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 The Laurels of Massillon may be just what you're looking for!

Laurel Health Care Company offers one of the leading employee benefit packages in the industry, including health insurance, 401K with matching funds, paid time off and paid holidays. When you work with Laurel Health Care Company, you will join an experienced, hard-working team that values communication and strong teamwork abilities.

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.

Qualifications:

• 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

Also, in compliance with a November 5, 2021 interim final rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for workers at Medicare/Medicaid provider types that have Conditions or Requirements of Participation (including The Laurels of Massillon), the following policies have been adopted by The Laurels of Massillon and Laurel Health Care Company

• All new staff hired on or after December 6, 2021, must, at a minimum, receive the first dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine or a one-dose COVID-19 prior to providing any care, treatment, or other services to guests/residents, unless a temporary delay as defined by the CDC has been granted.
• All new staff hired on or after January 4, 2022, must be fully vaccinated unless a medical/religious exemption or temporary delay (as defined by the CDC) has been granted, even if they have not yet completed the 14-day waiting period required for full vaccination.
• New hires can request religious or medical exemptions. However, they are ineligible to work while an exemption is under review.

Covid 19 vaccination or acceptable exemption required

About Laurel Health Care

Laurel Health Care Company is a national provider of skilled nursing, subacute, rehabilitative, and assisted living services dedicated to achieving the highest standards of care.

At The Laurels, caring is more than providing excellent medical and guest services. It's also being a companion, and treating each guest with the utmost dignity, respect and compassion. It's what we call "The Laurel Way of Caring", and it comes from within each one of us.

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