Regional Nutrition Support Dietitian

**InfuCare Rx** is a leading home infusion provider accredited by URAC and ACHC offering a specialized approach to caring for patients in need of IV therapy and specialty pharmacy services in the homecare setting. We have created an ethical, team-oriented, and quality work environment for our employees that cultivates achievement and success. **Essential Job Responsibilities:** **Clinical** - Leads local nutrition support team in the clinical management of patients receiving PN therapy - Performs on-site patient evaluations and provides education related to PN Program and PN related disease states - Assesses new parenteral nutrition patient referrals for re-feeding syndrome and determines if patient is an appropriate candidate for hospital discharge to PN therapy and/or home start PN - Performs nutrition assessments on all new parenteral nutrition patients - Performs on-going monitoring as determined at start of care and leads reassessments of PN patients by the team - Reviews PN labs regularly and discusses issues that arise such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances with multi-disciplinary Nutrition Support Team - Makes recommendations to the physician on the patient’s formula and plan of care using proven clinical science and sound clinical judgement - Monitors PN therapy efficacy and patient clinical status to assist in the prevention of rehospitalizations of PN patients - Participates in regular patient care meetings and clinical rounds - Provides continuing education to internal clinical staff on all aspects of nutrition support - Drives on-going continuing education for all team clinicians - Follows ASPEN and internal guidelines for the clinical onboarding and on-going management of patients in need of PN therapy - Provides support to internal staff, patients, caregivers, or referral sources regarding aspects of nutrition support including products, supplies and therapy regimen - Develops relationships with nutrition vendor representatives - Encourages research (abstract) and performance improvement activities - Participates in company driven outcomes reporting **Operational** - Educates internal staff on nutrition formulary - In-services staff on nutrition support topics and new products as required - Occasional travel to Aston, PA location **Reimbursement** - Supports PN reimbursement related activities - Acts as a resource for clinical documentation needs regarding DIF and payer related qualifications and criteria for patient reimbursements - Remains current on payer reimbursements and industry trends including changes that may occur that affect reimbursement for PN services **Sales/Marketing** - Participates in joint sales calls with sales team - Builds relationships with referral sources including physicians and hospital/clinic RD’s through on-going communications and in-person visits - Provides sales support, training and follow-up to all sales and management staff - Participates in office strategic sales planning and implementation with management and sales - Collaborates with clinicians, sales, and marketing teams in the creation of patient teaching tools and PN formularies - Provides educational presentations to referral sources - Acts as a liaison to nutrition support physicians, nutrition support teams, customers, and sales team - Tracks direct influence of sales/marketing activities on business growth - Assists sales staff with business development strategies to grow and support PN Therapy business - Participates in vendor fairs, community events and promotional activities in support of Nutrition Program **Physical Demands:** Required to stand, walk, sit, talk, and hear; required to use hands to operate vehicles and office equipment; must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs; specific vision requirements for this job include: close, distance and peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the esse…