Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set Nurse - EDRP

RAI-MDS Coordinator

The Resident Assessment Instrument-Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) Coordinator in the Geriatric and Extended Care Service (GEC), or Community Living Center (CLC) is a professional registered nurse with a broad-based clinical knowledge and application in working with the adult and older population and appointed to work in tandem with the RAI-MDS Program Residential Assessment Coordinator (RAC) or other RACs. The RAI-MDS Coordinator must have experience in implementation and care of health promotion and prevention, management of acute and chronic illnesses, palliative and hospice nursing. The RAI-MDS Coordinator must demonstrate a high level of clinical, managerial, and leadership skills. The coordinator must have knowledge and adhere to Veterans Health Administration policies, procedures, and evidenced-based practice in Long Term Care. The RAI-MDS Coordinator has knowledge of current Long-Term Care (LTC) standards of The Joint Commission (TJC), the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its application to the RAI-MDS process. The RAI-MDS Coordinator in the GEC and CLC is a self-directed quality specialist professional nurse with a broad-based clinical knowledge appointed to effectively implement health promotion, prevention, and management of skilled care and chronic illness, and care of the dying. The RAI-MDS Coordinator position is an administrative person assigned to a nurse that demonstrates the skills and abilities to manage and coordinate the facility RAI-MDS Program. The RAI-MDS Coordinator is a vital role in providing oversight in the coordination and facilitation of the RAI-MDS process/program and must demonstrate a high level of clinical, analytical and leadership skills and is competent in conducting and reporting quality measures and performance improvement activities. The RAI-MDS Coordinator has a specialized body of knowledge of current Long-Term Care (LTC) standards of The Joint Commission (TJC), the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and its application to the RAI-MDS process. The RAI-MDS Coordinator is accountable for the overall RAI-MDS program process.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards 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) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: 10-hour day shifts; no weekends; occasional holidays. May be required to work other shifts, be on call, work weekends and/or holidays as patient care and needs of the service require. Should operational needs dictate, candidates must be willing to work within other units (including community based outpatient clinics, for example) to assist and support continuation of the provision of care/services. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO) : Not Authorized