[Hiring] Medical Nutrition Specialist @Lincare

Role Description

The Medical Nutrition Spc - Remote is responsible for all aspects of enteral nutrition care for the home tube fed patient and other medical nutrition related activities.

• Recognizes and respects patient rights during the provision of care or services and conducting business relationships with patients and the public in an ethical manner.
• Conducts nutritional assessments by reviewing medical records, physician orders, and laboratory results.
• Provides nutrition education and counseling via phone when applicable.
• Collaborates remotely with physicians, nurses, case managers, and other healthcare professionals.
• Ensures compliance with payer, Medicare/Medicaid, and contract requirements.
• Participates in on-going education, including in-services, training, and other activities to maintain and improve individual competence.
• Obtains, utilizes, and updates patient information in a confidential and secure manner for utilization in patient care applications.
• Verifies enteral and oral nutrition orders for accuracy and appropriateness.
• Maintains productivity standards while meeting documentation quality expectations.
• Collaborates with nutritional vendors.
• Coordinates with referral sources to obtain missing clinical documentation.
• Supports customer service representatives with clinical questions related to enteral nutrition.
• Responsible for On-call holiday rotations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and/or Dietetics from an accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics, Required.
• One or more years of RD/RDN experience, Preferred.
• 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.
• Word processing, spreadsheets, and e-mail communications.

Requirements

• Registered Dietitian/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD or RDN), Required.
• Licensed Dietitian for the geographical area where manages patients (LD or LDN), Required.

Benefits

• Ongoing training and advancement opportunities.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Retirement savings.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Generous employee referral program.
• Wide array of employee discounts.