Medical Nutrition Coordinator

Lincare; Cumberland (RI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincare is seeking a field-based caregiver to support enteral home care patients in Rhode Island. The role focuses on evaluating adherence, delivering education, and coordinating care with physicians and insurance providers.

Responsibilities include conducting professional patient assessments, maintaining records, handling supplies and equipment delivery, and ensuring a safe, compliant, and compassionate patient environment in the home or clinic setting.

Qualifications

• Must be able to educate patients about enteral home care and adhere to physician orders.
• Ability to perform professional patient assessments following policy and procedures.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of enteral home care techniques and concepts.
• Represent the company professionally in person and in reports.
• Coordinate with referrals to ensure insurance coverage and payment for services rendered.
• Maintain complete patient records in compliance with accreditation standards.
• Safely transport enteral supplies to patients' homes or business locations.
• Provide continuous patient care, treatment, and service in appropriate settings.
• Promote safe patient and organizational environments and equipment use.
• Participate in ongoing training to maintain competence.

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

Job description

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