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Sr Medical Nutrition Spec - Grain Valley, MO
 Lincare Holdings | |
 United States, Missouri, Grain Valley | |
 Jan 29, 2025 | |
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This employee is responsible for the intake and admission coordination of enteral referrals.
Job Responsibilities: * Staff the Enteral Case Management Dept for the intake of enteral referrals for all time zones * Coordinate all information necessary to all regions for all Medical Nutrition Specialist to facilitate an admission to company * 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, 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 * Monitor patient's response to the care or services provided by other dietitians, the actions or interventions taken, and the outcome of the care or service provided * Precept newly hired Medical Nutrition Specialist to Enteral Case Management and act as a resource for other Medical Nutrition Specialist 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 * Provide patient care, treatment, and service in a continuous and coordinated manner, in settings appropriate to meet patient needs * Perform community education regarding all aspects of medical nutrition services provided by company * Communicate activities with patients, providers, payers, and all customer groups * Promote safe, effective patient and organizational environments and feeding equipment use * Participate in ongoing 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 * Drive to admit, deliver, and pick up such items as enteral formula, feeding pump(s), IV poles, related feeding supplies to patient's home or place of business * Listen to and resolve service complaints appropriate to scope of practice * Set up merchandise and sales promotion display or issue sales promotion materials to customers * May have to communicate, interact with, assess, 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) * Participate in ongoing, traditional learning and in-service programs * Coach new employees when they take national on-call for the first time | |