Lead with Excellence as the MDS Coordinator at Diversicare!

At Diversicare, we're in search of a dedicated MDS Coordinator to join our exceptional team. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of our patients and residents, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity.

Why Choose Diversicare:

• Leadership Opportunity: As the MDS Coordinator, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy and compliance of our MDS assessments, contributing to exceptional patient care.

• Upholding Our Values: Diversicare values trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation, and strong communication skills. As an MDS Coordinator, you will embody these values and help shape our workplace culture.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy a competitive benefits package, including medical/dental/vision coverage, an excellent 401k plan, tuition reimbursement, vacation, holiday, and sick time, long and short-term disability, and more.

• Impactful Role: Your responsibilities will include coordinating the RAI Process, working collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team, ensuring accurate MDS assessments, and providing education related to the RAI Process.

1. Coordinate the RAI Process.
2. Work in Collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to assess the needs of the patient/resident
3. Significantly involved in Care Coordination meetings
4. Ensures accurate and timely MDS assessments according to state and federal regulations.
5. Ensures and completes accurate coding of the MDS assessment with information obtained via medical record review, observation and interview with center staff, patients, residents and family members.
6. Maintains the tracking system of MDS assessment schedules (time frames and due dates).
7. Coordinates Care Plan conferences with the interdisciplinary team, patient, residents and families.
8. Obtain, review and maintain all State and Federal reports, making appropriate corrections timely.
9. Monitors Quality Measures and ensures that MDSs are accurate to support and reflect the Quality Measures.
10. Provides education related to the RAI Process
11. Coordinates and completes electronic submission of required documentation to the State data base and other entities per company guidelines and State and Federal regulations.
12. Ensures Medicare and Medicaid regulatory guidelines are completed accurately and timely (i.e.: certifications, denial letters, skilled documentation, coverage criteria, etc…)

1. Two years of MDS experience preferred, but not required
2. Must hold current registered nursing license in the state of employment. 
3. Experience in Long Term Care preferred.
4. Computer skills such as Data Entry and Word processing required. Working knowledge of the MDS 3.0 (current version of minimum data set).
5. Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations and guidelines that pertain to skilled nursing facilities.
6. Must possess the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures that are necessary for providing quality care.

Diversicare is committed to being an equal opportunity employer.  Diversicare does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity), national origin, age, or disability, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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