Sales Rep - RD

This employee is responsible for sales to hospitals, oncology, rehabilitation centers, and referral sources with enteral patient needs.

• Responsible for all aspects of enteral nutrition care for the home tube fed patient and other medical nutrition related activities
• Identify and develop new referral sources
  • Responsible for obtaining a predetermined number of enteral setups from new referral sources each month
• Prepare for and participate in vendor fairs, exhibits, and luncheons
• Conduct in-service for referral sources educating them in the use and application of enteral equipment
• Recognize and respect patient rights during the provision of care or services and conduct business relationships with patient and the public in an ethical manner
• Work in a designated territory performing sales activities, tracking daily sales activity via Sales Force, promote Enteral Services to physicians, hospitals, home health and cancer centers, and maintain market information through the Sales Force
• Monitor patients' response to the care or services provided, the actions or interventions taken, and the outcome of the care or service provided
• Educate patients regarding 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
• Responsible for community education regarding all aspects of medical nutrition services provided by the company
• Maintain and manage a minimum monthly patient admits/census
• Promote safe, effective patient and organizational environments and feeding equipment use
• Participate in ongoing education, including in-service training and other activities, to maintain and improve individual competence
• Obtain, utilize, and update patient information in a confidential and secure manner for use in patient care applications
• Implement infection control practices that reduce the risk of infections in patients and organizational staff
• Drive to admit, deliver, and pickup items such as enteral formula, feeding pumps, IV poles, and related feeding supplies to patient's home or place of business
• Record sales or delivery information on a daily sales or delivery record
• Listen to and resolve service complaints appropriate to scope of practice
• Set up merchandise and sales promotion displays or issue sales promotion materials to customers
• Issue or obtain customer signature on admission, pickup, or delivery
• May have to communicate or interact with the Enteral Intake Team