Associate Healthcare Director

Harmony Senior Services•Hershey, PA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Healthcare Director (AHCD) assists the community’s Healthcare Director in leading resident health and wellness activities and ensuring that 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 prospective residents before move-in and reevaluates residents as needed, develops and revises individualized service plans, and coordinates care with physicians, pharmacists, third-party healthcare providers, and other members of the healthcare team. The AHCD participates in overseeing medication management, supports medication safety through training and audits, and helps ensure resident evaluations and documentation meet regulatory requirements and that the department remains survey-ready. The AHCD helps maintain infection-control standards, trains and validates the skills of resident-care staff, and supports hiring, onboarding, and coaching. The position also contributes to community and resident-care meetings, promotes collaboration and teamwork, communicates with residents’ families, and helps address questions and concerns. The AHCD partners with the Harmony Square Director and Healthcare Director on behavior expressions and the wellness needs of Harmony Square residents, completes required training, and performs other assigned duties.

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.
1–2 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.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Evaluate prospective residents before move-in to determine whether their care and service needs can be met in the community.
Reevaluate residents as indicated by their condition or state regulations.
Develop and revise individualized resident service plans based on evaluations and residents’ stated preferences.
Coordinate care and services with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, third-party healthcare providers, and other healthcare team members.
Participate in oversight of the community’s medication management program.
Collaborate with the pharmacy, train medication technicians, validate their skills, conduct routine audits, and perform other medication-safety activities.
Maintain working knowledge of applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
Ensure resident evaluations and documentation meet requirements and work with the Healthcare Director to 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 illness.
Train and validate the skills of medication technicians, personal care aides, and others to promote safe resident care.
Participate in hiring as needed, including conducting interviews and providing onboarding training and coaching to new resident-care team members.
Participate in community and resident-care meetings when the Healthcare Director 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.
Act as Manager-on-Duty on selected weekends and be available on-call after hours.
Carry out other duties as assigned.