MDS (Minimum Data Set) Nurse: LPN/RN

Ascent Healthcare Management; Grovestone (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Engagement Activities

Positive work environment

Excellent Training

Competitive Pay and Benefits

Job summary

Swannanoa Valley, part of the Ascent Healthcare Management family, is seeking an experienced MDS (Minimum Data Set) Coordinator to join a supportive, patient-centered team in Western North Carolina.

You will oversee MDS coordination, collaborate with the Interdisciplinary Team, and ensure timely, compliant documentation across payer sources while contributing to a positive work environment and ongoing training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in NC (or LPN with MDS experience)
• Minimum three years of clinical healthcare experience; long-term care preferred
• Must be CPR certified and able to work with the interdisciplinary team

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and complete the MDS, CAA’s, and care plans per federal/state regulations
• Collaborate with the Interdisciplinary Team to finalize MDS documentation
• Schedule and communicate MDS assessment timelines to all payer sources
• Lead or participate in daily/weekly meetings to ensure federal billing requirements are met
• Collect MDS information via medical records, assessments, and interviews
• Verify all team members complete, date, and sign MDS sections
• Monitor chart accuracy and support audits as needed

Skills

Nursing experience

CPR certification

Interdisciplinary team collaboration

Education

RN license - North Carolina

LPN with MDS experience

Job description

Swannanoa Valley is a member of the Ascent Healthcare Management family of skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers in Western North Carolina. We are resident-centered and quality-focused! Our workplace culture is all about uplifting people. If you are looking for a healthcare organization where you can bring your best ""you"" to work, where you can make a difference, and where you can team-up with like-minded co-workers, then we are also looking for you. Join us!

Swannanoa Valleyis seeking an experienced MDS (Minimum Data Set) Coordinator to join our FUN, supportive, engaging team!

Working here, you will enjoy:

• Employee Engagement Activities
• Positive work environment
• Excellent Training
• Competitive Pay and Benefits

What you will do:

• Oversee the coordination and participate in the completion of the Resident Assessment Instrument (MDS, CAA’s and Care Plan) in accordance with current Federal and State Regulations.
• Assist in completion of the Resident Assessment Instrument with the Interdisciplinary Team.
• Notify all Interdisciplinary Team members of the MDS Assessment schedule for all payer sources.
• Notify all Interdisciplinary Team members of changes to the MDS Assessment schedule for both all payer sources.
• Lead or participate in Daily PPS meetings, weekly Medicare meetings, and month end meetings to assure federal billing requirements are met.
• Information to complete the MDS is to be collected using the medical record, bedside assessment, and staff, resident and/or family interviews.
• Develop and monitor a system to verify that all Interdisciplinary Team members have completed, dated, and signed the assessments according the Federal Regulations.
• Observe direct nursing care, review documentation and make appropriate recommendations, assist with chart audits.

What you need:

• Registered Nurse with NC. Or LPN with MDS experience.
• Minimum three (3) years of clinical experience in a health care setting; long-term care setting preferred.
• Must have a current/active CPR certification.
• Personal integrity and professionalism to work effectively with the Interdisciplinary Team, Patients, and Families.
• Knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.

Candidates will be required to show proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 upon commencing employment. Reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis for exemptions to this requirement in accordance with applicable law.

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