MDS Coordinator LPN - Citadel At Saint Benedict

MDS Coordinator LPN

Citadel At Saint Benedict is seeking a MDS Coordinator LPN to join their team! The MDS Coordinator coordinates the development and implementation of all resident plans of care in accordance with State & Federal regulations and facility policies, communicates each resident’s plan of care to facility personnel via the written care plan, and provides ongoing assessment and needed care plan changes as warranted to meet each resident’s needs.

MDS Coordinator LPN Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the completion of each resident’s MDS in compliance with all State and Federal requirements, maintaining supporting clinical record documentation.
• Calculate triggers and develop resident assessment protocols for initiation of care plan.
• Ensure that MDS’s are completed in a timely manner and accurately identify each resident’s level of functioning in accordance with RAI manual guidelines.
• Ensure that each MDS accurately identifies the lowest level of functioning allowable to maximize reimbursement opportunities as allowable by Federal and State law.
• Ensure that CNAs, nurses and others are trained in and have accurately completed required clinical record documentation in order to correctly complete MDS scoring in a timely manner.
• Coordinate and/or assist with weekly interdisciplinary care conferences and Medicare meetings.
• Make all necessary referrals to nursing and therapy departments to ensure appropriate implementation of nursing and rehab services.
• Ensures Medicare, Medicaid, VA, and benefits carrier claims relating to MDS pending and therapy pending errors are accurate and if not, corrects.
• Generates MDS Audit Reports as requested by Regional staff.
• Identifies MDS/Census and Accounts Receivable errors for correction as it pertains to facility billing information.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

MDS Coordinator LPN Qualifications and Skills:

• Working knowledge of the MDS assessment cycle and assessment information necessary for billing Medicare, Medicaid, HMO, and VA.
• Experience using computer systems and software including proficiency in Microsoft Office Word and email systems.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, organizational, and project management skills.

MDS Coordinator LPN Education and Experience:

• Possesses a current LPN license to practice in the State as an LPN.
• Skilled Nursing facility experience as an MDS Nurse preferred.

Physical Requirements: 

• Walking, reaching, bending, lifting, extended sitting, grasping, fine hand coordination, pushing and pulling, ability to distinguish smells and temperatures, all with or without the aid of mechanical devices is required.

Citadel Healthcare Benefits:

• Daily Pay & Competitive Compensation
• 401(k) with company match
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical insurance.
• Dental, Vision, and Disability insurance
• Innovative Training Programs
• Opportunity for Growth and Advancement
• Paid Time Off

Apply to join a growing team today!

Citadel Healthcare has a long and successful history of providing long and short-term skilled nursing care. At Citadel, we are committed to personalized, integrated care that factors in the total well-being of every guest and their family members, and that does not just meet, but exceeds, their expectations. As part of this empathetic, respectful culture of care, we are dedicated to meeting individual preferences and needs in order to help each guest feel at home and achieve an optimal health outcome- our number one goal.

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