MDS / Director of Care Coordination - Rocky Top

Rocky Top Care Center is located at 204 Industrial Park Rd, Rocky Top, TN 37769

Join Diversicare as a Director of Care Coordination/MDS Coordinator!

At Diversicare, we're more than just a company – we're a passionate community dedicated to caregiving excellence. If you're driven by a desire to make a difference in the lives of patients and residents, then we invite you to be part of our extraordinary team.

Why Choose Diversicare:

• We're Proudly Agency-Free: Unlike other companies, we believe in building a direct connection with our team members, fostering trust, respect, and collaboration.

• Leadership Opportunity: As an RN Clinical Educator, you will be at the forefront of assessing department needs, providing critical training, and ensuring our team is fully prepared to deliver top-quality patient care.

• Compassion-Driven Culture: At Diversicare, we value trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation, and strong communication skills. We're committed to creating a warm, caring, safe, and professional environment for both our customers and our team.

• 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 encompass orienting new staff members, scheduling comprehensive training programs, supervising online education compliance, developing innovative recruitment strategies, and ensuring a safe working environment.

• Room for Growth: Join a dynamic environment where you can grow in your career and make a lasting impact on the healthcare industry.

• Meaningful Mission: Our mission is to "Improve every life we touch by providing exceptional healthcare and exceeding expectations."

  Core Values: We are guided by five core values - Integrity, Excellence, Compassion, Teamwork, and Stewardship, as well as 12 Service Standards.

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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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