Registered Nurse - New Albany, IN, United States - Charlestown Place at New Albany – Exceptional Living Centers

Description

Develops and completes resident assessments and care plans by performing the following duties:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Develops and completes resident assessments. evaluates the condition, medical background, and special assessment/activities of each resident. Assist with plans of care.

This includes but is not limited to:

ensuring timely completion of comprehensive care plan for each resident, which is designed to meet medical, nursing, mental, and psychosocial needs, and includes measurable objectives to meet such needs; and ensuring care plan is evaluated and revised for each assessment or status change, including discharge; coordinating timely review of each resident's care plan by interdisciplinary team.

coordinating Medicare and payer coverage; analyzing clinical financial issues for the RAI process; communicating concerns to appropriate staff; setting the ARD to maximize reimbursement and care need, and assisting with coding; ensuring documentation supports covered services per Medicare charting guidelines.

Communicates with assessment team regarding complete and accurate assessment functions to support billing.
Act as Chairperson of the Interdisciplinary Care Plan Team. Works with Interdisciplinary Care Plan Team in developing a comprehensive resident assessment and care plan for each resident. Provides training to staff in regard to RAI process. Performs quality assessment and assurance functions.

This includes but is not limited to:
conducting ongoing review of quality regarding resident assessment/care plans; communicating results of internal and/or external audits to staff.

Assists in developing and updating assessment and care plan policies and procedures to reflect the philosophy of the facility, professional standards, and legal requirements.

Participates with Executive Director and/or Director of Nursing/designee in survey processes by: instructing staff regarding conduct and disclosure, reporting, being present at all times surveyors are on-site, directing prompt responses to requests for information, and undertaking corrective action, if appropriate.

Carries out responsibilities in compliance with federal, state, local laws and regulations, and with facility philosophy, policies and procedures.

Ability to read and interpret technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from residents, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.

Must be able to speak, understand and read the English language to the extent necessary to safely and properly care for residents.

Ability to organize, document, and implement detailed programs.

This position requires standing, sitting, stooping, pushing, pulling, lifting up to 75 pounds or more, bending, climbing, twisting upper body, walking, running, carrying, listening, talking, use of telephone, and exposure to medical equipment and persons with risk of illness.

Completion of registered nursing program. Experience with MDS, resident assessments, care plans and RAPS preferred.


CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
Registered nursing license per facility requirements.
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