Medical Nutrition Coordinator

Lincare-085e31c; North Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & Vision

Paid time off

401(k) retirement savings

Tuition reimbursement

Referral program

Employee discounts

Job summary

Lincare is seeking a dedicated professional to perform patient follow-up and assess adherence to physician orders in home health care settings. You will educate patients, complete assessments, and coordinate supplies and insurance paperwork to ensure seamless care.

The role requires strong communication, organization, and the ability to work independently in patients' homes while maintaining high standards of safety and quality care.

Qualifications

• Read and interpret safety rules, manuals, and procedures.
• Compute commissions, percentages, area, and volume as needed.
• Solve practical problems with varied variables and limited standardization.
• Follow written, oral, diagram, or schedule instructions.
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and email communications.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient education as part of care activities.
• Conduct complete and professional patient assessments per policy.
• Maintain current knowledge of enteral home care techniques.
• Represent the company with professional appearance and reports.
• Coordinate paperwork to ensure insurance payment for services.
• Maintain patient records in compliance with standards.
• Drive to deliver enteral supplies to patients' home or business.
• Provide continuous patient care and service to meet patient needs.
• Promote safe patient environments and equipment use.
• Participate in ongoing education and training to maintain competence.

Skills

Read and interpret docs

Math calculations

Problem solving

Interpret instructions

Computer basics

Education

Home health care experience

Nutrition/Home Health education

LPN/DTR/CNA experience

Job description

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.

• ongoing training and advancement opportunities.
• comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as paid time off, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, and other benefits.
• generous employee referral program
• wide array of employee discounts to take advantage of.

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