St. Luke's Health System

🚀 Why Consider a Career in Dietetics?

Imagine a job where you use the power of nutrition to guide patients through medical conditions, helping them live healthier, fuller lives-while working with individuals of all ages. 

Dietetics careers offer:

• 🎓 Fast track to a career – Some roles require a high school diploma
• 💸 Great pay without med school debt
• ⏰ Flexible schedules – work days, nights, weekends, part-time or full-time
• 🏥 Variety of settings – adults, pediatrics, sports clinics, and more
• 🔄 Endless growth – specialize in areas such as Oncology, Eating Disorders, Diabetes, Tube Feeding, Bariatric/Surgical and Wellness

 👀 This Might Be a Great Fit If You…

• Enjoy science, biology, and health
• Want to make a difference while providing education and creating personalized plans 
• Like a mix of interacting with patients and behind the scenes planning
• Stable career with specialty options like: Oncology | 🍽️ Eating Disorders | 🍬 Diabetes | ⚖️ Bariatric Care GI Health | ⚡ Ketogenic Diets | 💪 Muscular Disorders | Cystic Fibrosis

 Diet Tech 

What you do: Entry level role that promotes health through proper nutrition by providing personalized services to patients through education, discharge information, calorie counting, and nutrition risk screenings.

🎓 Education

High School Diploma

🔥 Why it’s awesome:

• 👀 Get exposure to ALL areas of dietetics
 • Work directly with patients and families
 • 📝 Help with education, screenings, and meal planning
 • 🚀 Perfect starting point for a nutrition career

 🍼 Nutrition Tech

What you do: Work in the feeding and mixing room, preparing and mixing specialized nutrition formulas for tube feedings and critical care patients such as in the NICU or Peds. 

🎓 Education: 2-year degree (nutrition-related) + experience

🔥 Why it’s awesome:
 • You help fuel the most vulnerable patients (NICU, pediatrics, ICU)
 • Mix and prepare precise medical nutrition formulas
 • 🎯 Detail-oriented, hands-on work
 • Critical role behind the scenes in patient care

 Dietitian (RD/LD)

What you do: Use nutrition to treat, manage, and prevent disease.

🎓 Education: Master’s degree in Dietetics from schools like 

• Idaho State University
• University of Idaho
• Utah State University

 Licensure: Registered + State Licensed + BLS (CPR)

🔥 Why it’s awesome:
 • 🕵️‍♀️ You’re a “Food Detective”—figuring out what patients need
 • 🏥 Work across hospitals AND outpatient clinics
 • 🚨 Help treat serious medical conditions
 •  Be part of a full healthcare team
 •  Turn science into real-life, personalized advice

💡 Bottom Line
 If you want a career where you can:
 • Start working quickly
 • Earn solid pay
 • Use science in real life
 • Help people every single day

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.