Director of Staff Development

Grand Lodge, Masonic Homes & Acacia Creek • Union City, CA

46d • $88,000 - $108,000

About The Position

The DSD acts as a primary support to the licensed staff with the management of the resident’s care plan. This position is responsible to organize, assess, direct, plan, develop, and implement all levels of orientation, in-service and continuing education for all SNF employees and to create ways to contribute in making the Masonic Homes a purposeful learning environment by teaching practices that ensure safe, competent and compassionate resident-directed service is provided to all residents. In addition, the DSD responsibilities include development and facilitation of the infection control program for monitoring communicable and/or infectious diseases among residents and personnel. The DSD may perform other job functions as deemed necessary and appropriate or as may be directed by the Administrator and or the Director of Nursing.

Requirements

• Ability to perform nursing care per current community standard for long term care.
• Demonstrates ability to lead and mentor staff. Act as a resource person for all departments during shift within the established facility guidelines.
• Interact effectively with residents, visitors, administration, physicians, and staff
• Knowledge of State and Federal laws and regulations governing Long Term Care.
• Ability to read, write and speak English in a clear manner.
• Ability to understand and respond appropriately to cultural diversity.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications including email; ability to learn company software systems.
• Remain current on training and instructional methodologies, including applicable technology resources available.
• Self-motivated, organized, detailed oriented and require minimal supervision.
• Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities, and to meet simultaneous deadlines.
• Must have the ability to relate professionally and positively and work cooperatively with patients, families, and other employees at all levels.
• Minimum of five year’s clinical experience in acute / long term care.
• Minimum of 3 years Supervisory experience required.
• Currently licensed as LVN or RN to practice in the State of California
• DSD Certification
• Basic Life Support certification (BLS) certification

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of 1 year experience as DSD in a Skilled Nursing Facility, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create opportunities for employees to contribute to Masonic Homes as a purposeful learning organization.
• Provide general orientation, mandatory in-services, continuing education, and other training to meet all department and facility needs and regulatory requirements. Orient new clinical staff, its policies and procedures and to their job duties.
• Coordinates all educational programs for licensed and unlicensed staff.
• Strives to meet the educational needs of staff within the Department of Nursing. Provides an annual calendar of educational activities for staff including educational needs identified by nursing leadership and all relevant quality improvement activities
• Coordinates the Nursing Assistant Certification Program in accordance with state long-term care requirements as needed.
• Assures all necessary mandatory education (fire safety, infection control, residents rights, Hazard communication, sexual harassment, Dementia, and HIPAA etc.) required by regulatory standards are available for all staff; track attendance. Schedule live presentations for mandatory in-services on a rotating basis as needed.
• Maintains all in-service records on all employees in current, neat and orderly fashion, with individual educational profiles on all Nursing Assistants to ensure all 24-hour annual requirements are met.
• Provide BLS, CPR, and First Aid education for direct care staff as required; offer optional training for all other employees.
• Attend and participate in continuing education programs to learn of best practices in greater community as well as to maintain current license.
• Conduct in-services to staff on assigned shift when indicated to ensure compliance with regulations, facility policy or when changes in practice occur.
• Evaluate and monitor the transfer of training to the workplace
• Perform competency skills to assess transfer of safety training to the workplace
• Include the RAI process in training and orientation to assure optimal utilization of services
• Create a comfortable learning environment for staff with interactive, leadership leveling and creative teaching techniques designed to enhance sustained learning.

Benefits

• A work environment focused on teamwork and support
• Excellent health, wage replacement and other benefits for you and your family’s well-being
• A generous contribution to a 401K plan whether or not you participate, and an additional contribution from the company when you participate in the plan
• Investment in your growth through Tuition Reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees