What are the responsibilities and job description for the MDS Coordinator, RN position at Thomas Rest Haven?
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ability to effectively plan, direct and coordinate MDS assessments and care plan conference services.
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of residents, families, or employees.
- Ability to utilize and manage resources to attain results.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
- Display a high level of initiative, effort and commitment toward completing assessments efficiently.
- Work with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrate responsible behavior and attention to detail.
- Align needs, priorities and goals of the facility.
- Encourage and facilitate cooperation, trust, commitment and team spirit.
- Complete assessments on all residents at time of admission to establish initial care plan and then mini-assessments quarterly thereafter.
- Will track discharge and re-entry of residents to facility.
- Will perform full assessments annually, with any significant change of condition, and as further needed.
- Will perform Medicare assessments as needed for residents receiving Medicare Part A skilled services.
- Will attend Medicare utilization review meetings as scheduled.
- Analyze and code diagnoses, operations and procedures from health records by using appropriate classification systems and entering data into computer system to process, store and retrieve resident health information.
- Monitor care plans for appropriate services to meet resident needs.
- Assist with the development, implementation and leading care plan conferences quarterly for each resident, including family, physician as needed, and the entire multi-disciplinary team.
- Assist to develop, implement and coordinate quality management, utilization review and discharge planning by consulting with other healthcare providers on resident care problems and needs.
- Responsible for thinning charts of extraneous documentation each quarter according to established minimum standards for required documentation to be retained in resident’s active chart.
- Organize time effectively to complete necessary tasks.
- Willing to work flexible hours to meet requirements of the job.
- Meet all submission timelines of reports/records/documentation as required by state and federal rules, regulations and laws for health care facilities.
- Monitor accrediting/surveying/regulatory body criteria to maintain compliance.
- Participate in continuing education to maintain credentials and increase expertise and knowledge in professional clinical nursing and administration.
- Keep current in the field of nursing through attendance at meetings, conferences, conventions, and workshops pertaining to all aspects of resident care and restoration/rehabilitation and maintaining membership in professional organizations if requested by management.
- Ability and willingness to perform Charge Nurse or RN duties whenever and wherever required.
- On-call for emergencies that other supervisory personnel cannot address.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Type: Full-time
Ability to Commute:
- Coon Rapids, IA 50058 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Coon Rapids, IA 50058: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
