MDS Social Services Regional Quality Specialist-Cardon and Associates Corp

CarDon & Associates•Indianapolis, IN

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About The Position

The MDS Social Service Regional Quality Specialist plays a critical role in ensuring the delivery of high-quality social service care across multiple facilities within the CarDon and Associates Corp network. This position focuses on the comprehensive assessment, planning, and implementation of patient-centered care strategies, emphasizing accuracy in MDS documentation and compliance with regulatory standards. By leveraging data-driven insights and quality improvement methodologies, the role aims to enhance overall resident care experiences and operational efficiency. Ultimately, the specialist serves as a regional resource and advocate for best practices in social service quality, ensuring consistent adherence to organizational and industry standards.

Requirements

Indiana board certification in social work or a bachelor's degree in social work or a degree in a human service field (plus one year experience).
Have at least (2) years of experience in a health care setting working directly with individuals. If no degree, then must have a high school diploma or its equivalent and have completed or will complete within 6 months the forty-eight (48) hour social services designee course approved by the State.
Strong leadership and communication skills, ability to foster positive working relationships across multiple facilities and knowledge of MDS and regulatory compliance goals and initiatives is a must.
Basic computer literacy with experience using electronic health records and data management systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience working within a regional or multi-facility healthcare setting.
RAC-CT preferred although MDS proficiency will be considered.

Responsibilities

Travel to communities to Facilitate MDS assessments and interviews in accordance with RAI manual guidelines and CMS requirements.
Provide ongoing education for social services community teams upon hire and ongoing in social service assessment, MDS, care planning requirements and needs.
Understand and communicate ongoing tracking of community documentation progress with ability to communicate the successes and challenges in the process to community and corporate leadership.
Complete in-depth medical record reviews in specialized areas to identify areas of opportunity in documentation practices.
Reviews care plans and progress notes of a resident's response to the Social Service interview and complete appropriate assessments, social history and MDS.