Medical Nutrition Coordinator

Lincare-085e31c; Cumberland (RI); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Referral program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Lincare seeks a dedicated home health professional to perform patient follow-up, educate patients, and conduct assessments in line with physician orders. The role includes delivering enteral supplies and maintaining patient records with attention to regulatory standards.

Ideal candidates have experience in home health or nursing-related fields and strong communication skills to interface with doctors, referral sources, and patients.

Qualifications

• One year of 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.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient education as part of patient care per policy.
• Performs complete and professional patient assessments per procedures.
• Maintains current knowledge of enteral home care techniques and enteral therapy concepts.
• Represents the company through professional appearance and patient care.
• Gathers information from referral sources to ensure insurance coverage.
• Follows up on paperwork to ensure payment for services rendered.
• Maintains patient records in compliance with accreditation standards.
• Drives to deliver enteral supplies to patients' home or business.
• Provide patient care, treatment, and service in a coordinated manner.
• Promote safe environments and proper feeding equipment use.
• Participate in ongoing education, in-services, and training to maintain competence.

Skills

Patient education

Assessments

Documentation

Problem solving

Reading & interpreting docs

Education

Home health experience

Dietetics/Nutrition background

LPN/DTR/CNA experience

Tools

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Email communications

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

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

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.

Lincare offers employees a variety of competitive benefits that include ongoing training and advancement opportunities.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Retirement savings
• Tuition reimbursement
• Other benefits
• Generous employee referral program
• Wide array of employee discounts