RN Assessment Coordinator

General Purpose: Responsible for the Resident Assessment Instrument in accordance with federal and state regulation and company policy and procedures.  Acts as in-house case manger by considering all aspects of the resident's care and coordinating services with physicians, families, third party payers and facility staff. 

Essential Job Duties: 

• Accurate and thorough completion of the Minimum Data Set (MDS, Care Assessment (CAA's) and Care Plans, in accordance with current federal and state regulations and guidelines that govern the process
• Acts as an in-house Case Manager demonstrating detailed knowledge of residents health status, critical thinking skills to develop an appropriate care pathway and timely communication of needed information to the resident, family, other health care professionals and third party payers. 
• Proactively communicates with Executive Director and Director of Nursing Services to identify regulatory risk, effectiveness of facility systems that allow capture of resources provided on the MDS, clinical trends that impacts residents care, and any additional information that has an affect on the clinical and operational outcomes of the facility. 
• Utilizes critical thinking skills and collaborates with therapy staff to select the correct reason for assessment and Assessment Reference Date (ARD). Capture the RUG score which reflects the care and services provided. 
• Demonstrates an understanding of MDS requirements related to varied payers including Medicare, Managed Care and Medicaid. 
• Ensures timely electronic submission of all Minimum Data Sets to the state data base. Reviews state validation reports and ensure that appropriate follow-up action is taken. 
• Facilitates Care Management Process engaging the resident, IDT and family in timely identification and resolution of barriers to discharge resulting in optimal resident outcome sand safe transition to next care setting. 
• Directly educates or provides company resources to the IDT members to ensure they are knowledgeable of the RAI process.  Provides and overview of the RNAC role to new employees that are involved with the RAI process. Teach and train new or updated RAI or company processes to interdisciplinary team (IDT) members are needed. 
• Analyzes QI?QM data in conjunction with the Director of Nursing to identify trends on a monthly basis
• Responsibly for timely and accurate completion of Triple Check
• Serves on, participates in, and attends various other committees of the facility (e.g. Quality Assessment and Assurance) as required and as directed by their supervisor. 
• MDS Coordinator will assist in the planning, coordination and management of the nursing department at the direction of the Director of Nursing Services. 
• Other duties assigned by the Director of Nursing Services. 

• Registered Nurse with current, active license in state of practice
• Must hold and maintain a current CPR Certifcation
• Minimum 2 years of clinical experience in health care setting
• Minimum 1 year experience in long term care setting
• Prior experience as an MDS coordinator preferred 
• Must be capable of maintaining regular attendance