Healthcare Director

Harmony Senior Services•Mechanicsburg, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Health Care Director (HCD) leads health and wellness activities for the community’s residents and manages day-to-day healthcare operations. As the community clinical leader, the HCD manages nurses, medication technicians, and nursing assistants to deliver quality care and services while ensuring compliance with applicable local, state, and federal regulations and Harmony Senior Services policies and standards. The HCD assesses residents before move-in and as needed, develops and updates individual service plans, and works with residents, families, physicians, interdisciplinary teams, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers to coordinate care. The role oversees the community’s medication management program, staff who administer medications, and direct-care personnel, including training and competency validation. The HCD also serves as the community infection preventionist, monitors care and quality indicators, supports regulatory readiness and corrective plans, develops the resident care team, and collaborates with community leadership on budgeting and business development.

Requirements

Current, valid, unencumbered RN or LPN license in accordance with state regulations and requirements.
Completion of any state-required training courses related to nursing practice in assisted living.
Ability to think critically and apply nursing-process knowledge and principles to promote safe, quality care.
1–2 years of experience required.
Current CPR certification.
Ability to work occasional weekends and off-shifts, and take calls after hours as needed.
Ability to lift, carry, and push up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Three or more years of experience preferred.
Supervisory or management experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess residents before move-in to determine whether their care and service needs can be met, and conduct reevaluations as needed.
Develop and revise individualized resident service plans based on evaluations, resident preferences, changes in condition, and state regulations.
Participate in interdisciplinary reviews of resident service plans to ensure care needs are accurately reflected and resident safety and satisfaction are promoted.
Coordinate care with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare team members.
Oversee the community medication management program, including pharmacy collaboration, audits, physician orders, controlled drugs, and medication-use safety and regulatory compliance.
Supervise medication technicians, Approved Medication Assistive Personnel (AMAP), and other authorized personnel who administer medications; provide training and competency validation or medication pass observations as required.
Supervise and train CNAs and other direct-care personnel to ensure residents’ assessed needs are met.
Delegate tasks appropriately and within the scope of the HCD’s nursing license.
Maintain knowledge of applicable regulations, ensure documentation meets requirements, keep the resident care department survey-ready, and participate in plans of correction as applicable.
Serve as the community’s infection preventionist and oversee measures to prevent or limit communicable illness.
Monitor resident care and quality indicators, identify trends, and discuss them at weekly At-Risk or monthly QAPI meetings.
Build and develop the resident care team through interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluation, coaching, feedback, and fostering a respectful and fair culture.
Collaborate with the Executive Director to operate the resident care department within budget.
Collaborate with the Director of Sales and Marketing on external business development opportunities.
Perform other duties as assigned.