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Job Description Summary:

*Looking for candidates currently residing in the states of AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT or WA only.
The Registered Dietitian (RD) is a qualified professional who is responsible for the development and implementation of clinical, operational, and marketing strategies to promote the home nutrition support (enteral and parenteral nutrition) program. The RD provides daily clinical support of all parenteral nutrition patients within their assigned territory and may cover multiple locations, as assigned by the Area Manager, Nutritional Services, to assure optimal coverage within the territory. The RD also supports sales activity and account relationships within the assigned territory and maintains a cohesive relationship with office clinical and sales staff to maximize the effectiveness of the office’s nutrition support program.

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities

Provides day to day clinical support of parenteral nutrition (PN) patients. Performs comprehensive nutrition assessments, develops and implements nutrition care plans and provides nutrition education and guidance to patients, caregivers and clinical staff. Conducts nutrition assessments on assigned patients according to developed standards and evidence-based practice. Completes clinical review on new enteral patients to ensure orders are appropriate for home, recommend free water flushes, adhere to formulary supply, and confirms path to payment based on insurance guidelines. Reviews new parenteral patients to ensure orders are safe and clinically appropriate for the home setting. Evaluate patients for appropriateness of initiating parenteral nutrition in the home setting by completing full nutrition assessments and assisting in the coordination of this therapy in the home.
Conducts patient education/teaching in areas of parenteral and enteral nutrition, in-person or phone-based, when necessary according to the needs of the business.
Participates or leads discussions on PN patients during daily or weekly team meetings, and collaborates regularly with pharmacy and nursing team on the care plan for PN patients.
Works closely with account managers and regional sales directors to support nutrition-related sales activity and account relationships within assigned territory on a regular basis to ensure appropriate market penetration for nutrition services. Participates in office strategic sales planning and program implementation. Acts as a liaison to nutrition support physicians, nutrition support teams, customers, and sales staff.
Maintains knowledge of EN and PN products and basic reimbursement guidelines to effectively answer questions for patients, referral sources, prescribers and the organization’s employees.
As pertinent to nutrition therapy, may be involved in monitoring clinical key performance indicators such as: patient census, patient satisfaction, clinical competence, nutrition assessments, and performance improvement activities.
Identifies opportunities for improvement and communicates to appropriate managers and Area Manager, Nutritional Services. Defines and implements Action Plans to continually improve the patient care process.
Develops, implements, and evaluates continuing education, orientation, and in-service education programs in coordination with corporate, clinical, and sales management. Educational topics to include clinical nutrition, reimbursement and formulary compliance

Nutrition Support Dietitian - Remote West at Option Care Health