Rai Coordinator

**Home**: Southbridge Pinewood
**Location**: Thunder Bay, Ontario
**Position**: RAI Coordinator

75 hours Bi-weekly

“Every day you know that you will touch a life, or that a life will touch yours.”

**Ask yourself three questions**:
1. Are you looking for a role with tons of opportunity for career advancements?
2. Are you ready to be part of a team that will truly value your hard work, dedication and effort?
3. Are you passionate about providing compassionate and quality care to residents in long term care?
If the answer is yes, we would love to know more about you
On a daily basis the RPN will enhance the effective management and quality of nursing practice in keeping with the standards and expectations set out by governing bodies and internal policies and standards of care.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Work as an integral part of an inter-disciplinary team for resident care by coordinating resident care conferences and organizing and chairing weekly interdisciplinary team meetings.
- Provide education and training on RAI MDS, ensuring accuracy, efficient data collection processes, assessment completion and data utilization
- Ensuring exceptional resident care is provided while following protocols and maintaining physicians’ orders.
- Observing, reporting and recording vital signs, symptoms and conditions of residents, and initiating remedial health measures where appropriate, medication administration.
- Organizing and directing functions and activities related to provision of care to residents.
- Assisting in the management of the work of nursing and personal care staff.
- Training and professional development of new staff, referring concerns to the Director of Care.
- A serving heart and a passion for caring for seniors.
- Previous similar experience in long-term care an asset, with comprehensive knowledge of duties.
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team, to prioritize tasks in order of urgency.
- Excellent communication (computer, verbal and written) and comprehension skills.
- Developed creative problem solving skills to look at the “big picture”.
- 3-5 years experience in Long Term Care, experience with MDS an asset
- Current Registration with CNO in good standing
- Knowledge in nursing rehabilitation and working OT and PT
- Strong analytical and assessment skills
- Ability to lead training and education with Adult learners
- Knowledge of: InterRAI suite of tools, MDS/RUG III patient classification systems.
- Effective communication skills

Interested applicants should send their resume here. We would like to thank all applicants for your interest in working as part of our team Only those applicants selected to move forward in the recruitment process will be contacted.

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