Home: Southbridge Ottawa

Location: Barrhaven, ON

Salary: $60,000

Position: MDS/RAI Coordinator Status: Full-Time Schedule: Day shifts 9:00am-5:00pm (75 hours/bi-weekly) Southbridge Care Homes provides exceptional acquisition, management, and redevelopment services for long-term care homes and retirement communities across Ontario. Our mission is to maintain a best-in-class portfolio that consistently delivers excellence in care and services while ensuring economic sustainability.

Reports to: Director of Care The MDS/RAI Coordinator supports residents by managing assessments, ensuring accurate documentation, and helping the care team provide the best possible setting and care.

This role will include duties such as: Coordinating the completion of MDS assessment on all residents within established timelines

Understanding how the MDS assessment integrates with existing clinical tools and provides leadership in streamlining these processes

Understanding and providing critical analysis of data at different levels of aggregation (Resident, Home Health Zone, etc.)

Articulating for staff the strengths of MDS as a clinical assessment tool Articulating the financial implications of coding inconsistencies

Acting as key contact and liaison with: Health Zone/AH&W;/CIHI/PCC, etc. Developing facility specific material within the PCC program as required

Responding to Health Zone on all submission errors

Facilitating response and correction of submission errors with facility staff

Coaching to key facility personnel to build capacity for understanding RUG patient classification levels

Developing and introducing processes, and systems to improve accuracy of RAI content





Facilitate audits of RAI assessments for content accuracy

Participates in strategic planning for program development/improvement

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 The qualified candidate will have: 3-5 years' experience in Long Term Care, experience with MDS an asset

Registered as a RPN under CNO

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 Additional Requirements include A negative vulnerable sector check completed within 6 months of start date. Completion of a 2 Step TB Skin test within the last 12 months of start date.

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. Southbridge welcomes those applicants with disability related needs and those whom a need for accommodation in the recruitment process.

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📌 RAI/MDS COORDINATOR (Ottawa)
🏢 Southbridge Care Homes
📍 Ottawa