Area Medical Nutrition Coordinator

Job Responsibilities:

• • Attends work on a regular and predictable basis.

  • • Assists their designated geographical area in hitting organizational goals.

    • • Assists locations without enteral employees.

      • • Oversees and implements assigned projects.

        • • Collaborates with local centers to grow their enteral business.

          • • Stays up to date on the state specific insurance guidelines in their designated geographical area.

            • • Provide ongoing support and education to centers within their geographical area.

              • • Completes timely and accurate reporting on KPIs.

                • • Assists centers in maintaining par levels of inventory for enteral nutrition.

                  • • Responsible for coaching new employees and providing on going coaching, as needed, to employees.

                    • • Travels to centers within geographical coverage area as needed for training and assistance

                      • • Coordinates and communicates all information necessary to facilitate an admission.

                        • • Provides patient education as an intricate part of the patient care activity according to the patient need and Lincare policy.

                          • • Maintains current knowledge of enteral homecare techniques and relevant enteral therapy concepts.

                            • • Represents Lincare 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 of services rendered.

                                • • Maintains patient records in complete and organized manner in compliance with accreditation standards.

                                  • • Precept newly hired Medical Nutrition Coordinators, Enteral Sales Reps and Medical Nutrition Specialists and acts as a resource as assistance or coaching is needed.

                                    • • Educate patients with relation to their enteral feeding to facilitate safe and effective use and desired care, treatment and service outcomes.

                                      • • Responsible for communication activities with patients, providers, payers, and all customer groups.

                                        • • Promote safe, effective patient and organizational environments and feeding equipment use.

                                          • • Participate in on-going education, including in-services, training, and other activities, to maintain and improve individual competence.

                                            • • Obtain, utilize, and update patient information in a confidential and secure manner for utilization in patient care applications.

                                              • • Recognize and implement infection control practices that reduce the risk of infections in patients and organizational staff.

                                                • • Drives to admit, deliver and pickup such items as enteral formula, feeding pump(s), IV poles, related feeding supplies to patient's home or place of business.

                                                  • • Listens to and resolves service complaints appropriate to scope of practice.

                                                    • • Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

                                                      SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This job acts as a group leader.

• • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals

  • • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.

    • • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

      • • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

        • • To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, accounting software, internet and e-mail communications.

          • • Active Driver's License

            Education and Experience:

            • • Has three or more years of an appropriate level of experience in health care, preferably in-home care, preferred.

              • • Experience/Education in Dietetics, Nutrition, Home Health or Nursing strongly preferred

                • • Two years of experience as a LPN, DTR, or CNA preferred

                  • • Previous supervisor or managerial experience preferred

                    • • Specific experience in enteral preferred

                      • • Must have excellent human relations skills to interface with doctors, other referral sources and patients.

                        Physical Demands:

                        While performing the duties for this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk to hear. The employee frequently is required to walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee may frequently lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and may occasionally lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.