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