Westminster Village Terre Haute, Inc an upscale senior living community is seeking a hospitality minded professional MDS Coordinator who is looking for a rewarding experience working with older adults to join our extraordinary team.
The MDS Coordinator is an RN or LPN who is responsible for the overall supervision, coordination, maintenance and timely completion of the MDS, care plans and medical records for residents.
Essential Job Duties:
1. Coordinates, conducts, and completes the MDS, resident care plans in a timely manner.
2. Assures accuracy and completeness of entire medical record, with specific regard to necessary documentation and language.
3. Assures and monitors that MDSs are completed within HCFA and Medicare guidelines.
4. Ensures MDS electronic submission occurs per State regulations.
5. Coordinates and actively participates in family/resident care plan conferences.
6. Responsible for the coordination and supervision of the restorative nursing aide program.
7. Communicates with floor staff as it relates to needed cross-departmental team members.
8. Confer with the Director of Nursing, Administrator, and Admissions team, on the evaluation of prospective residents to assure that only those residents whose medical and psychosocial needs can be met through the facility or through community resources are admitted and retained by the facility.
9. Maintains professional competence through participation in programs of continuing education. Attends in-service training and education sessions, as assigned.
10. Attends all assigned meetings to insure coordination of resident services, including daily stand-up and stand-down, weekly risk meeting, QAPI, Medicare meeting, triple check, etc.
11. Complete all quarterly assessments in accordance with the MDS schedule.
12. Serves as part of the “on call” rotation for, but not limited to, fielding call-off’s and filling holes in schedule, address clinical needs of residents in licensed care areas, field call from floor/families/residents, communicate pertinent information to administrator and /or executive director and work floor as nurse/CNA if needed.
13. Serves as a staff nurse when staffing levels necessitate in order to meet the needs of the residents.
14. Responds to emergency calls as necessary.
15. Attend resident functions.
16. Performs specific work duties and responsibilities assigned by supervisor.
17. Making rounds with physicians in the absence of DON and ADON.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

1. Maintains a current RN or LPN license in the state of Indiana.
2. In depth experience and knowledge working with MDS computer software.
3. Experience with the MDS transmittal process and understanding of regulations impacting the MDS.
4. Supervisory experience preferred.
5. Excellent verbal and written communication

Please refer the Job description for details