Resident Care (MDS) Coordinator RN / LPN

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

As a Resident Care Coordinator you are responsible for assisting the Director of Nursing and the RN Assessment Coordinator with ensuring that documentation in the center meet Federal, State, and Certification guidelines. The Resident Care Coordinator also coordinates the RAI process assuring the timeliness, and completeness of the MDS, CAAs, and Interdisciplinary Care Plan.

GENERAL DUTIES

• Assists the center in assuring adherence to Federal and State regulations and certification.
• Actively participates in the regulatory or certification survey process and the correction of deficiencies
• Reports trends from completed audits to the Quality Assurance Committee
• Assures the completion of the RAI Process from the MDS through the interdisciplinary completion of the plan of care.
• Initiates and monitors RAI process tracking, discharge/reentry and Medicaid tracking forms through the PointClickCare system.
• Follows up with staff when necessary to assure compliance to standards of documentation.
• Completes patient assessments, data collection, and interviews staff as necessary to assure good standard of practice and as instructed in the current version of MDS User’s Manual.

Meetings for facility level resident care coordinator:

1. Attend stand up meeting/standdown meeting.

2. Attend weekly utilization review meeting.

3. Attend scheduled family care conferences with IDT.

4. Attend daily IDT clinical at risk meeting to update care plans and Kardex with changes.

Regular assignments for the facility level resident care coordinator:

1. Weekly review of point of care documentation compliance with follow up as needed.

2. Update 802 and 672 with changes.

3. Open quarterly nursing UDA’s required for each week.

4. New admission baseline care plan development in PCC within 48 hours.

5. Completion of individualized comprehensive care plans for new admissions.

6. Complete PCC care plan reviews.

7. Review and update restorative nursing programs. Writes a monthly progress note (template in PCC PN section) for progress with established RNPs for residents on programs.

8. Weekly walking quality rounds with director of rehab and direct care staff.

9. Communication with central resident assessment coordinator potential Hospice referrals, any potential Medicaid CMI captures, or PDPM IPA captures, or need for any significant change of status MDS assessment completion.

10. Verification that all referral packets and hospital paperwork for new admissions and re-admissions are scanned into PCC miscellaneous tab. (Admissions Coordinators will be responsible for uploading the documents.)

11. Complete any requested Resident assessments or interviews required for MDS completion. BIMS, PHQ-9, pain interview, ambulation turning etc.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate of an approved RN or LPN program and licensed in the state of practice required.
• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of Case- Mix, the Federal Medicare PPS process, and Medicaid reimbursement, as required.
• Through understanding of the Quality Indicator process. Knowledge of the OBRA regulations and Minimum Data Set. Knowledge of the care planning process

BENEFITS

• 401K

• Annual evaluations

• Dental insurance

• Disability insurance

• Electronic documentation

• Employee appreciation events

• Health insurance

• Life insurance

• Modified Comp

• Paid time off

• Tuition reimbursement

• Vision insurance