Healthcare Director / Director of Nursing

Harmony Senior Services•Douglasville, GA

4d•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 and current residents, develops and revises individualized service plans, and participates in interdisciplinary reviews with residents, families, physicians, healthcare providers, and community team members. The role collaborates with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, and healthcare teams to coordinate care. The HCD oversees the community medication management program, including pharmacy collaboration, audits, physician orders, controlled drugs, staff supervision, training, and competency validation. The HCD also supervises and trains direct care personnel, delegates within the scope of the nursing license, maintains regulatory compliance and survey readiness, and participates in plans of correction when applicable. The position serves as the community’s infection preventionist, monitors resident care and quality indicators, and contributes to improvement discussions at weekly At-Risk meetings or monthly QAPI meetings. The HCD builds and develops the resident care team through hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluation, coaching, and feedback. The role collaborates with the Executive Director on budget management and with the Director of Sales and Marketing on external business development. 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.
1–2 years of experience required.
Current CPR certification required.
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 health and wellness activities and manage day-to-day healthcare operations for the community’s resident population.
Manage nurses, medication technicians, and nursing assistants in the provision of quality care and services.
Evaluate residents before move-in and conduct reevaluations as indicated by residents’ conditions or state regulations.
Develop and revise individualized resident service plans based on assessments, resident preferences, and applicable regulations.
Participate in interdisciplinary service-plan reviews with residents, families, physicians, healthcare providers, and community team members.
Collaborate with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, and healthcare teams to promote coordinated care and services.
Manage the community’s medication program, including pharmacy collaboration, audits, physician orders, controlled drugs, and medication safety compliance.
Supervise medication technicians, AMAPs, and other approved unlicensed personnel who administer medications; provide training and validate competency as required.
Supervise and train CNAs and other direct care personnel, and delegate within the scope of the nursing license held.
Maintain knowledge of applicable regulations, ensure documentation compliance and survey readiness, and participate in plans of correction as applicable.
Serve as the community’s infection preventionist and oversee activities to prevent or limit the spread of 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.
Collaborate 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.