Associate Healthcare Director

Harmony Senior Services•Glenshaw, PA

About The Position

The Associate Healthcare Director (AHCD) assists the community’s Healthcare Director in leading health and wellness activities for residents and ensuring the resident care department operates efficiently and effectively. The AHCD helps lead medication technicians and nursing assistants in providing quality care and services while maintaining compliance with applicable local, State, and Federal regulations and Harmony Senior Services policies and standards. The role evaluates residents before move-in and as needed, develops and revises individualized service plans, and collaborates with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, third-party healthcare providers, and other healthcare team members to coordinate care. It also supports oversight of the medication management program through collaboration with the pharmacy, med tech training and skill validation, routine audits, and other medication-safety activities. The AHCD maintains knowledge of applicable regulations, ensures resident evaluations and documentation meet requirements, and works with the HCD to keep the resident care department survey-ready. The role supports plans of correction, infection control, training and validation for care staff, hiring and onboarding, and community and resident care meetings when the HCD is unavailable. It promotes teamwork, maintains positive relationships with community team members, communicates with residents’ families, responds to concerns, and helps solve problems. The AHCD completes required training and partners with the Harmony Square Director and HCD on behavior expressions and the wellness needs of Harmony Square residents. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Current, valid, unencumbered license to practice as an RN or LPN in the State where the community is located.
Nursing education or area of study.
One to two years of experience required.
Current CPR certification required.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including day, evening, and night shifts and weekends.
Ability to be on-call after hours and act as Manager-on-Duty on selected weekends.

Nice To Haves

Three or more years of experience preferred.
Experience caring for geriatric individuals and people with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist the Healthcare Director in leading community health and wellness activities and ensuring efficient, effective resident care operations.
Help lead medication technicians and nursing assistants in providing quality care and services in compliance with regulations and company policies and standards.
Evaluate residents before move-in and conduct re-evaluations as indicated by resident condition or State regulations.
Develop individualized service plans based on evaluations and residents’ preferences, and revise plans as needed.
Collaborate with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, third-party healthcare providers, and other healthcare team members to coordinate care and services.
Participate in oversight of the medication management program, collaborate with the pharmacy, train and validate med tech skills, and conduct routine audits and other medication-safety activities.
Maintain working knowledge of applicable local, State, and Federal regulations; ensure evaluations and documentation meet requirements; and help keep the resident care department survey-ready.
Participate in developing and complying with plans of correction, as applicable.
Maintain infection control standards to prevent or limit the spread of communicable infectious illness.
Provide training and skill validation for med techs, personal care aides, and others to promote safe resident care.
Participate in hiring as needed, including interviews and onboarding training and coaching for new resident care team members.
Participate in community and resident care meetings when the HCD is unavailable.
Promote collaboration and teamwork and maintain positive working relationships with community team members.
Communicate compassionately and regularly with residents’ families, respond promptly to questions or concerns, and participate in problem-solving.
Complete all required State and Harmony initial, annual, and other training.
Partner with the Harmony Square Director and Healthcare Director on behavior expressions and the wellness needs of Harmony Square residents.
Carry out other duties as assigned.
Work a flexible schedule that may include day, evening, and night shifts and weekends; be available for after-hours on-call duties and act as Manager-on-Duty on selected weekends.