MDS Coordinator

Ensign Services•Plano, TX

35d

About The Position

The Healthcare Resort Of Plano Come join our team and start making a difference! ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position. Skilled Nursing Professionals supports over 250 contracted post-acute facilities across the country. We provide recruiting services to these locations, in addition to other services, including educational and legal support. Our clients outperform other post-acute care facilities because they are part of a greater community and have 24/7 access to our support and services. One of our core values is "customer second". This means you, first. We are dedicated to providing our clients with field-centric services, including recruiting, so they can focus on providing high quality care to their communities. We want to ensure our clients share similar values and aspirations with their job applicants. This is why we are on a mission to learn more about you and your dream job. Complete an application and let us know your clinical role of interest-- Leadership? Case management? Direct patient care? Administrative? Data-focused? Let us introduce you to a career in post-acute care, tailored to fit the future of your dreams. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment, for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.

Responsibilities

Provides direct nursing care as necessary.
Prepares for and participates in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
Supports in QAPI to develop and implement appropriate plans of action to correct identified deficiencies.
Assist with MDS completion with the interdisciplinary team in timely completion of the assessments.
Utilizes MDS Scheduler to plan and set MDS Assessment Reference Dates (ARDs).
Communicates ARD selection for specific MDSs to IDT.
Accomplishes the MDS sections as assigned.
Fulfills CAAs as required.
Completes Care Plan items and attends Care Plan meetings as assigned.
Assists with implementing the monthly infection tracking log.
Concludes UDA’s during observation period.
Finalizes diagnosis coding and creates diagnosis sheets.
Confirms skilled physician’s certification.
Monitors overall the documentation in the medical record to validate that it supports MDS coding.
Participates in skilled utilization and State Case Mix management as assigned.
Delivers teaching and training for MDS item completion to interdisciplinary team members that have responsibility for MDS item completion.
Provides teaching and mentoring of CNA staff along with Director of Nurses and Staff Development related to completion of the Nursing ADL documentation.
Must be able to move intermittently throughout the work day.
Must be able to cope with the mental emotional and stress of the position.
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 function independently, have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively.
Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility which may include a medical and physical examination.
Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, hostile people within the facility.
Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.
Requires infrequent lifting of more weight up to 50 pounds.
Occasional pushing and pulling of carts.
May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.