MDS Coordinator LPN

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Position Summary:

Our MDS Coordinator is responsible for coordinating MDS as required per Federal guidelines. Provide residents with direct care to assure quality of life in a home like environment while offering additional support to family and visitors. Maintains professional behavior while functioning as an interdisciplinary team member meeting state and federal guidelines.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Responsible for seeing that all the necessary written documents such as Admission Nursing Assessments, Nursing Notes, Over-All-Care Plans and other required information is kept current in the resident record system. (Records are kept current following facility’s policies, ASI standards and/or State and Federal regulations.
• Responsible for assisting director of nursing in keeping facility standards up to state and federal and ASI requirements and assisting with any and all inspections. Team member in planning, evaluating and providing safe home like environment and quality of life for residents.
• Responsible for determining that the medication systems meets the needs of the resident, is an effective type administration system and is set up according to State regulations and pharmaceutical guidelines.
• Keeps administrator informed of significant changes in residents conditions, transfer of residents to the hospital, expirations or any pertinent information regarding the residents and or employees.
• Assists in determining the type of residents to be admitted to the facility using established nursing care criteria as a guideline. Makes decisions as to placement of residents and transfer to other rooms as necessary in coordination with the IDT team.
• Communicates with Administrator schedules and conducts nursing staff meetings and maintenance records of such. Assesses supply and equipment needs for nursing department and sees that adequate stocks are maintained.
• Determines that incident reports are made out as necessary or as indicated and reviews such on a routine basis.
• Available for call when needed by staff members on duty in matters pertaining to nursing care.
• Performs any other duties as may be necessary as specified by the Administrator of the facility.
• Complete or participate in the following: Skin, contracture, fall, incontinence, catheter, side rail assessments. Complete assigned sections of MDS. RAP summaries for urinary incontinence, falls, indwelling catheter, falls, feeding tubes, dehydration, oral and dental care, pressure ulcers, psychotropic and physical restraints. Review and update care plans as required, complete and update all required assessments. Participate in Medicare meetings and care plan meetings.
• Adheres to the Americare Mission/Vision, Home Town Hospitality and F.A.M.I.L.Y. Values, Employee Culture Statement and Company Policy and Procedures.

Duties / Responsibilities:

• Completes other duties as assigned