Job Description

• Conduct and coordinate the development and completion of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) in accordance with current, rules, regulations, and guidelines.
• Work with the Interdisciplinary Care Plan Team in developing a comprehensive resident assessment and care plan for each resident.
• Conduct or coordinate the interviewing of each resident for the resident's assessment.
• Evaluate each resident's condition and pertinent medical data to determine any need for special assessment, i.e., Norton's, restraint behavior management, psychotropic drug use, etc.
• Develop preliminary and comprehensive assessments of the nursing needs of each resident, utilizing the forms required by current rules or regulations and facility policies.
• Ensure that each portion of the assessment is signed and dated by the person completing that portion of the RAI process.
• Sign and date the assessment instrument to certify its completion.
• Provide required information for the Facility's Quality Assurance Program.

• Current active RN MO LICENSE
• MDS Coordinator experience
• Knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid regulations and benefit guidelines

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