Medical Nutrition Specialist - Lincare Holdings

This employee is responsible for all aspects of enteral nutrition care for the home tube fed patient and other medical nutrition related activities.

Job Responsibilities:

      • Recognize and respect patient rights during the provision of care or services and conducting business relationships with patient and the public in an ethical manner

      • Perform assessments/reassessments of each patient's care or service needs throughout the patient's contact with the organization including physical assessments, psychosocial assessments, functional assessments, and activity assessments as appropriate

      • Formulate, revise, and maintain enteral nutrition patient care plans based on physician orders and assessment findings including the identification of patient problems/needs, goals and actions, and interventions relating to the care or service provided

      • Monitor patient's response to the care or services provided, the actions or interventions taken, and the outcome of the care or service provided

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

      • Provide patient care, treatment, and service in a continuous and coordinated manner, in settings appropriate to meet patient needs

      • Responsible for community education regarding all aspects of medical nutrition services provided by company

      • Maintaining and managing a minimum monthly patient admits/census

      • Promote safe and 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 pick up such items as enteral formula, feeding pump(s), IV poles, related feeding supplies to patients' home or place of business

      • Records delivery information and tracks mileage

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

      • Assists sales team in clinical presentations

      • Issues or obtains customer signature on admission, pickup, or delivery

      • May have to communicate, interact with, assess, and/or treat Secure Health Systems' patients/family members that may be:

      • Infants (0 - 1 years of age)

      • Pediatrics (1 - 17 years of age)

      • Adults (18 - 64 years of age)

      • Seniors (65 years or greater)

      • Responsible for National On-Call

      • not to exceed 6 shifts per year

      • 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

      • Should have knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and e-mail communications

Education and Experience:

      • Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and/or Dietetics, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics

      • Registered Dietitian/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD or RDN)

      • Licensed Dietitian for the geographical area where he/she manages patients (LD or LDN)

      • One or more years of RD/RDN experience preferred, but not required

Physical Demands:

      • Frequently is required to drive, walk, and sit

      • Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled