Asst Dir of Health Well

Elegance•Delray Beach, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Director of Health and Wellness is responsible for overseeing the health and wellness of residents, managing staff, ensuring compliance with regulations, and contributing to quality improvement initiatives within the community. This role involves direct resident care, staff supervision, investigation of incidents, and collaboration with the Executive Director and other departments.

Requirements

Performs thorough health evaluation on all new residents upon move-in to the community.
Monitors the health status of all current residents through evaluations and care conferences scheduled quarterly or more frequently as required.
Monitors resident evaluations and service plans for team compliance. Monitoring includes, but is not limited to: medication side effects, programming, meals, complaints, cognition and behavioral expressions, ADLs and special requests.
Reads all alert charting from daily report and initiates actions as required to improve resident’s health status.
Coordinates and attends resident care conferences and service plan reviews with a focus on assuring service plans are developed to meet the resident needs.
Reacts immediately to suspected resident abuse including a thorough investigation and notification of appropriate parties.
Supervises all Assisted Living and Memory Support personnel. This includes: hiring, coaching, orientation, scheduling, and training of staff.
Provides team member evaluations per Company policies and procedures and communicates all employee relations issues to Executive Director.
Performs all necessary verbal and written disciplinary actions required of supervised staff, and ensures documentation and process meets Company policies and procedures.
Attends daily management meetings, staff meetings, and other meetings as delegated by the Executive Director, such as: support group meetings, council of elders meetings, and attendance at family night gatherings.
Works with Executive Director and The Support Center to conduct community audits as required of current operational systems including review of swing and night shifts to monitor staff compliance with policy and procedure and to ensure community security.
Reviews all incident reports, conducts investigations and reports/plans corrective action as required.
Works with Executive Director to ensure there is Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activity in the building.
Works with Executive Director to identify and set priorities to resolve service-related issues, ensure CQI activities within the community meet quarterly meeting goals, and document plans to improve quality.
Provides additional areas of CQI focus through clinical audits performed in the community as required and requested by the management company.
Supports Executive Director in maintaining compliance with all local, state, federal, and licensing rules and regulations associated with the licensure of the building as they pertain to clinical and risk management activities. This includes HIPAA, OSHA, and State Survey issues, etc., that apply to the specific location of the property.
Ensures all employees work in a safe manner and that unsafe actions are managed.
Compliant with Safety Committee Standards.
Fosters teamwork with co-workers, shows initiative in overcoming obstacles, takes actions which assist others beyond job responsibilities, and has a positive impact on co-workers, residents, and visitors.
Performs other duties as assigned or needed.

Responsibilities

Performs thorough health evaluations on new residents upon move-in.
Monitors the health status of current residents through evaluations and care conferences.
Monitors resident evaluations and service plans for team compliance, including medication side effects, programming, meals, complaints, cognition, behavioral expressions, ADLs, and special requests.
Reads daily reports and initiates actions to improve resident health status.
Coordinates and attends resident care conferences and service plan reviews.
Reacts immediately to suspected resident abuse, conducting investigations and notifying appropriate parties.
Supervises all Assisted Living and Memory Support personnel, including hiring, coaching, orientation, scheduling, and training.
Conducts team member evaluations and communicates employee relations issues to the Executive Director.
Performs necessary verbal and written disciplinary actions for supervised staff, ensuring documentation meets company policies.
Attends daily management meetings, staff meetings, and other delegated meetings.
Works with the Executive Director and The Support Center to conduct community audits of operational systems, including swing and night shifts.
Reviews incident reports, conducts investigations, and plans corrective actions.
Works with the Executive Director to ensure Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) activity.
Identifies and sets priorities to resolve service-related issues and improve quality.
Supports the Executive Director in maintaining compliance with all local, state, federal, and licensing rules and regulations, including HIPAA, OSHA, and State Survey issues.
Ensures all employees work in a safe manner and that unsafe actions are managed.
Fosters teamwork, shows initiative, assists others, and has a positive impact on co-workers, residents, and visitors.
Performs other duties as assigned or needed.