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Description

Employer Job Number: GO-00574715-1
Facility: HEARTLAND HEALTH REGION
Job Description: The MDS Coordinator is responsible for:
- Coordinating the utilization of the electronic assessment system raiMDS (hereafter referred to as MDS) within Continuing Care services in the region.  This includes the development, implementation, delivering of education, timely analysis, on-going monitoring and evaluation of the systems that support MDS.
- Providing clinical leadership by acting as a resource, facilitator, coordinator, role model and advocate for the MDS program
- Providing an effective program and continuous quality improvement and management practice to ensure efficient utilization of the system
- Data integrity and data submission to both the province and CIHI (Canadian Institute for Health Information)
- The Coordinator manages the regional implementation and management of an automated health record for long term care including MDS
- The incumbent is the primary contact for the MDS systems acting as a liaison with the facilities delivering long term care services
- The Coordinator is a member of the provincial MDS Working Group
- The Coordinator plays diverse roles within Integrated Rural Continuing Care that require the skills and abilities to think and act as a systems level and be a change agent within the organization.  The Coordinator must be able to advance ideas and work with individuals collaboratively at the senior management level, as well as build positive working relationships with other Saskatchewan Health Authority staff, affiliates, and other key stakeholders like provincial counterparts, Ministry of  Health, Canadian Institute for Health Information.
Required Qualifications

Registered or eligible for registration with the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association (SRNA) or Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of Saska
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