Position Title: MDS Coordinator
Salary: $100,000 to $105,000
Schedule: Full Time, 9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday- Friday
Who We Are:
If you are looking for a career with a strong, supportive team doing meaningful work with an appreciative community of seniors, consider being a part of the Blakehurst team! You will join others who’ve quickly found that Blakehurst is the kind of place where people decide to build a career. Blakehurst is a Life Plan Community situated on a beautiful 40-acre campus in Towson, MD, near Baltimore. Our goal is to enrich the lives of the over 300 seniors we serve. We do that by providing opportunities for residents to live life to the fullest. When you work at Blakehurst, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What’s more, you are part of an extraordinary company – one that’s investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don’t just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!
What We Offer:
Blakehurst is looking for an experienced, hospitality focused MDS Coordinator that brings compassion, professionalism, and strong skills to work every day. The MDS Coordinator Nurse is an RN who is responsible for the overall supervision, coordination, maintenance and timely completion of the MDS, care plans and routine assessments for residents.
Primary Responsibilities:
Essential Job Duties
1. Coordinates, conducts, and completes the MDS on the computerized system,
and completes resident care plans. Completes Service Plans for Assisted Living
residents.
2. Assures accuracy and completeness of the medical record.
3. Assures and monitors that MDS’s are completed within state and federal
guidelines.
4. Ensures MDS electronic submission occurs per State regulations.
5. Coordinates and participates in family/resident care plan conferences and
service plan conferences.
6. Assures effective communication with other shifts and departments as it relates
to medical record documentation.
7. Communicates RUGS levels with accounting department to ensure accurate
billing and reimbursement.
8. Responsible for preparing and submitting OCAP and Benchmark reports.
9. Monitor Relias training to ensure compliance for all Chestnut Green staff.
10. Conduct needed education sessions and ensure that all applicable staff
complete the training.
Other Duties:
1. Serves as a staff nurse when staffing levels necessitate in order to meet the
needs of the residents.
2. Responds to emergency calls as necessary.
3. Assures timeliness of physician’s visits.
4. Notifies physicians and family of changes in resident’s condition.
5. Encourages rehabilitative techniques to restore residents’ independence.
6. Assists DON in developing and implementing medical records policies and
procedures.
7. Attends in-service training and education sessions, as assigned.
8. Performs specific work duties and responsibilities assigned by supervisor.
9. Participate in morning meeting each day and ensure that the care plan is kept up
to date at all times.
10. Participate in the monthly Quality Assurance meeting by preparing and
presenting the facility Quality Indicator and Quality Measure Reports.
11. Participate in the nurse manager weekend on call program.
QUALIFICATIONS
RN currently licensed by State of Maryland. Current CPR certification. In- depth experience and knowledge working with MDS computer software. Experience with the MDS transmittal process and understanding of regulations impacting the MDS. Supervisory experience preferred.
All new hires must be able to pass our preemployment screening process, which includes a fitness for duty physical, criminal background check, drug test and employment references as required by a licensed residential care facility. Some of the roles in our community also require that we ask about your vaccination status.
EEO Employer
Based in Des Moines, Iowa, and established in 1971, LCS is a leading provider of high-quality senior lifestyle products and services. The LCS Family of Companies focus on development, operations management, marketing and sales management, and strategic planning for Life Plan Communities, formerly referred to as Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC), and rental independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities nationwide. The company also provides a full-service real estate private equity enterprise, insurance, and national purchasing consulting services. The companies of LCS serve thousands of seniors across the nation.
