Medical Nutrition Coordinator

Lincare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincare in Houston, TX seeks a caregiver to support enteral patient care in home settings. You will educate patients, perform assessments, and coordinate care under policy guidelines to ensure high-quality outcomes.

The role involves traveling to patient homes to deliver supplies, maintain records, and promote safe equipment use while staying current with best practices through ongoing training.

Qualifications

• Ability to educate patients and document care.
• Strong attention to policy and procedure details.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel to patient homes.

Responsibilities

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