Medical Nutrition Coordinator

Lincare • PORTLAND, OR

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About The Position

The Medical Nutrition Coordinator performs patient follow-up and is generally responsible for evaluating patient adherence to physician orders. The role provides patient care and education, conducts patient assessments, and supports enteral home care. It also involves gathering referral and insurance information, completing paperwork to support payment, and maintaining organized patient records in accordance with accreditation standards.

The coordinator drives to patients’ homes or places of business to admit patients and deliver or pick up enteral formula, feeding pumps, IV poles, and related supplies. The employee helps promote safe and effective patient care, organizational environments, and feeding-equipment use. The position requires professional communication with physicians, referral sources, and patients, along with the ability to read and interpret instructions, perform calculations, solve practical problems, and use word processing, spreadsheets, and email.

Requirements

• Excellent human relations skills to communicate with doctors, other referral sources, and patients.
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and email communications.
• Ability to read and interpret documents and instructions, perform calculations, and solve practical problems.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience in home health care, a hospital, clinic, or nursing home is strongly preferred.
• Experience or education in dietetics, nutrition, home health, or nursing is strongly preferred.
• One year of experience as an LPN, DTR, or CNA is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient education according to patient needs and company policy.
• Perform complete, professional patient assessments in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Maintain current knowledge of enteral home care techniques and relevant enteral therapy concepts.
• Represent the company professionally through personal appearance, patient care activities, and written reports.
• Gather information from referral sources to confirm insurance coverage for enteral patients.
• Follow up on paperwork needed to obtain payment for services rendered.
• Maintain complete, organized patient records in compliance with accreditation standards.
• Drive to admit patients and deliver or pick up enteral formula, feeding pumps, IV poles, and related feeding supplies at patients’ homes or places of business.
• Provide patient care, treatment, and services in a continuous, coordinated manner and in settings appropriate to patient needs.
• Promote safe and effective patient and organizational environments, including safe feeding-equipment use.
• Participate in ongoing education, including in-services, training, and other activities to maintain and improve individual competence.
• Read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and other written, oral, diagram, or schedule-based instructions.
• Calculate figures and amounts such as commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Solve practical problems involving concrete variables in situations with limited standardization.
• Use word processing, spreadsheets, and email communications.

Benefits

• Ongoing training and advancement opportunities.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Retirement savings.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee referral program.
• Employee discounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed