Mds Coordinator Jobs

About The Position

Responsibilities

• Administer resident assessments, oversee the assessment process, set assessment schedules, and ensure assessments are completed accurately and on time.
• Coordinate care plans according to regulatory requirements; review and update resident care plans and assessments, including MDS, RAPs, and Triggers.
• Create Medicare and Medicaid schedules, initiate Medicare coverage for newly qualified residents, send denial letters, and help determine documentation needed for Medicaid reimbursement.
• Direct day-to-day nursing assistant functions and ensure nursing personnel follow facility policies, procedures, job descriptions, and nursing standards.
• Participate in quality assurance activities, facility surveys, discharge planning, and coordination of nursing services with other resident services.
• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents; coordinate related forms, census records, reports, and communications.
• Complete and maintain resident records, charts, orders, nurses’ notes, incident reports, and other required documentation.
• Prepare and administer medications and treatments as ordered; monitor medication supplies and narcotic records, and report discrepancies.
• Participate in staffing, employee evaluations, work assignments, staff supervision, and reporting staffing needs or personnel concerns to the Nurse Supervisor.
• Coordinate and provide nursing care, monitor residents’ conditions, notify physicians and next of kin of relevant changes, and carry out restorative and rehabilitative programs.
• Participate in orientation, in-service training, continuing education, and staff development activities.
• Monitor safety, sanitation, infection control, emergency preparedness, and use of personal protective equipment and nursing equipment.
• Recommend and monitor equipment and supply needs and ensure appropriate stock levels and safe equipment use.
• Provide data to the Quality Assurance & Assessment Committee and report suspected or known fraud.