Medical Nutrition Coordinator - Lincare

This employee performs patient followup, generally responsible for the evaluation of patient adherence to physician orders.

Job Responsibilities:

      • Provides patient education as an intricate part of the patient care activity, according to the patient need and policy

      • Performs complete and professional patient assessments in accordance with policies and procedures

      • Maintains current knowledge of enteral home care techniques and relevant enteral therapy concepts

      • Represents the company through professional personal appearance, patient care activities, and content of written reports

      • Gathers necessary information from referral source to ensure insurance coverage of each enteral patient

      • Follows up on necessary paperwork to ensure payment for services rendered

      • Maintains patient records in complete and organized manner in compliance with accreditation standards

      • Drives to admit, deliver, and pick up such items as enteral formula, feeding pump(s), IV poles, and/or related feeding supplies to patients' home or place of business

      • Provide patient care, treatment, and service in a continuous and coordinate manner in settings appropriate to meet patient needs

      • Promote safe, effective patient and organizational environments, as well as feeding equipment use

      • Participate in on-going education that includes in-services, training, and other activities to maintain and improve individual competence

      • Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals

      • Calculate figures and amounts such as commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume

      • Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists

      • Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

      • Should have knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and email communications

Education and Experience:

      • One year experience in home health care, hospital, clinic, or nursing home strongly preferred

      • Experience/Education in Dietetics, Nutrition, Home Health, or Nursing strongly preferred

      • One year of experience as an LPN, DTR, or CNA preferred

      • Must have excellent human relations skills to interface with doctors, other referral sources, and patients

Physical Demands:

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled