MDS Coordinator

Description

HealthBridge Children's Hospital is looking for an MDS Coordinator to join our team!

Administrative Functions

• Conduct and coordinate the development and completion of the resident assessment (MDS) in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the resident assessment, including the implementation of CAAs and Triggers.
• Maintain and periodically update written policies and procedures that govern the development, use, and implementation of the resident assessment (MDS) and care plan.
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, etc., as necessary.
• Develop, implement, and maintain an ongoing quality assurance program for the resident assessment/care plans.
• Assist the resident and Discharge Planning Coordinator in completing the care plan portion of the resident's discharge plan.
• Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.

Nursing Care Functions

• Conduct or coordinate the interviewing of each resident for the resident's assessment.
• Evaluate each resident's condition and pertinent medical data to determine any need for special assessment activities or a need to amend the admission assessment.
• Develop and implement procedures with the Director of Nursing Services to inform all assessment team members of the arrival of newly admitted residents.
• Assist facility directors and supervisors in scheduling the resident assessment/care plan meetings.
• Contact and assist in scheduling participation by outside members of the care plan team, including the resident's representative and/or other interested family members.
• Ensure that care provided is in accordance with the resident's wishes.

Staff Development

• Develop and participate in the planning, conducting, and scheduling of timely in-service training classes that include assessment skills or techniques needed to complete the assessment functions of the facility.
• Assist the In-service Director/Educator in developing any training activities needed concerning resident assessment/care plan skills (including, but not limited to initial or refresher courses relative to techniques for interviewing residents, rehabilitation principles, commonly used psychotropic drugs, care plan functions, etc.).
• Attend and participate in annual OSHA and CDC in-service training programs for hazard communication, TB management, and bloodborne pathogens standard.
• Attend and participate in advance directive in-service training programs for the staff and community.
• Attend and participate in continuing education programs designed to help you keep abreast of changes in your profession, as well as to maintain your license on a current status.

Care Plan and Assessment Functions

• Develop preliminary and comprehensive assessments of the nursing needs of each resident, utilizing the forms required by current rules or regulations and facility policies.
• Ensure that appropriate health professionals are involved in the assessment.
• Ensure that all members of the assessment team are aware of the importance of completeness and accuracy in their assessment functions and that they are aware of the penalties, including civil money penalties, for false certification.
• Coordinate the development of a written plan of care (preliminary and comprehensive) for each resident that identifies the problems/needs of the resident, indicates the care to be given, goals to be accomplished, and which professional service is responsible for each element of care.
• Ensure that the care plan includes measurable objectives and timetables to meet the resident's medical, nursing, and mental and psychosocial needs as identified in the resident's assessment.
• Ensure that an initial resident assessment is completed within fourteen days of the resident's admission.
• Ensure that a comprehensive care plan is completed within twenty-one days of the resident's admission.
• Assist the nursing staff in encouraging the resident and his/her family to participate in the development and review of the resident's plan of care.
• Develop the schedule of activities required for the resident assessment and plan of care.
• Assist the Director of Nursing Services and relevant supervisors of other departments in ensuring that all personnel involved in providing care to the resident are aware of the resident's care plan and that nursing personnel refer to the resident's care plan prior to administering daily care to the resident.
• Ensure that quarterly and annual resident assessments and care plan reviews are made on a timely basis.
• Ensure that a complete resident assessment is conducted within fourteen days of a significant change in the resident's condition.
• Coordinate the review and revision of the resident's care plan by the interdisciplinary team after each quarterly review or other assessment, assuring that the care plan is evaluated and revised each time an assessment is done or when there is a change in the resident's status.
• Assist the Director of Nursing Services and other relevant directors and supervisors in maintaining good rapport and morale between and within departments to ensure that a team effort is achieved in developing and implementing a comprehensive assessment and plan of care.
• Inform all assessment team members of the requirements for accuracy and completion of the resident assessment (MDS).
• Ensure that each portion of the assessment is signed and dated by the person completing that portion of the MDS.
• Sign and date the assessment instrument to certify its completion.
• Ensure that medical and nursing care is administered in accordance with the resident's wishes, including the implementation of advance directives.

Qualifications

Education Requirements

• Must possess, as a minimum, a RN Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience

• Experience as a MDS Coordinator required