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Summary The Western New York VA Medical Center is seeking a Registered Nurse to work Full Time as the Resident Assessment Coordinator for the Community Living Centers located at the historic Batavia VA. Recruitment Incentive: A recruitment/relocation incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Responsibilities The Resident Assessment Coordinator (Community Living Center) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex resident care. The incumbent will be responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. The RN will assesses, plan, implement, evaluate care based on age specific components, assume responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. The incumbent will administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines, influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team, and execute position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care. Duties include, but are not limited to: Demonstrate performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for CLC residents. Lead the CLC Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)/Minimum Data Set (MDS) program, which includes serving as the Facility Administrator of the RAI/MDS program and MDS software and promoting the application of the RAI/MDS Assessment for resident care planning. Direct the RAI/MDS RN who is responsible for coding for nursing assigned sections and Care Area Assessments (CAAs). Identify CLC Interdisciplinary Team members to conduct the interrater reliability reviews, which must be conducted, at a minimum, quarterly. Collaborate with CLC management or charge nurse to support the CLC Interdisciplinary Team members conducting the interrater reliability review, at a minimum, quarterly, which assesses the accuracy of the RAI/MDS Assessment and reporting trends of errors identified. Complete the interrater reliability quarterly report and submitting it to the CLC leadership team. In the absence of a CLC MDS RN, the CLC RAC must document and take corrective action when notified of any discrepancies in coding or documentation during the inter-rater reliability review. Download, validate, and distribute quality management and Resource Utilization Group (RUG) reports and distributing them to the CLC Interdisciplinary Team and leadership. Assisting with continued survey readiness for the annual unannounced survey process and Interim Quality Oversight survey readiness for the CLC. Ensure the CLC meets regulatory guidelines for scheduling quarterly and comprehensive MDS assessments as outlined in the MDS guidelines, and provide peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement. All other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full Time. Day Tour (7:30 am - 4:00 pm / Monday - Friday) Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Ad-hoc authorized per agency policy Virtual: This is not a virtual position Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package VA Nurse Total Rewards that includes: Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. 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