Rai/rpn Coordinator

**Home: Pinecrest**

**Location: Plantagenet, ON**

**Position/Status: Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Coordinator / RPN - Permanent, Full-Time**
- Are you looking for a rewarding career?
- Do you like to have fun?
- Are you creative, passionate, and caring?

If yes, this is the role you’ve been looking for

Southbridge Care Homes are currently looking to add one caring, passionate, and enthusiastic RAI Coordinator/RPN (Full-time) to our amazing home family, who can serve our lovely residents, to keep them safe, healthy, and happy. On a daily basis, Reporting to the Director of Care this position will assist with meeting RAI-MDS timelines and teaching staff about the requirements for data collection and reporting guidelines that support the Home’s funding.

RESPONSIBILITIES
- Coordinates the completion of MDS assessment on all residents within established timelines.
- Understands how the MDS assessment integrates with existing clinical tools and provides leadership in streamlining these processes.
- Understands and provides critical analysis of data at different levels of aggregation. (Resident, Home Health Zone, etc.).
- Articulates for staff the strengths of MDS as a clinical assessment tool including how RAP triggers and care plans enhance quality care.
- Articulates the financial implications of coding inconsistencies.
- Acts as key contact and liaison with: Health Zone/AH&W/CIHI/PCC or others as appropriate on RAI data.
- Develops facility specific material within the PCC program as required.
- Locks/Unlocks the RAI individual assessments as required.
- Batches and submits assessments quarterly to appropriate data repository.
- Responds to Health Zone on all submission errors.
- Facilitates response and correction of submission errors with facility staff.
- Coaches key facility personnel to build capacity for understanding RUG patient classification levels.
- Develops and introduces processes, and systems to improve accuracy of RAI content.
- Facilitates audits of RAI assessments for content accuracy.
- Develops systems to decrease coding error rates.
- Participates in strategic planning for program development/improvement.
- Keeps current on RAI trends.
- Responsible for Clinical and Admin Setup role to support MDS within PCC software program.
- Interprets reports generated by Health Zone/AH&W or CIHI and provides critical analysis for Home.
- Understands the development of RAP’s, quality indicators, and RUG case mix products.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- ** Must be already be registered staff (i.e. Registered Practical Nurse)**:

- 3-5 years experience in Long Term Care, experience with MDS an asset.
- 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.
- Working Knowledge of: Project Management Principles, Industry Knowledge, Principles of Adult Education, Facilitation, Problem Solving, Continuous Quality Improvement Principles, Data Analysis, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook.
- Ability to read, write and communicate effectively.

**_ In Ontario, Extendicare, ParaMed Home Health Care and affiliated organizations including our partner homes in Extendicare Assist, accommodate the needs of job applicants throughout its recruitment and selection processes in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Accommodation needs must be provided in advance. To discuss your needs, please contact the individual noted in the posting._**

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