Job: MDS Coordinator

Job Description

Job Type: Full time, Hourly

Wage: $31.49-$38.72/hr. 

Location: Canon City, CO.

Job Description

The primary responsibility of your job position is to support the Director of Nursing in fulfilling all nursing administrative duties, including direct, coordinate and lead MDS Systems, Medicare A, Medicare B and all other insurance providers, as well as conduct care coordination for case management following the current federal, state and local standards, guidelines and regulations that govern long term care and assisted living facilities. Working with the Director of Nursing, you will divide nursing administrative duties in a way that will ensure the well-being of the elders, compliance with all state and federal guidelines, and the capturing of reimbursement due the community. Incumbent is delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties. Will also serve as Education/Training Capacity.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Manages and coordinates care with the rehabilitation team
• Assess Villagers in all areas needed to complete annual and quarterly MDS forms
• Write and update Care Plans as needed per assessments and monitor that acute care plans are current
• Assess elders for need for restraints and obtain all needed consents and physician's orders
• Coordinate the process of assessing incontinent Villagers for need for bladder or bowel retraining or toileting programs Implement adaptive behavior programs and other interventions consistent with the care plan for each individual villager
• May direct the restorative nursing program Assess strategies for capturing the highest burden of care delivered to villagers and is responsible for implementation of strategies to ensure quality outcomes and fiscal responsibility for villager assessments
• Assists with leadership by participating in daily PSS, weekly and monthly triple check
• Complete pre-admission assessments and participate in the decision making process regarding new admissions
• Complete Quality Management Reports based on Quality Measures, develop action plans and report on process and outcomes of these action plans
• Serve on or chair the Medication Review Committee and Pain Review Committee (explain)
• Participate in or assist with the following programs: Restraint, Pain Management, Quality Management, Fall Management
• Assist in evaluation of the effectiveness of policies and procedures and make suggestions for revision in the interest of more effective services
• Provide clinical education to nurses (add wording from prior)
• Perform administrative duties such as evaluations, studies and audits as needed
• Administer and track necessary inoculations of both elders and staff. ( TB, Flu, etc.)
• Helps maintain the physical, social and psychological environment
• Ability to maintain professional working relationships with all nursing personnel, villagers and families; present professional image to the villager through dress, behavior and speech
• Participate in new staff general orientation
• Serve on committees such as infection control, safety, Performance Improvement, Adaptive Behavior and Culture Change.
• May serve as chair of some of these committees; attends department supervisor and staff meetings
• Receives direction from the Director of Nursing and completes delegated tasks in his/her absence.
• Act as Manager on Call per protocol
• Functions as a Charge or Treatment/Medication Nurse as required, with or without notice
• Must follow all safety procedures; reports accident/incident hazards; assist with infection control in identifying risks; follows established infection and universal precautions policies and procedures; monitor the use and handling of equipment to ensure safe usage and avoid waste or breakage
• Maintain confidentiality of all pertinent resident care information as well as staff information; adheres to HIPAA
• Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action
• Perform all other duties as requested

Other Duties:

• Work various houses or work flexible schedules as supervisor deems necessary.
• Staff attendance and promptness to assigned shifts is essential.
• The responsibilities of this position may require staff to be able to work irregular, extended, and/or be available for on-call work hours, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, etc.
• Follow procedures when purchasing items .
• Follow policies and procedures in carrying out duties.
• Advise supervisor of concerns and problems that arise.
• Safeguard all funds and property, including those individuals in our care.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Supervisor, Administrator, and/or designee.
• Other reasonable duties as may be assigned.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS/TALENT:

• Executing Self-Starter
• Strong work ethic
• Influencing
• Relationship Building
• Ability to foster teamwork
• High customer services oriented
• Strategic Thinking
• Leads with honesty and integrity
• Curiosity and desire to learn
• Works well with people including staff, residents families
• Detail oriented and follow through
• Takes responsibility and ownership
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task priorities
• Easily puts strategy into timelines implementation plans
• Drive to compete and motivated to win
• Likes to own projects, take responsibility follows through
• Creates efficiency and effectiveness in process
• Communicate clearly and effectively brings people along
• Process information quickly and conceptually
• Tough skin to deal with multiple personalities stakeholders
• Maintains Confidentiality at all times
• Ability to read people and understand what motivates them
• Able to ask great questions
• Ability to think quickly on your feed and come up with alternate solutions

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This job has supervisory responsibilities over the clinical staff.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Must have knowledge of insurance procedures, contracts, etc., covering business transactions
• Must have basic computer operation and typing skills for data input; must be able to navigate touch screen computers
• Knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures as well as regulations and guidelines that pertain to long term care
• Must be knowledgeable of computer systems, system applications, and other office equipment

EXPERIENCE:

Must have, as a minimum, three (3) years experience experience in an administrative supervisory capacity in a hospital or nursing facility or similar facility, ie. CMHIP or Regional centers, etc..

EDUCATION

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing; current RN license in the State of Colorado preferred.
• Complete the required courses for credentialing through the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators and maintain certification thereafter

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Works in all areas of the
• Moves intermittently during working hours.
• Is subject to frequent interruptions.
• Is involved with villagers, personnel, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc., under all conditions and circumstances.
• Is subject to difficult and emotionally upset residents, family members, personnel, visitors etc.
• Communicates with the maintenance personnel, nursing staff, and other department supervisors.
• Works beyond normal duty hours, on weekends, and in other positions temporarily, when necessary. (Careful - exempt?)
• Is subject to call back during emergency conditions (e.g., severe weather, evacuation, post-disaster, etc.).
• Is subject to injury from falls, burns from equipment, odors, etc., throughout the workday, as well as reactions from dust, disinfectants, tobacco smoke, and other air contaminants.
• Is subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including TB and AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses.
• May be subject to the handling of and exposure to hazardous chemicals.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:

• Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times difficult villagers' within the
• Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this Green Housenon-traditional nursing home, which include a mental and physical examination. (Why?)
• Must possess sight/hearing senses, or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must be able to push, pull, move, and /or lift a minimum of 50 pounds to a minimum height of 5 ft. and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 Ft.
• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of elders during emergency situations.

OTHER:

• Driving to facility locations and meetings
• COVID Vaccine or Qualifying Exemption Required.
• Pass background, CAPs and pose no direct threat to the health or safety of individuals in the workplace

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.