Medical Nutrition Spc - Remote

Job Description: The Medical Nutrition Spc - Remote is responsible for all aspects of enteral nutrition care for the home tube fed patient and other medical nutrition related activities. JOB FUNCTIONSRecognizes and respects patient rights during the provision of care or services and conducting business relationships with patients and the public in an ethical manner Conducts nutritional assessments by reviewing medical records, physician orders, and laboratory results Provides nutrition education and counseling via phone when applicable Collaborates remotely with physicians, nurses, case managers, and other healthcare professionals Ensures compliance with payer, Medicare/Medicaid, and contract requirements Participates in on-going education, including in-services, training, and other activities to maintain and improve individual competence Obtains, utilizes, and updates patient information in a confidential and secure manner for utilization in patient care applications Verifies enteral and oral nutrition orders for accuracy and appropriateness Maintains productivity standards while meeting documentation quality expectations Collaborates with nutritional vendors Coordinates with referral sources to obtain missing clinical documentation Supports customer service representatives with clinical questions related to enteral nutrition Responsible for On-call holiday rotations

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilitiesread and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manualscalculate figures and amounts such as commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volumesolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization existsinterpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule formword processing, spreadsheets, and e-mail communications