MDS Coordinator LTC

Vantage Care Management; East Longmeadow (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantage Healthcare in East Longmeadow, MA, seeks an RN – MDS Coordinator for our Long-Term Care Facility. You will perform federally mandated assessments, gather data, and prepare detailed reports to support residents’ care plans.

Join a team dedicated to high-quality, patient-centered care. The MDS coordinator guides care planning with input from social services, dieticians, rehab specialists, and medical staff, ensuring Medicare/Medicaid compliance and ethical standards.

Qualifications

• Must have RN degree from an accredited college and at least 1 year of MDS experience in a LTC facility.
• Experience conducting federally mandated assessments and using RAI data.

Responsibilities

• Conduct federally mandated assessments of residents using RAI.
• Collect data and compile thorough reports for use in care planning.
• Develop and monitor individualized care plans with social services, dieticians, rehab, and medical staff.
• Ensure compliance with Medicare/Medicaid requirements and ethical standards.
• Act as primary liaison between insurance professionals and facility management.

Skills

MDS experience

Education

RN Nursing Degree

Job description

RATES BASED ON EXPERIENCE. AND COMPETITIVE SHIFT DIFFERENTIALS.

Work Experience and Educational Requirements:

• Must possess, as a minimum - RN Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university and a minimum of 1-year MDS experience in a LTC facility.

Vantage Healthcare has an immediate opening for an RN – MDS Coordinator for our Long-Term Care Facility at Chestnut Hill of East Longmeadow. Here at Bear Mountain, you are always essential. We are looking for motivated, creative, and passionate nurses to join our team and help provide professional nursing care for our family of residents.

About our facility:

Chestnut Hill of East Longmeadow, for over 30 years, has met the short-term rehab, long-term care and respite care needs of patients and their families. Located just minutes from Heritage Park, this facility provides a tranquil environment for our patient-centered approach to care for your loved ones.

General Description:

This role requires a registered nurse (RN) who conducts federally mandated assessments of the patients. MDS nurses are responsible for collecting integral data and compiling it into a thorough report for further research at their facility. A bachelor's degree from an accredited nursing college is required.

The objective of MDS coordinators is to promote the physical and emotional wellbeing of nursing facility residents. They use a Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) to gather information from residents and their families during initial and periodic interviews. The MDS covers such areas as the patient's mood, behavior patterns, cognitive ability, and nutrition needs.

Information from these assessments helps caretakers formulate individualized care plans that include support from social services, dieticians, rehab specialists, and medical staff. MDS coordinators then implement and monitor these care plans to ensure their effectiveness. They must also make sure all strategies comply with Medicare and Medicaid requirements and ethical standards. An MDS nurse is the main communicator between the insurance professionals and management officials at their facility.

Our vision “To exceed your expectation with the highest quality healthcare in a safe, clean, supportive and positive environment.” unites us as a team, our Team members put the CARE back into healthcare, and our amazing Team Members are at the heart of it all! We expect you to maintain and support the education of this culture.