Medical Nutrition Coordinator

Lincare • Richmond, VA

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About The Position

This employee performs patient follow-up and is generally responsible for evaluating patient adherence to physician orders. The role includes educating and assessing patients, coordinating enteral home-care services, maintaining records, and supporting safe and effective patient care and equipment use. 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 feeding supplies.

Requirements

• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts, including commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to solve practical problems involving concrete variables in situations with limited standardization.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-based instructions.
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and email communications.
• Excellent human-relations skills for interfacing with doctors, other referral sources, and patients.

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 through professional appearance, patient-care activities, and written reports.
• Gather information from referral sources to ensure insurance coverage for each enteral patient.
• Follow up on paperwork needed to ensure 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 continuously and in a coordinated manner 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.

Benefits

• Ongoing training and advancement opportunities.
• Comprehensive medical coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• 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