Job Description

MDS Coordinator at The Laurels of Bon Air summary:

The MDS Coordinator oversees the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process, conducts assessments, and coordinates care plans for residents in skilled nursing and rehabilitative facilities. This role involves supervising MDS and Care Management Nurses, ensuring compliance with Medicare schedules and coordinating interdisciplinary team efforts. The coordinator maintains up-to-date knowledge of nursing assessment standards and manages PPS monitoring and Medicare utilization tracking.

Are you an experienced MDS nurse interested in the next step? The MDS Coordinator provides oversight of the RAI process and conducts assessments and care plan coordination for guests. The MDS Coordinator supervises the Care Management Nurse, MDS Nurse.

Benefits:

• Comprehensive health insurance - medical, dental and vision.
• 401K with matching funds.
• DailyPay, a voluntary benefit that allows associates at our facilities the ability to access their pay when they need it.
• Paid time off (beginning after six months of employment) and paid holidays.
• Flexible scheduling.
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan forgiveness.
• Zero cost uniforms.

Responsibilities:

• Completes the MDS, CAA’s and care plans within regulated time frames.
• Coordinates scheduling the RAI process with the interdisciplinary team
• Assesses resident through physical assessment, interview and chart review.
• Discusses resident care needs with care givers, including physician, nursing, social services, therapy, dietary, and activity staff.
• Reviews information from hospital, consults and outside agencies and uses such information in the completion of the assessment and care planning.
• Coordinates, identifies, and/or initiates significant change MDS’
• Is prepared to conduct PPS meetings maintaining MDS assessments per Medicare schedule and maintains PPS board for monitoring of Medicare days and RUGs utilization in the absence of the Care Management Coordinator
• Remains current with American Association of Nursing Assessment Coordinators (AANAC) requirements.

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) licensure.
• AANC certification a plus. RAC-CT.
• Knowledge of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process, including the principles the Prospective Payment Process (PPS) strongly preferred.
• Experience as an MDS Nurse.

Ciena Healthcare:

We are a national organization of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living providers dedicated to achieving the highest standards of care in five states including Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, and Indiana.

We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them. If you have a passion for improving the lives of those around you and working with others who feel the same way.

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Keywords:

MDS Coordinator, Resident Assessment Instrument, RAI process, care plan coordination, skilled nursing, Medicare Prospective Payment System, nursing supervision, interdisciplinary team, PPS meetings, healthcare management

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