MDS Coordinator
Company: The Laurels of Middletown
Location: Middletown
Posted on: May 3, 2024
Job Description:
Are you an experienced MDS nurse interested in the next step?
The MDS Coordinator provides oversight of the RAI process and
conducts assessments and care plan coordination for guests. The MDS
Coordinator supervises the Care Management Nurse, MDS Nurse. The
Laurels of Middletown offers one of the leading employee benefit
packages in the industry. This includes:
- Comprehensive health insurance - medical, dental and
vision
- 401K with matching funds
- DailyPay , a voluntary benefit that allows associates at our
facilities the ability to access their pay when they need it.
- Paid time off (beginning after six months of employment) and
paid holidays
- Flexible scheduling
- Tuition reimbursement and student loan forgiveness
- Free CNA/STNA certification
- Zero cost uniforms
- Legacy,our new virtual community and rewards & recognitions
program When you work with Laurel Health Care Company, you will
join an experienced, hard-working team that values communication
and collaboration. Why just work when you can help shape a legacy?
Responsibilities
- Completes the MDS, CAA's and care plans within regulated time
frames.
- Coordinates scheduling the RAI process with the
interdisciplinary team
- Assesses resident through physical assessment, interview and
chart review.
- Discusses resident care needs with care givers, including
physician, nursing, social services, therapy, dietary, and activity
staff.
- Reviews information from hospital, consults and outside
agencies and uses such information in the completion of the
assessment and care planning.
- Coordinates, identifies, and/or initiates significant change
MDS'
- Is prepared to conduct PPS meetings maintaining MDS assessments
per Medicare schedule and maintains PPS board for monitoring of
Medicare days and RUGs utilization in the absence of the Care
Management Coordinator
- Remains current with American Association of Nursing Assessment
Coordinators (AANAC) requirements. Qualifications
- Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
licensure
- AANC certification a plus. RAC-CT
- Knowledge of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process,
including the principles the Prospective Payment Process (PPS)
strongly preferred.
- Experience as an MDS Nurse About Laurel Health Care Company
Laurel Health Care Company is a national provider of skilled
nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living services
dedicated to achieving the highest standards of care. At The
Laurels, caring is more than providing excellent medical and guest
services. It's also being a companion, and treating each guest with
the utmost dignity, respect and compassion. It's what we call "The
Laurel Way of Caring", and it comes from within each one of us. The
Laurels was named a Great Place to Work for 2020 based on
approximately 3,500 employee surveys that evaluated more than 60
elements of employee experience on the job, including employee
pride in community impact, belief that their work makes a
difference, and feeling their work has special meaning.
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