Hire registered dietitians without doing the sourcing
Describe the role and Expa finds the registered dietitians in your market who fit it, reaches out to them, screens the ones who reply and books your interviews. It takes about ten minutes of your time.
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86K+ dietitians and nutritionists • 95% with verified personal data
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What happens after you hit start
Describe the role
Paste a job description or say it in plain English. No boolean strings, no filters to learn, no sourcing skill required.
Approve the shortlist
Expa finds the registered dietitians, contacts them, follows up, and screens the ones who reply. You approve or reject.
Take the interviews
Approved candidates land in your calendar. That is the whole job on your side.
In plain terms
How Expa sources registered dietitians
Expa is an AI-powered healthcare recruiting and clinician sourcing platform. It identifies licensed registered dietitians who are in-market, verifies their contact details, runs outreach over email, SMS and LinkedIn until they reply, screens the ones who respond, and books interviews with the candidates you approve.
There are 86,300 dietitians and nutritionists working in the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and only a little over a quarter of them work in hospitals. The rest are spread across government programs like WIC, nursing homes, outpatient clinics and their own private practices, and about one in eleven is self-employed. That spread is the first thing a clinical employer runs into. The dietitian you want is usually already employed, often in a setting with a gentler schedule than yours, and you are competing with outpatient clinics and remote telehealth roles as much as with the hospital across town.
The job title is the second problem. "Nutritionist" is not a protected title in many states, so a job board search pulls in health coaches and wellness consultants alongside credentialed clinicians. Expa searches on the credential itself: RD or RDN status with the Commission on Dietetic Registration, state licensure, and specialty certifications such as CSR for renal, CSO for oncology, CSP for pediatrics, CSG for gerontology and CNSC for nutrition support, along with the setting, patient population and schedule you are hiring for.
How the dietitian market compares
| Profession | Employed in the U.S. |
|---|---|
| Surgical technologists | 141,000 |
| Respiratory therapists | 139,600 |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers | 92,200 |
| Dietitians and nutritionists | 86,300 |
| CRNAs | 53,800 |
| Optometrists | 47,800 |
| Audiologists | 15,800 |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024 and 2025 employment. These are national totals. The number inside your hiring radius is a small fraction of them, which is the entire problem.
Registered dietitians near Boise right now
A sample of what a search returns. Identifying details stay hidden until you start.
Boise, ID · 5 miles
8 years · adult ICU, enteral and parenteral nutrition
Meridian, ID · 12 miles
6 years · outpatient hemodialysis
Nampa, ID · 19 miles
Passed the RD exam 2 months ago · MS in clinical nutrition
No names, no photos, no current employers, no license numbers.
Why dietitian roles stay open
The experienced ones are already working somewhere easier
Seasoned clinical dietitians rarely scroll job boards. Many have moved into outpatient work, private practice or remote telehealth jobs, and getting one back onto an inpatient or long-term care schedule takes a direct conversation with someone who understands why they left.
The pay has not kept up with the training
Since January 2024, anyone sitting for the RD exam for the first time needs a graduate degree on top of a supervised practice program. Dietitian pay has trailed most allied health roles for years, which is a large part of why experienced people drift out of clinical settings, and why outreach that is honest about compensation gets further than outreach that avoids it.
Some roles come with experience rules built in
Federal rules require dialysis facilities to employ a registered dietitian with at least a year of clinical nutrition experience, so a new graduate cannot fill that seat. Nursing homes that do not employ a qualified dietitian full time still need one on a regular consulting schedule, which usually means finding someone willing to cover several buildings.
Where registered dietitians get hired
Questions
How many registered dietitians are there in the US?
The Commission on Dietetic Registration lists 114,301 registered dietitian nutritionists as of September 2026. That is more than the 86,300 dietitians and nutritionists the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts as working in the role, because plenty of people hold the credential while working in food service management, education, research, industry or another field entirely. For hiring, the number that matters is how many are practicing clinically in your market and in the setting you need, and that is far smaller than either figure.
Why is it so hard to hire a clinical dietitian?
Mostly because the people you want are not looking. Experienced clinical dietitians tend to be employed, and when they do move it is often toward outpatient, private practice or remote work with regular hours rather than toward another inpatient or long-term care job. Pay is part of it too, since dietitian salaries have lagged behind most allied health roles for years. Reaching these people means contacting them directly with a specific role, schedule and pay range, because a posting on its own rarely reaches them.
What is the difference between a dietitian and a nutritionist, and does it matter for hiring?
It matters, because the two titles mean very different things. A registered dietitian has completed an accredited program, supervised practice and a national exam, and many states also license dietitians. "Nutritionist" is not a protected title in many states, so almost anyone can use it. Hospitals, dialysis units and nursing homes generally need a registered dietitian who is licensed in the state where they practice, which is why Expa searches on the credential and the license rather than the job title.
Can you search by specialty certification?
Yes, Expa can filter on CDR board certifications including CSR for renal, CSO for oncology, CSP for pediatrics and CSG for gerontology, as well as CNSC for nutrition support and CDCES for diabetes care and education. These are the credentials that separate a dietitian who can walk into your ICU or dialysis unit from one who would need months of training first.
Do new dietitians need a master's degree now?
Yes, anyone entering the field does. Since January 1, 2024, a graduate degree has been required to become eligible for the RD exam for the first time. Dietitians who were already registered, or who had established eligibility before that date, are not affected. In practice it means the path into the profession is now longer and more expensive than it used to be, which is worth keeping in mind when you set a new graduate salary.
Can you find dietitians for dialysis and long-term care?
Yes, and these are two of the hardest settings to staff. Dialysis facilities must employ a registered dietitian with at least a year of clinical nutrition experience, so the search skips new graduates entirely. Nursing homes often need a consultant who can cover several facilities on a regular schedule, and Expa can look specifically for dietitians with long-term care experience who are open to that kind of arrangement. On licensing across state lines, a Dietitian Licensure Compact has been enacted in a number of states but is still being put into practice, so for now a dietitian generally needs a license in the state where the patient is.
Do I have to do the sourcing myself?
No. You describe the role and approve a shortlist. Expa does the searching, the outreach, the follow-up and the screening, then books interviews with the candidates you approve. It takes about ten minutes of your time.
How fast will I see candidates?
A slate of interested, contactable registered dietitians within 48 hours of starting, often within 24. Time to hire from there depends on your interview process.
How much does Expa cost?
You can start free. For ongoing hiring, Expa pilots start at $6,000 for three months and cover all your open roles, with no per-placement fees. For comparison, a contingency agency placing a single registered dietitian typically charges 15% to 22% of first-year salary.
Start hiring registered dietitians in about ten minutes
Describe the role, approve a shortlist, take the interviews.
Hiring across multiple sites or six or more roles?
Managed sourcing for multi-site groups, health systems and staffing agencies. Pilots from $6,000 for three months, covering all your open roles.