MDS Nurse - Ciena Healthcare Southwest Michigan
Ciena Healthcare
Battle Creek, MI
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Are you an experienced nurse who wants to remain clinically involved in patient care without being a bedside nurse? Are you organized, efficient, and able to manage your own work with autonomy? MDS nursing at Ciena Healthcare may be just what you're looking for!
At Ciena Healthcare, we take care of you too, with an attractive benefit package including:
- Competitive pay
- Life Insurance
- 401K with matching funds
- Health insurance
- AFLAC
- Employee discounts
- Tuition Reimbursement
Responsibilities
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.
- Coordinates, identifies, and/or initiates significant change MDS’
- 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) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
- AANC certification a plus. RAC-CT
- Knowledge of the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process, including the principles the Prospective Payment Process (PPS) strongly preferred.
- Experience as an MDS Nurse
Ciena Healthcare is Michigan’s largest provider of skilled nursing and rehabilitation care services.
We serve our residents with compassion, concern, and excellence, believing that every one of them is a unique person who deserves our best each day that we care for them. If you have a passion for improving the lives of those around you and working with others who feel the same way, Ciena is the place for you!
About the company
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Ciena Healthcare is a leading innovator and provider of skilled nursing and rehabilitation care services. Our Centers offer a full spectrum of post-hospital stay services that you may need following a hospital discharge, from a short-term rehabilitation stay to long term nursing care. Ciena’s clinical programs are designed to reduce hospitalizations so you can focus on achieving your individual care plan goals whether it’s returning home or staying with us for your long term care needs.
Ciena's Guiding Principles: Care, Excellence and Commitment
Care. We have been entrusted with caring for our patients and residents and they deserve our personal best every day. Caring goes beyond a job description and requires a passion to serve.
Excellence. We define excellence as going beyond expectations. Achieving excellence in caring for our patients and residents is our collective and personal objective.
Commitment. We are committed to investing in our employees and Centers to continually improve the quality and means of providing care to our patients and residents.
Working at Ciena Healthcare means access to outstanding benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
401K with matching funds
Paid time off
Career Ladder and tuition reimbursement
We are committed helping you advance your career!