MDS Coordinator- Remote/Hybrid

Recover-Care Heartland; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Annual evaluations

Dental insurance

Disability insurance

Electronic documentation

Employee appreciation events

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Job summary

Recover-Care Heartland in Topeka, KS seeks an experienced MDS Coordinator to assist the Director of Nursing and RN Assessment Coordinator with Federal, State, and Certification documentation. The role also coordinates the RAI process, ensuring timeliness and completeness of MDS, CAAs, and the care plan.

This is a Remote/Hybrid position. Responsibilities include tracking, audits, and staff follow-up to assure compliance with documentation standards, and participation in interdisciplinary care

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved Registered Nurse 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.
• Thorough understanding of the Quality Indicator process. Knowledge of OBRA regulations and MDS.

Responsibilities

• Assist the center in adherence to Federal and State regulations and certification.
• Participate in regulatory surveys and correction of deficiencies.
• Visit assigned buildings on an every other week basis.
• Report trends from audits to the Quality Assurance Committee.
• Ensure completion of the RAI process and interdisciplinary care plan.
• Initiate and monitor RAI process tracking and Medicaid tracking forms.
• Follow up with staff to assure documentation standards.

Skills

RN license

Two years nursing SNF

MDS knowledge

OBRA/regulatory understanding

Education

Registered Nurse degree

Tools

PointClickCare

Job description

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

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
• Will visit assigned buildings on an every other week basis, where one center is visited each week.
• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate of an approved Registered Nurse 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
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance