MDS COORDINATOR |LTC NURSING ADMINISTRATION | FULL-TIME DAY SHIFT (22414)
About The Position
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is seeking an MDS Coordinator for its Long-Term Care department. The coordinator implements and monitors Medicare, PPS, and managed care programs, with the goal of ensuring high-quality resident care while maintaining facility-level efficiency. The role completes and submits MDS assessments, reviews and corrects validation reports, transmits edited and locked MDS data to the State Department of Health, and develops and maintains individualized, person-centered care plans reflecting residents’ current status. The coordinator leads or participates in care plan team meetings and provides resource utilization group information to the billing department as needed. The MDS Coordinator guides clinical staff on MDS, Quality Indicators, and the Prospective Payment System; assures regulatory compliance; and monitors MDS Encoders for timely, accurate data entry and supporting documentation. The position also maintains departmental policies, procedures, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control standards; stays current with the RAI Manual; and maintains a connection with the Department of Health’s MDS automation coordinator. The role is based in Long-Term Care and related areas, with contact with patients, visitors, and staff.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey.
- MDS and PPS training.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
- IV certification.
- One to two years of prior experience.
- MDS completion experience.
- Meets regulatory requirements for the MDS Prospective Payment System.
- Computer literate.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Speaks, reads, and writes English to the extent required by the position.
Responsibilities
- Implement and monitor Medicare, PPS, and managed care programs.
- Open assigned MDS assessments and enter the resident’s name, assessment reference date, and reason for assessment.
- Complete and submit admission, quarterly, annual, and significant-change MDS assessments.
- Review State Department of Health validation reports and correct errors as necessary.
- Transmit MDS data to the State Department of Health after ensuring assessments are edited and locked.
- Develop, update, and maintain individualized, person-centered care plans that reflect residents’ current status.
- Lead or participate in interdisciplinary care plan team meetings.
- Provide the billing department with resource utilization group information for Medicare patients as needed.
- Guide Nurse Managers, RNs, LPNs, and other clinical staff on MDS, Quality Indicators, and the Prospective Payment System.
- Ensure regulatory compliance with MDS assessments.
- Ensure MDS Encoders follow policy and procedure and enter data accurately and on time; validate supporting documentation for coded items.
- Write or revise departmental policies and procedures as needed.
- Stay current with updates to the RAI Manual.
- Provide timely, professional, caring, and respectful customer service.
- Maintain departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control standards; assess policy and procedure gaps and create policies and procedures to address them.
- Understand and adhere to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct and be familiar with its Mission, Vision, and Values Statements.
- Maintain a connection with the Department of Health’s MDS automation coordinator.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support department and organizational objectives.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Generous time-off policy, including vacation days, personal time, sick leave, and nine paid holidays.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Continuing education programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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