Dir of Health Wellness

Elegance•Louisville, KY

About The Position

The Director of Health and Wellness oversees resident health evaluations, ongoing health monitoring, care conferences, service plans, clinical quality improvement, and compliance with applicable regulations. The role supervises Assisted Living and Memory Support personnel, including hiring, coaching, scheduling, training, evaluations, and disciplinary actions. The Director works closely with the Executive Director and the Support Center on audits, incident investigations, safety, and operational priorities, and helps foster a positive, collaborative community environment. Other duties may be assigned or needed.

Responsibilities

Conduct thorough health evaluations for new residents upon move-in.
Monitor current residents’ health through evaluations and care conferences, scheduled quarterly or more often as needed.
Monitor resident evaluations and service plans for team compliance, including medication side effects, programming, meals, complaints, cognition and behavioral expressions, activities of daily living, and special requests.
Review daily alert charting and initiate actions as needed to improve residents’ health status.
Coordinate and attend resident care conferences and service plan reviews to help ensure plans meet residents’ needs.
Respond immediately to suspected resident abuse, conduct a thorough investigation, and notify appropriate parties.
Supervise Assisted Living and Memory Support personnel, including hiring, coaching, orientation, scheduling, and training.
Conduct team member evaluations in accordance with company policies and procedures, and communicate employee relations issues to the Executive Director.
Perform and document verbal and written disciplinary actions for supervised staff in accordance with company policies and procedures.
Attend daily management meetings, staff meetings, and other meetings as delegated by the Executive Director, including support group meetings, council of elders meetings, and family night gatherings.
Work with the Executive Director and the Support Center to conduct required audits of community operational systems.
Review incident reports, conduct investigations, develop or report corrective actions as required, and forward incidents to the Regional Director, Health and Wellness.
Work with the Executive Director to ensure continuous quality improvement activity in the building.
Help identify and prioritize service-related issues, ensure community CQI activities meet quarterly meeting goals, and document quality-improvement plans.
Conduct clinical audits in the community to provide additional CQI focus as required or requested by the management company.
Support the Executive Director in maintaining compliance with applicable local, state, federal, and licensing requirements related to clinical and risk management activities, including HIPAA, OSHA, and state survey issues.
Ensure employees work safely and address unsafe actions; comply with Safety Committee Standards.
Foster teamwork, show initiative in overcoming obstacles, assist others beyond assigned responsibilities, and positively affect co-workers, residents, and visitors.
Perform other duties as assigned or needed.