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Registered Nurse, Minimum Data Set (MDS) Community Living Center (CLC)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
The Registered Nurse, Minimum Data Set (MDS), Community Living Center (CLC), executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex resident care. The RN MDS collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines. The RN MDS demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for CLC residents.
What You'll Do
- →The RN, MDS CLC performs duties that include, but are not limited to the following: Responsible for coding the sections of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)/MDS Assessment and the Care Area Assessments (CAAs) that are assigned to nursing, adhering to current Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) timeframes of assessment completion.
- →Participates in the CLC Interdisciplinary Team care plan meetings and reviewing, communicating, and monitoring the residents' care plan.
- →Collaborates with the CLC Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC) to educate CLC staff on the completion of the RAI/MDS process; this includes but is not limited to documentation requirements for accurate MDS data entry, educational sessions pertaining to RAI/MDS software and program updates as needed.
- →Supports quality improvement activities based on CLC quality management data.
- →Participating in ongoing survey readiness activities in the CLC.
- →Documents and takes corrective action when notified by the CLC management team, charge nurse, or designee of any discrepancies in coding or documentation of RAI/MDS assessments and CAAs reported during the interrater reliability review.
- →Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
- →Supports colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
- →Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
- →Evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: e4defc18-1ffe-4535-ac60-72a43fe199b5
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