NURSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST - MDS

Requisition No: 862344 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: NURSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST - MDS

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 50556088 

Salary:  $72,113.08 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 10/14/2025 

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Requisition #862344 

NURSING PROGRAM SPECIALIST / MDS

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Alwyn C. Cashe State Veterans' Nursing Home

Orlando, Orange County, FL.

Annual Salary:  $72,113.08

Paid Bi-Weekly 

 

The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is an agency dedicated to serving those who served the U.S.  We are seeking a motivated and dynamic individual to join our team. 

 

EXCELLENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Benefits are prepaid): 

• Competitive Wage Scale
• Choice of Insurance plans - HMO or PPO
• Health Insurance - Individual Plan $50 per MONTH
• Health Insurance - Family Plan $180 per MONTH
• Spouse Program: If you and your spouse work full-time for the State of Florida, the cost of your family health insurance premiums will be at a reduced rate. Both spouses must be members of the same insurance plan.
• Life, Dental, Vision and much more offered
• The Florida Retirement System (FRS) offers two retirement plans - the Investment Plan and the Pension Plan
• The Florida Deferred Compensation Plan is a 457b pre-tax retirement program
• Vacation Leave
• Sick Leave
• Nine paid holidays
• Tuition Waiver Program for full time employees- up to 6 credit hours each semester

 

*Education and employment history must be verifiable.  Please attach any credentials you claim (degrees, certifications, etc.) to your application.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse
• Valid CPR card
• Must possess a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in nursing or a related field and two (2) years of nursing experience or have six (6) years of professional nursing experience or possess an associate degree and have four (4) years of professional nursing experience.
• Successful completion of the employment screening to include, but not limited to, a national background check and drug test.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least one (1) year experience working in a long-term care facility with a geriatric population
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, especially Outlook, Word and Excel
• Basic experience and familiarity with MDS 
• Experience conducting RAI-MDS assessments and compiling data reports based on those assessments
• MDS Certification

 

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The incumbent is responsible for scheduling and/or overseeing scheduling of all resident MDS assessments to assure timeliness. Coordinate and oversee all functions of the MDS assessment process to ensure compliance with Federal and State requirements. Reports to the Director of Nursing.

• Participate in resident level of care determination upon admission, participate in tracking changes in residents’ level of care to assure timely scheduling of MDS assessments and be familiar with reside