Lincare is the leading provider of in-home respiratory care. We offer a wide variety of home health care services that can be delivered at home, as well as in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. We are currently seeking a Registered Dietitian/Medical Nutrition Specialist to join our Henrico location.
The Medical Nutrition Specialist will be part of our Enteral Team and is responsible for all aspects of enteral nutrition care for the home tube fed patient and other medical nutrition related activities.
Job Responsibilities:
- 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
- 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
- Record delivery information and tracks mileage
- Listen to and resolve service complaints appropriate to scope of practice
- Assist sales team in clinical presentations
Qualifications
- 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
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $25.00 - $35.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- AD&D insurance
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
- Wellness program
Ability to Commute:
- Henrico, VA 23228 (Required)
Work Location: In person
