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RN CLC MDS Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 62 days ago
About the Role
he Marion VA Health Care System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to serve in the role of Minimum Data Set (MDS) with the Community Living Center Nursing Service located in Marion, IL.
What You'll Do
- →Duty Statement - Community Living Center MDS RN The Community Living Center (CLC) Minimum Data Set (MDS) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for delivering fundamental, knowledge-based nursing care to assigned residents while developing technical skills.
- →The RN ensures that all nursing-related sections of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)/MDS Assessment and Care Area Assessments (CAAs) are coded accurately and completed within CMS and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) timeframes.
- →Key duties include: Assessment & Coding: Responsible for coding only the nursing sections of the RAI/MDS and CAAs, ensuring compliance with CMS and VHA requirements.
- →Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Participates in CLC interdisciplinary team care plan meetings, reviews, communicates, and monitors residents' care plans.
- →Education & Training: Works with the CLC Resident Assessment Coordinator (RAC) to educate staff on RAI/MDS documentation requirements, software use, and program updates.
- →Quality Improvement: Supports quality improvement activities based on CLC quality management data and participates in ongoing survey readiness activities.
- →Documentation & Compliance: Documents and takes corrective action when discrepancies in coding or documentation are identified during interrater reliability reviews.
- →Shared Governance: Participates in unit- and organizational-level shared governance councils, using clinical expertise and evidence-based practice to improve care quality.
- →Leadership & Feedback: Provides formal or informal constructive feedback to peers to promote improvement.
- →This role requires strong attention to detail, adherence to regulatory timelines, and the ability to collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team to ensure optimal resident care and compliance with federal and state standards.
- →Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): not authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): not authorized
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: 07fc043b-881e-4109-8892-a37834c728e3
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