MDS / RAI Coordinator & Wound Care Back Up

Job Description

Job Description

“How do you bring kindness to others every day?”

Join us in our journey of kindness – our Kind era – where compassion is our language, and kindness is our legacy. We are committed to nurturing a culture of kindness that flourishes within our team. Our valued team members are the heart of our mission and their well-being directly impacts the lives of those in our care.

The MDS / RAI Coordinator & Wound Care Back Up reports to the Director of Care and is responsible for managing the information technology and compliance related to Resident Care through coordinating the RAI-MDS process and monitoring of Quality outcomes and CIHI reports), the quality of resident care and nursing restorative philosophy and furthermore ensures compliance through coaching, mentoring, and discipline as required. Also this position will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing all aspects of wound care management.

Wage rate : $30.36

Vacancy : This is an existing vacancy.

Responsibilities :

• Responsible for an overview of Informatics on Quality Improvement and RAI-MDS 2.0 process of new staff or students.
• Responsible for education and software training to all appropriate staff members on RAI-MDS 2.0, RAPS, subscale outcome measures, quality indicators, and reports.
• Coordinates the AIS certification of all newly hired registered staff and annually thereafter
• Informatics and RAI-MDS 2.0 assessment process
• Schedules and monitors all informatics on residents assessments
• Working in consultation with management and interdisciplinary team members to develop processes that ensure data integrity, efficient data collection process, assessment completion and data utilization
• Coordinates the MDS Analytics process and trends coding deficiencies
• Establishing data quality processes to evaluate MDS coding accuracy and its timely completion
• Generates and evaluate RAI MDS 2.0 / CIHI reports. Discusses findings with department heads and use them in clinical and operational decision making.
• Required to understand the nature and meaning of quality indicators used by the Home and to understand which indicators are publicly reported.
• Required to participate in the improvement of the indicators and achieve satisfactory results.
• Co-ordinates the data submission process to Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• Takes the lead of the Nursing Restorative program in the home
• Mentors and coaches the Nursing Restorative Therapists
• Closely monitors ADL scores, outcome scores, and Special Rehab RUG in relation to nursing rehab.
• Interprets legislative requirements to the nursing team and monitors compliance to standards through continuous quality improvement activities.
• As a member of the in-home management team, participate in the recruitment, selection, training, and performance management of in-home staff, analysis of related management information, and in the implementation of related measures
• In collaboration with the Director of Care, monitors RAI MDS expenditures monthly to ensure that expenses are within budget.
• Assess wounds as per the Skin Care and Wound Management Protocol
• Assist the Registered Staff with the dressing of complex wounds as per MD orders
• Analyze data collected of wound prevalence in WoundRounds
• Other duties as assigned and or indicated in Job Task Inventory

Qualifications :

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We appreciate all applicants' interest, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. We are committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace, and we welcome applications from all persons. Our organization takes the accessibility needs of employees and candidates with disabilities into account during the position summary review process. Employees and candidates are required to notify their Director / Manager / Supervisor or Hiring Manager if they have any accessibility needs, and the organization will work with the employee to address them.