Assisted Living Nursing Director RN LPN

Prestige Care • Newberg, OR

140d

About The Position

The Health Services Director oversees the health services department and ensures resident care needs are met by coordinating resident care, managing health services systems, and providing supervision to health services team members. Promotes a positive physical and psychosocial environment for the residents.

Requirements

• Must have a current, unencumbered LPN/LVN or RN license in the state you are practicing. RN strongly preferred.
• Experience in geriatric nursing, medication administration, case management, training/staff development, budgets, and team management preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Associate Degree in Nursing or Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Responsibilities

• Creates a resident-centered approach to the planning and delivery of services to residents, supporting residents' rights to participate in decision-making and treating residents with dignity and respect.
• Performs assessments on health, functional and psychosocial status of residents. Participates in the development of individualized service plans.
• Proactively manages care and services for each resident, maximizing the resident's opportunity to remain in the assisted living environment.
• Assesses or evaluates residents with reported changes of condition. Provides team member direction, service planning, and coordination of care to meet the residents changing needs.
• Collaborates with the management team on the move in of prospective residents, taking into consideration the needs of the prospective resident, current community acuity, and staffing levels.
• Ensures that resident care needs are met by coordinating services with other professionals, including physicians, discharge planners, nurses, home health agency staff, case managers, hospice, and state agency personnel.
• Communicates regularly with residents' families regarding health care needs. Provides education and support to residents and families.
• Provides supervision and training to health services team members including personal care and medication management.
• Partners in the investigation and root cause analysis of incidents. Collaborates with the management team on the development and implementation of appropriate interventions.
• Oversees the documentation and communication of resident care and services. Ensures resident records are completed in a timely manner and maintained according to company policies and state regulations.
• Assists in the management of Infection Control. Provides training to staff on infection control practices, investigates, and reports incidents of infection and tracks infection data.
• Manages and oversees health services systems. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of all rules, regulations and policies pertaining to resident care.
• Provides on-call support and phone triage for team members' questions regarding resident concerns.
• Participates in leadership team by actively contributing in decision making, incident follow up, building and company-wide initiatives.
• Acts as an ambassador of Prestige by representing the community in a positive manner to outside agencies and participating in community events and social functions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Industry: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
• Education Level: Associate degree