Health Care Nurse

15,000 SIGN ON BONUS (Paid out over 1 year) Highest pay rate for MDS nurses in area
Are you an experienced nurse who wants to remain clinically involved in patient care without being a bedside nurse? MDS nursing at The Laurels of Defiance may be just what you're looking for!
Health insurance is less than $1 a day.

• Comprehensive health insurance - medical, dental, and vision
• Paid time off and paid holidays

The Care Management Nurse, MDS Nurse works the RAI process and conducts assessments and care plan coordination for those residents assigned. Some responsibilities of the MDS nurse include:
Completes the MDS, CAA’s and care plans within regulated time frames.
Assesses resident through physical assessment, interview and chart review.
Discusses resident care needs with care givers, including physician, nursing, social services, therapy, dietary, and activity staff.
Reviews information from hospital, consults and outside agencies and uses such information in the completion of the assessment and care planning.
Is prepared to conduct PPS meetings maintaining MDS assessments per Medicare schedule and maintains PPS board for monitoring of Medicare days and RUGs utilization in the absence of the Care Management Coordinator
~ Remains current with the American Association of Nursing Assessment Coordinators (AANAC) requirements.

Registered Nurse, RN
Knowledge of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process, including the principles the Prospective Payment Process (PPS) strongly preferred.
Experience as an MDS Nurse
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