Assistant Wellness Director (LPN)

Monarch Communities • Phoenixville, PA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Led by the community's Health and Wellness Director (RN), the Assistant Wellness Director supervises the day-to-day nursing activities performed by care staff of Certified Nursing Assistants. This role involves assisting in the planning, development, organization, implementation, and evaluation of the department and its programs, ensuring compliance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines. The position also entails developing and maintaining policies and procedures, making reports and recommendations, coordinating nursing services with other resident services, and implementing a quality assurance program. The Assistant Wellness Director is expected to develop short and long-term plans for the department and function as a role model in care delivery, providing advanced clinical expertise.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing, with current LPN license
• At least 2 years’ experience with long-term care, assisted living, home health or hospital setting preferred
• Experience working with residents with Alzheimer’s or other related dementias
• Ability to handle multiple tasks
• Knowledge of federal and state regulations, and of nursing practices, techniques and methods applied to health and wellness resident
• Proficiency in computer skills, Microsoft Office (Windows, Outlook, Excel) with the ability to learn new applications

Responsibilities

• Assists the Wellness Director in planning, developing, organizing, implementing and evaluating the department as well as its programs and activities, in accordance with current rules, regulations and guidelines that govern the facility.
• Assists in developing, maintaining and periodically assisting in updating written policies and procedures that govern the day-to-day functions of the Wellness Department and defines the nursing service objectives and philosophies.
• Assists the Wellness Director in making written and oral reports/recommendations to the Executive Director as necessary/required, concerning the operation of the department.
• Develops methods for coordination of nursing services with other resident services to ensure the continuity of the resident’s total regimen of care.
• Develops, implements and maintains an ongoing quality assurance program for the department based upon clinical indicators, Brandywine monthly quality Indicator report and identified issues/problems.
• Develops short and long-term plans for the departments that are compatible with those of the center and Brandywine Living.
• Functions as a role model in care delivery and provide high level of current, research based, clinical expertise and advanced clinical decision.

Benefits

• Health Insurance: Medical/Rx, Dental, and Vision
• Ancillary Benefits: Life Insurance/AD&D, Short Term Disability and Long-Term disability
• Basic Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• FSA (Commuter/Parking)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) Retirement with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Resident Referral Bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree