RN CLC MDS Coordinator

About the role

The Marion VA Health Care System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to serve in the role of Minimum Data Set (MDS).

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

English Language Proficiency: No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.

Education: Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Licensure: Current - full - active - and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e. - Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience as a Registered Nurse with focus in long-term care - hospice and/or rehab.

Qualifications

• Preferred Experience: Minimum Data Set and Admission screening or Case Management - at least 5 years of experience as a Registered Nurse with focus in long-term care - hospice and/or rehab.

Skills

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.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
• Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards.
• Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm.
• Telework: situational ad-hoc.
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Pay

Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards.

Schedule

Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
• Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards.
• Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm.
• Telework: situational ad-hoc.
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.