Enteral Nutrition Care Coordinator

Lincare Holdings Inc.; Missouri; On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

Lincare Holdings Inc. is seeking a healthcare professional to perform patient follow-up and evaluate adherence to physician orders. The role involves patient education, comprehensive assessments, and coordination of enteral home care supplies.

Responsibilities include ensuring insurance coverage, handling paperwork for payments, maintaining records, and delivering home care equipment to patients’ homes or places of business while upholding safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Read and interpret documents

Calculate figures

Problem solving

Interpret instructions

Word processing/spreadsheets/email

Education

One year experience in home health care

Experience/Education in Dietetics, Nutrition, Home Health, or Nursing

Experience as LPN/DTR/CNA

Excellent human relations skills

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Email communications

Job description

Lincare Holdings Inc. is seeking a healthcare professional to perform patient follow-up and evaluate adherence to physician orders. The role involves patient education, comprehensive assessments, and coordination of enteral home care supplies.

Responsibilities include ensuring insurance coverage, handling paperwork for payments, maintaining records, and delivering home care equipment to patients’ homes or places of business while upholding safety and quality standards.