Area Medical Nutrition Coordinator - Grain Valley, MO
 Lincare Holdings | |
 United States, Missouri, Grain Valley | |
 Aug 06, 2025 | |
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Responsible for coaching and training new employees in designated geographical area. Assist and support centers and patients remotely and in- person as needed. Manage intake of new patients in locations without local enteral staffing and/or locations needing additional assistance.
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. | |