Job Description

• Recognizes 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

• Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and/or Dietetics from an accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics, Required

• One or more years of RD/RDN experience, Preferred

• 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
• word processing, spreadsheets, and e-mail communications

• Registered Dietitian/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD or RDN), Required
• Licensed Dietitian for the geographical area where manages patients (LD or LDN), Required