Medical Nutrition Coordinator

Lincare Holdings Inc.; San Antonio (TX); Hybride; USD 36 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Training and advancement opportunities

Résumé du poste

Lincare Holdings Inc. in Texas is seeking a healthcare professional to perform patient follow-up and evaluate adherence to physician orders for enteral/home health care.

You will educate patients, conduct comprehensive assessments, and maintain records while coordinating with referral sources to ensure insurance coverage. The role requires delivering supplies to patients, ensuring safe equipment use, and participating in ongoing education to maintain competence.

Qualifications

• Read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions.
• Calculate commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Solve practical problems with limited standardization.
• Interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule instructions.
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and email communications.

Responsabilités

• Provides patient follow-up and education as part of patient care.
• Performs complete and professional patient assessments per procedures.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of enteral home care and related concepts.
• Represents the company with professional appearance and written reports.
• Gathers information from referrals to ensure insurance coverage and payment.
• Maintains patient records in organized form compliant with standards.
• Drives to deliver and pick up enteral supplies to patients' homes or places of business.
• Provide continuous patient care and coordinate services to meet needs.
• Promote safe environments and proper feeding equipment use.
• Participate in ongoing education and training to maintain competence.

Connaissances

Read and interpret documents

Calculate figures

Problem solving

Interpret instructions

Word processing, spreadsheets, email

Formation

Experience in Home Health or nursing strongly preferred

Education in Dietetics, Nutrition, Home Health, or Nursing preferred

Description du poste

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. Employees can also qualify for comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as paid time off, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, and other benefits. There are also a generous employee referral program and a wide array of employee discounts to take advantage of.

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