Medical Nutrition Coordinator
Lincare
Date: 1 week ago
City: Charlotte, North Carolina
Contract type: Full time
This employee performs patient followup, generally responsible for the evaluation of patient adherence to physician orders.
Job Responsibilities
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
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