Healthcare Director

Harmony Senior Services•Mount Juliet, TN

10h•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 provide quality care and services while ensuring compliance with applicable local, State, and Federal regulations and Harmony Senior Services policies and standards. The HCD evaluates prospective residents before move-in to determine whether their care and service needs can be met, conducts reevaluations as needed, and develops and revises individualized service plans based on each resident’s evaluation, preferences, condition, and applicable regulations. The HCD participates in interdisciplinary reviews of service plans with residents, family members, physicians, healthcare providers, community leaders, and wellness team members. The role also collaborates with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate care. The HCD is responsible for the community’s medication management program, including collaboration with the pharmacy, audits, physician orders, controlled-drug oversight, and other activities that support safe medication use. The HCD supervises medication technicians, Approved Medication Assistive Personnel (AMAP), and other approved and trained unlicensed personnel who administer medications. The HCD provides training and validates skills or observes medication passes as required by State regulations. The role also supervises and trains CNAs and other direct care personnel, delegates within the scope of the HCD’s nursing license, and ensures documentation and the resident care department are survey ready. The HCD participates in developing and following plans of correction, serves as the community’s infection preventionist, and oversees efforts to prevent or limit communicable illness. The HCD monitors resident-care and quality indicators, raises trends in weekly At-Risk or monthly QAPI meetings, and leads hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluation, coaching, and team development. The HCD works with the Executive Director to keep the resident care department within budget and with the Director of Sales and Marketing on external business development opportunities. Other duties may be assigned.

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.
One to two years of experience required.
Current CPR certification.
Ability to work occasional weekends and off-shifts and take after-hours calls 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

Lead resident health and wellness activities and manage day-to-day healthcare operations.
Manage nurses, medication technicians, nursing assistants, and other resident care personnel to support quality care and regulatory compliance.
Evaluate residents before move-in and conduct reevaluations based on residents’ conditions or State regulations.
Develop and revise individualized service plans based on evaluations, resident preferences, changes in condition, and applicable regulations.
Participate in interdisciplinary service-plan reviews with residents, families, physicians, healthcare providers, community leaders, and wellness team members.
Collaborate with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate care and services.
Manage the community medication program, including pharmacy collaboration, audits, physician orders, controlled drugs, and medication safety.
Supervise medication technicians, AMAPs, and other approved and trained personnel who administer resident medications.
Provide training and conduct skill or competency validations and medication-pass observations as required by State regulations.
Supervise and train CNAs and other direct care personnel; delegate within the scope of the nursing license held.
Maintain knowledge of applicable regulations and ensure documentation and the resident care department remain survey ready.
Participate in developing and complying with plans of correction, as applicable.
Serve as the community 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.
Recruit, hire, onboard, train, evaluate, coach, and provide feedback to resident care team members while fostering respect and fairness.
Work with the Executive Director to operate the resident care department within its established budget.
Collaborate with the Director of Sales and Marketing on external business development opportunities.
Perform other duties as assigned.