MDS Nurse

Job Responsibilities

• Nursing care functions as listed below:
• Conduct or coordinate the interviewing of each resident for the resident's assessment.
• Evaluate each resident's condition and pertinent medical data to determine the need for special assessment activities or need to amend the admission assessment.
• Develop and implement procedure with the DON to inform all assessment team members of the arrival of newly admitted resident.
• Assist facility directors and supervisors in scheduling the resident assessment/care plan meetings.
• Contact and assist in scheduling participation by outside members of the care plan team, including the resident's representative and/or other interested family members.
• Ensure that care provided is in accordance with the resident's wishes.
• Assist with the care plan portion of the resident's discharge plan.
• Care plan and assessment functions as listed below:
• Develop preliminary and comprehensive assessment of the nursing needs of each resident, utilizing the forms required by current rules and regulations and facility policies.
• Ensure that appropriate health professionals are involved in the assessment.
• Coordinate the development of a written plan of care for each resident that identifies the problems/needs of the resident, indicate the care to be given, goals to be accomplished, and which professional service is responsible for each element of care.
• Ensure that the care plan included measurable objectives and timetables to meet the resident's medical, nursing, mental, and psychosocial needs as identified in the resident's assessment.
• Ensure that the initial resident assessment is completed within fourteen days of the resident's admission.
• Ensure that the comprehensive care plan is completed within twenty-one days of the resident's admission.
• Assist the nursing staff in encouraging the resident and his/her family to participate in the development and review of the resident's plan of care.
• Develop the schedule of activities required for the resident assessment and plan of care.
• Assist the DON and relevant supervisor of other departments in ensuring that all personnel involved in providing care to the resident are aware of the resident's care plan and that nursing personnel refer to the resident's care plan prior to administering daily care to the resident.
• Assist in coordinating the review and revision to the resident's care plan by the interdisciplinary team after each quarterly review or other assessment, assuring that the care plan is evaluated and revised each time an assessment is done or when there is a change in the resident's status.
• Inform all assessment team members of the requirement for accuracy and completion of the resident's assessment (MDS).
• Sign and date the assessment instrument to certify its completion.
• Responsible for transmission of resident information to the state per requirements.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing program required.
• Licensure and registration by the PA Board of Nursing Examiners as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) required.
• Prior experience in a skilled nursing care facility, acute care setting, or other related field preferred.
• Previous MDS experience highly preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.