Home Nutrition Care Coordinator

Lincare Holdings; Athens (TX); Sur place; USD 36 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Training and advancement opportunities

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off (PTO)

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Résumé du poste

Lincare Holdings is seeking a patient care professional to perform follow-up activities and evaluate patient adherence to physician orders in home health settings. The role includes providing education, conducting assessments, and ensuring insurance coverage and timely payments for services rendered.

Responsibilities include maintaining records, coordinating delivery and pickup of enteral supplies, and promoting safe care environments.

Qualifications

• One year of experience in home health care, hospital, clinic, or nursing home preferred.
• Experience/Education in Dietetics, Nutrition, Home Health, or Nursing 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

Responsabilités

• Provides patient education as part of the patient care activity according to 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 related 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 and follows up on 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 enteral formula, feeding pumps, IV poles, and related supplies to patients' home or place of business
• Provide patient care, treatment, and service in a continuous and coordinated 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 including in-services and training to maintain competence
• Read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Calculate figures such as commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
• Solve practical problems with limited standardization
• Interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and email communications

Connaissances

Communication

Attention to detail

Problem solving

MS Office proficiency

Formation

Dietetics / Nutrition / Home Health / Nursing background

Outils

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Email communication

Description du poste

Lincare Holdings is seeking a patient care professional to perform follow-up activities and evaluate patient adherence to physician orders in home health settings. The role includes providing education, conducting assessments, and ensuring insurance coverage and timely payments for services rendered.

Responsibilities include maintaining records, coordinating delivery and pickup of enteral supplies, and promoting safe care environments.