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Registered Nurse - Resident Assessment Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Department of Veterans Affairs is accepting applications for a Registered Nurse: Community Living Center (CLC) Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC) position with the Quality, Safety, and Value unit at the VA Medical Center in Batavia, NY.
What You'll Do
- →The CLC Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC) Registered Nurse (RN): Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex resident care.
- →Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
- →Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for CLC residents.
- →Leads the CLC Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)/Minimum Data Set (MDS) program, which includes serving as the Facility Administrator of the RAI/MDS program and MDS software and promoting the application of the RAI/MDS Assessment for resident care planning.
- →Directing the RAI/MDS RN who is responsible for coding for nursing assigned sections and Care Area Assessments (CAAs).
- →Identifies CLC Interdisciplinary Team members to conduct the interrater reliability reviews, which must be conducted, at a minimum, quarterly.
- →Collaborates with CLC management or charge nurse to support the CLC Interdisciplinary Team members conducting the interrater reliability review, at a minimum, quarterly, which assesses the accuracy of the RAI/MDS Assessment and reporting trends of errors identified.
- →Completes the interrater reliability quarterly report and submitting it to the CLC leadership team.
- →In the absence of a CLC MDS RN, the CLC RAC must document and take corrective action when notified of any discrepancies in coding or documentation during the interrater reliability review.
- →Transmits RAI/MDS Assessments to the Austin Information Technology Center.
- →Communicates Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines changes, educational sessions, MDS coding changes and RAI/MDS program updates to CLC staff and developing and implementing educational plans for CLC staff to ensure ongoing education for the completion of the RAI/MDS process and software.
- →Ensures, in accordance with current CMS and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) requirements, completion of the RAI/MDS Assessment by the CLC Interdisciplinary Team and providing recommendations, developing, and updating procedures related to the RAI/MDS process.
- →Educates CLC staff on the RAI/MDS process to ensure appropriate completion.
- →Serves as an expert consultant in identifying quality of care deficiencies and assisting with performance improvement projects related to quality management and CLC Compare.
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).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 04a880fc-c949-4588-8618-b3fcfaa50491
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