Home Health Nutrition Care Coordinator

Lincare Holdings Inc.; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Ongoing training and advancement

Comprehensive medical coverage

Comprehensive dental coverage

Comprehensive vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Employee referral program

Other benefits

Job summary

Lincare is seeking a dedicated home health professional to follow up with patients, evaluate adherence to physician orders, and ensure comprehensive care in patients' homes or business locations.

You will conduct assessments, educate patients, manage enteral supplies, and maintain records per accreditation standards while coordinating with referral sources for insurance coverage and timely payments.

Qualifications

• 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.

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

Document interpretation

Basic math calculations

Problem solving

Instruction interpretation

Computer literacy

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Email communications

Job description

Lincare is seeking a dedicated home health professional to follow up with patients, evaluate adherence to physician orders, and ensure comprehensive care in patients' homes or business locations.

You will conduct assessments, educate patients, manage enteral supplies, and maintain records per accreditation standards while coordinating with referral sources for insurance coverage and timely payments.