What are the responsibilities and job description for the MDS Coordinator position at Bethany Village Horseheads, NY?
Description
Become an essential part of the Bethany Village team as an MDS Coordinator, where your clinical knowledge and attention to detail help ensure residents receive the best care and the facility receives accurate reimbursement for the services we provide. In this role, you’ll work closely with residents, families, and our interdisciplinary team to complete timely assessments, guide care planning, and support successful outcomes for both short-term rehab and long-term care residents. If you’re an RN who enjoys assessment work, teamwork, and making a meaningful impact behind the scenes, this position is a great fit.
Position Overview
To schedule and ensure completion of the MDS, enabling our facility to receive the maximum level of income.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Education Required:
Become an essential part of the Bethany Village team as an MDS Coordinator, where your clinical knowledge and attention to detail help ensure residents receive the best care and the facility receives accurate reimbursement for the services we provide. In this role, you’ll work closely with residents, families, and our interdisciplinary team to complete timely assessments, guide care planning, and support successful outcomes for both short-term rehab and long-term care residents. If you’re an RN who enjoys assessment work, teamwork, and making a meaningful impact behind the scenes, this position is a great fit.
Position Overview
To schedule and ensure completion of the MDS, enabling our facility to receive the maximum level of income.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Interview residents, families, and unit staff to obtain data for MDS (daily).
- Review medical records for events documented during assessment period, including skin care and incident documentation.
- Enter completed nursing assessment into the Quick Care Program.
- Schedule ARD dates for Medicare residents (Medicare Calendar).
- Set up scheduled MDS’s in Quick Care monthly for long term residents and as needed with admission re-admission.
- Marking MDS’s as completed by the interdisciplinary team.
- Compile Rap’s and send them to the appropriate unit manager.
- Schedule annual care conferences and post to the interdisciplinary team.
- Transmit test files to both Equip and Point Right programs, making changes as necessary by those programs.
- Post list of residents requiring daily documentation.
- Collaborate with unit staff and managers to obtain accurate information when completing MDS.
- Collaborate with the dietician for residents who require supplements due to poor intake or skin issues.
- Weekly Medicare meeting with Therapy, Admissions, Social Work to review residents on therapy and keep updated on their progress toward discharge.
- Adhere to all established safety regulations and guidelines.
- Review Medicare updates.
- Ensure signatures of appropriate team members and completed MDS before filing in records.
- Endorses and complies with the vision, objectives, procedures, and policies of Bethany Village.
- All other duties as assigned.
Education Required:
- Bachelor's degree, RN
- Ability to read, write and speak English is required.