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    Medical Nutrition Specialist - Wilmington, United States - Lincare Holdings Inc.

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    Description

    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 years of age)Pediatrics years of age)Adults 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


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