Experienced MDS Coordinator - (Full-time 40 hrs.)

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Mozaic has an immediate MDS Coordinator opening where your professional experience is welcome.

Posted Sep 30 · “Strong clinical background in nursing; Head nurse, Care planning and MDS experience and fluency” from the posting

Shift and hours: 40 hrs. Full-time 40 hrs.
Unit and setting: Long Term Care
License: RN license RN State of Connecticut, CPR certification/IV-line management 3.0 certification.RN license, State of Connecticut
Term: Permanent Full-time 40 hrs.Full-time

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License: RN license, State of Connecticut RN State of Connecticut, CPR certification/IV-line management 3.0 certification. Check your license
Certification: CPR certification
Certification: IV-line management 3.0 certification
Education: Graduate of a school of professional nursing Graduate of a school of professional nursing; BSN preferred.
Experience: Strong clinical background in nursing; head nurse, care planning and MDS experience Strong clinical background in nursing; Head nurse, Care planning and MDS experience and fluency

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Education: BSN

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What it pays

Against similar roles: In range for Connecticut staff rolesConnecticut staff postings that state pay run $31/hr to $57/hr, the middle half $36/hr to $53/hr, across 183 postings.
Pay differential: Evening, night and weekend shift differentials (For applicable positions) Evening, night and weekend shift differentials (For applicable positions)
Tuition assistance: Tuition reimbursement
Childcare: Offered

Benefits

BenefitsFlex Time OffFlex Time Off
BenefitsOn-site Child CareOn-site Child Care
BenefitsFitness CenterFitness Center
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)

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Life insurance
STD and LTD insurance
Six paid holidays
Employee Assistance Program
Free parking
Employee discounts on meals

The role and schedule

Day to day: Complete all MDS assessments Responsible for all MDS's including the initial admission, quarterly, change of condition, Medicare and managed Medicare in Long Term Care.
Day to day: Keep care plans current with nurse managers and IDT Works collaboratively with Nurse managers and IDT to ensure that Care plans reflect the residents' condition on an ongoing basis.
Day to day: Ensure all Medicare residents are skilled Ensure that all Medicare residents are skilled.
Hours stated: Full-time 40 hrs.

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Mozaic Senior Life

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Seeking a new Healthcare opportunity? Looking for a family like environment community? Moziac Senior Life gives you the opportunity to make a difference and where you are appreciated! Mozaic has an immediate MDS Coordinator opening where your professional experience is welcome. Mozaic is excited to meet you!

Experienced MDS Coordinator - (Full-time 40 hrs.)

Responsible for all MDS's including the initial admission, quarterly, change of condition, Medicare and managed Medicare in Long Term Care. Works collaboratively with Nurse managers and IDT to ensure that Care plans reflect the residents' condition on an ongoing basis. Ensure that all Medicare residents are skilled.

Graduate of a school of professional nursing; BSN preferred.

Strong clinical background in nursing; Head nurse, Care planning and MDS experience and fluency

RN State of Connecticut, CPR certification/IV-line management 3.0 certification.

Competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefit package for eligible positions, including medical, dental, 401(k), Flex Time Off, On-site Child Care, Fitness Center and more.

An Equal Opportunity employer - M/F/Vets/Disabled

What's around it?

In Bridgeport, CT

Bridgeport, CTFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 4% above the US average

Median rent: $1,450/mo
Household income: $58,685/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Bridgeport, CT

NeighborhoodsBlack Rock, on the southwestern waterfront, is the neighborhood locals and moving guides most often recommend for families and professionals: National Register historic districts, a mix of modern and historic homes, cafes and restaurants along Fairfield Avenue, parks and beaches, and a tight-knit mix of young professionals, artists, and academics with highway and transit access. Downtown Bridgeport is the urban option for busy professionals—theaters, restaurants, and the train—but most residents rent and housing is limited; 20th-century condos there cost about $180,000–$230,000. The North End is a quieter, suburban-style pocket of tree-lined streets and spacious homes aimed at families. Fairfield just west and Stratford just east (roughly $20,000–$30,000 more for similar housing) are frequently named as adjacent alternatives; East Side is noted for artistic character.

Black Rock, on the southwestern waterfront, is the neighborhood locals and moving guides most often recommend for families and professionals: National Register historic districts, a mix of modern and historic homes, cafes and restaurants along Fairfield Avenue, parks and beaches, and a tight-knit mix of young professionals, artists, and academics with highway and transit access. Downtown Bridgeport is the urban option for busy professionals—theaters, restaurants, and the train—but most residents rent and housing is limited; 20th-century condos there cost about $180,000–$230,000. The North End is a quieter, suburban-style pocket of tree-lined streets and spacious homes aimed at families.

Fairfield just west and Stratford just east (roughly $20,000–$30,000 more for similar housing) are frequently named as adjacent alternatives; East Side is noted for artistic character.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: unitsstorage.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: movers.com Source 7: homes.com

Getting aroundTypical citywide commute is about 23.08 minutes. Metro-North’s New Haven Line from Bridgeport station is described as fast, cheap, and reliable; Manhattan is roughly an hour away on a about 60-mile trek. Downtown residents walk or catch the bus; Black Rock sits near major highways and public transportation. A ferry from downtown to Port Jefferson, Long Island, takes about an hour and is used for day trips and some work commutes. Sources do not describe hospital-campus parking or drive times to specific medical centers.

Typical citywide commute is about 23.08 minutes. Metro-North’s New Haven Line from Bridgeport station is described as fast, cheap, and reliable; Manhattan is roughly an hour away on a about 60-mile trek.

Downtown residents walk or catch the bus; Black Rock sits near major highways and public transportation. A ferry from downtown to Port Jefferson, Long Island, takes about an hour and is used for day trips and some work commutes.

Sources do not describe hospital-campus parking or drive times to specific medical centers.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: homes.com

OutdoorsSeaside Park is the main coastal green space, with walking trails, picnic areas, beaches, and an arch monument; Pleasure Beach is another city beach. Downtown adds pocket parks, McLevy Green at City Hall Park, Riverfront Park with a baseball diamond by the Pequonnock, and Roosevelt Field athletic fields. Black Rock offers waterfront parks and beaches; St. Mary’s by the Sea is a named scenic stop. Beardsley Zoo—Connecticut’s only zoo—has landscaped grounds and animals including tigers, wolves, monkeys, and reptiles, plus conservation programs. Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course (established 1934) and the Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum (climbing) round out recreation; shoreline running, fishing, and the Port Jefferson ferry are warm-weather staples.

Seaside Park is the main coastal green space, with walking trails, picnic areas, beaches, and an arch monument; Pleasure Beach is another city beach. Downtown adds pocket parks, McLevy Green at City Hall Park, Riverfront Park with a baseball diamond by the Pequonnock, and Roosevelt Field athletic fields.

Black Rock offers waterfront parks and beaches; St. Mary’s by the Sea is a named scenic stop. Beardsley Zoo—Connecticut’s only zoo—has landscaped grounds and animals including tigers, wolves, monkeys, and reptiles, plus conservation programs.

Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course (established 1934) and the Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum (climbing) round out recreation; shoreline running, fishing, and the Port Jefferson ferry are warm-weather staples.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: unitsstorage.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: bridgeportct.gov Source 5: facebook.com Source 6: youtube.com Source 7: homes.com

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Living in Bridgeport

Bridgeport is Connecticut’s largest city—a former industrial hub (GE, Remington, Singer) in a slow renaissance of warehouse apartments, murals, and walkable downtown. For a relocating nurse, the draw is Long Island Sound plus Metro-North about an hour from Manhattan, at prices undercutting much of Fairfield County: median home $310,873, downtown condos $180,000–$230,000, though renovated singles in good pockets now run $400,000-plus. Black Rock is the usual recommendation: waterfront historic districts, Fairfield Avenue dining, BRYAC, families and young professionals. Downtown suits renters near Ralph ’n’ Rich’s, Joseph’s Steakhouse, Brewport, Cabaret Theater, Stress Factory comedy, and the train; the North End is quieter and tree-lined. Tradeoffs are blunt—Roosevelt School C-minus on Niche, a high school D-plus, and poverty, homelessness, and crime outside nicer blocks, which is why some locals point to Stratford. Expect humid 80s summers at Seaside Park and Pleasure Beach, winters in the high 20s to low 40s with occasional snow, plus Beardsley Zoo, the Port Jefferson ferry, Total Mortgage Arena, and Black Rock Porch Fest.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: homes.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: unitsstorage.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: movers.com Source 7: grad.southernct.edu Source 8: bridgeportct.gov

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