MDS Coordinator
Care Connection Rahway
Rahway, NJ
Full-time
Care Connection Rahway -
Care Connection Rahway, a 24 bed-skilled nursing facility in Rahway, New Jersey, seeks an MDS coordinator to determine residents’ acuity levels and document them in their medical records.
Additional responsibilities include :
- assessing and determining the level of care for all new admissions and assuming responsibility for all level of care changes within the Center
- generating appropriate forms to complete level of acuity change, sending them the appropriate agency for processing and communicating residents’ acuity level changes to the staff member in charge
- coordinating the completion of the interdisciplinary plan of care and assuming responsibility for monitoring, reviewing, and transmitting resident data as part of the electronic transmission of MDS
- maintaining a safe environment that adheres to all legal, safety, health, fire and sanitation codes
- utilization review activities and optimizing of revenue, including tracking Medicare residents, reviewing pre-admission intake information, performing concurrent MDS review and participating in the interdisciplinary team process
- ensuring that all MDS assessments are completed and accurate and entering and locking data
- fulfilling data entry, verification, locking and transmission
- maintaining overall quality control
JOB REQUIREMENTS :
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with current RN licensure by the New Jersey State Board of Nursing; bachelors of science degree in nursing is preferred
- Minimum of three years of full-time or equivalent clinical experience
- Minimum of two years of clinical experience in long-term care nursing
- Minimum of one year in a management / administrative or supervisory capacity is preferred
- Comprehensive knowledge of Medicare reimbursement, Medicaid and third-party payer regulations
- Minimum of two years of long-term care clinical nursing experience
- Experience with MDS completion, reimbursement, clinical resource utilization and / or case management is highly desirable
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently, problem solve and make decisions
- Ability to positively interact with everyone from personnel and residents to government agencies and the general public
- Knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures as well as law regulations and guidelines pertaining to long-term care
- Ability to effectively make assessments related to residents’ acuity levels and subsequent changes in acuity
FT BENEFITS :
- Health and Dental Insurance
- 401k
- Sign-on bonus
- Referral bonus
- Tuition reimbursement
30+ days ago