type
Regular Part-Time

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

 

All employees are eligible for medical coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a FT or PT status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans and a Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected. Additional benefits available to FT and PT employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.

 

Shriners Children's Boston is where hope and healing meet.  We are a premier pediatric specialty, research, and academic teaching hospital with a medical and research partnership with Massachusetts General Brigham. It is the world’s leading center for pediatric burn care and is the only American Burn Association (ABA) exclusively pediatric verified burn center in New England and New York.

 

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Job Overview

Shriners Children's Boston has an opportunity for a part-time Clinical Dietician.  In this position you will be responsible for developing and implementing nutrition care plans for all hospitalized patients. Functions as an integral part of the interdisciplinary team. Contributes to the values and mission of the hospital by promoting best practices in nutrition, participating in performance improvement initiatives and optimizing patient outcomes through education and research.

 

The pay range for this position is $30.36/hr - $45.54/hr. Compensation is determined based on years of experience and departmental equity. 

Responsibilities

  • Develops and implements nutrition care plans including initial assessment of patients’ nutritional status, patient risk and estimated nutrient requirements.
  • Determines appropriate route and composition of nutritional therapy.
  • Determines and ensures use of appropriate parameters to monitor patient response to nutritional therapy and makes modifications as necessary to achieve desired outcome.
  • Performs metabolic cart studies to identify patient energy requirement.
  • Determines criteria for patient nutrition education and provides nutrition counseling to patients consistent with their comprehensive needs and long term goals.
  • Collaborates with Care Coordinator to address special nutritional needs for patients discharge planning.

 

Note: This is not an all-inclusive list of this job's responsibilities.  The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Dietetics or Food and Nutrition Science
  • Current Massachusetts Clinical Dietician license
  • 3 years clinical experience
  • 3 years nutrition support experience

Preferred

  • Master's in Dietetics or Food and Nutrition Science
  • Pediatric Clinical Nutrition

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