The Colony Healthcare Center, a member of the CommuniCare Family of Companies, is currently recruiting for an RN or LPN with MDS experience to join our team. Candidate must be thoroughly familiar with Medicaid/Medicare guidelines and regulations. Experience with MDS 3.0 system required.

The RN/LPN MDS Nurse must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to multitask and oversee functions at the facility on a daily basis. 1 - 2 years of MDS experience is required, preferably in a Long Term Care or Rehab environment.

The position of RN/LPN MDS Nurse ensures a coordination of quality care to residents, from pre-admission through discharge. A primary focus is the resident assessment process, which includes individual assessment, MDS assessment, and resident plan of care. The RN/LPN MDS Nurse manages the resources provided to residents and coordinates the entire continuum of care.

The RN/LPN MDS Nurse’s responsibilities include:

• Provide accurate documentation of all services in order to assure accurate reimbursement from all payor sources.
• Ensure that needed resources are available and that quality care is delivered to all residents
• Coordinate professional nursing care to residents.
• Coordinate the development of a written care plan and assessment for each resident and review and revise as appropriate.
• Work with established departmental, center and corporate policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, and safety environment.
• Participate in and provide scheduled training, educational classes, and orientation programs to maintain licensure of self and certification of team members and enhance quality of care.
• *Must have or be willing to receive the COVID vaccine.* Due to the vulnerability of the patients we care for and the fact that most cases of COVID-19 are brought into the facility from unvaccinated staff, it is important for our staff to be willing to obtain the COVID vaccine.

COVID Vaccines are available for CommuniCare employees. In conjunction with our pharmacy partners , we are currently offering free COVID vaccines to employees! You can protect yourself, your family, and your community from COVID by getting vaccinated at no charge.

Benefits

As a CommuniCare employee you will enjoy competitive wages and PTO plans. We offer full time employees a menu of benefit options from life and disability plans to medical, dental, and vision coverage from quality benefit carriers. We also offer 401(k) with employer match and Flexible Spending Accounts.

About Us

A family-owned company, we have grown to become one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute care, which includes skilled nursing rehabilitation centers, long-term care centers, assisted living communities, independent rehabilitation centers and long-term acute care hospitals (LTACH). Since 1984, we have provided superior, comprehensive management services for the development and management of adult living communities. We have a single job description at CommuniCare, "to reach out with our hearts and touch the heart’s of others." Through this effort we create "Caring Communities" where staff, residents, clients and family members care for and about one another.

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