Healthcare Director

Harmony Senior Services•Mechanicsburg, PA

11h•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 oversees nurses, medication technicians, and nursing assistants in providing 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 and reevaluates residents as their condition or state regulations require. The director develops and revises individualized service plans based on assessments and residents’ preferences, and participates in interdisciplinary reviews with residents, family members, physicians, community leaders, third-party medical providers, and wellness team members. The role collaborates with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers to coordinate care. The HCD is responsible for the community medication management program, including pharmacy collaboration, audits, physician orders, controlled-drug oversight, and supervision and training of personnel who administer medications. The director also supervises and trains CNAs and other direct-care staff, delegates within the scope of the nursing license, and maintains regulatory knowledge and survey readiness. The HCD serves as the community’s infection preventionist, monitors care and quality indicators, participates in quality-improvement discussions, develops the resident-care team, and collaborates with the Executive Director on budgeting and the Director of Sales and Marketing on 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.
One to two 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 resident health and wellness activities and manage day-to-day healthcare operations.
Manage and supervise nurses, medication technicians, nursing assistants, and other resident-care personnel.
Evaluate prospective residents before move-in and conduct reevaluations when residents’ conditions or regulations require.
Develop and revise individualized resident service plans based on assessments and resident preferences.
Participate in interdisciplinary service-plan reviews with residents, families, physicians, community leaders, third-party medical providers, and wellness team members.
Collaborate with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers to coordinate care and services.
Manage the community’s medication program, including pharmacy collaboration, audits, physician orders, and controlled-drug oversight.
Supervise medication technicians, Approved Medication Assistive Personnel (AMAP), and other approved personnel who administer medications.
Train staff and conduct skill or competency validation and medication-pass observations in accordance with state regulations.
Train and oversee CNAs and other direct-care personnel to ensure residents’ assessed needs are met.
Delegate appropriately and within the scope of the nursing license held.
Maintain knowledge of applicable regulations, ensure documentation compliance, and keep the resident-care department survey ready.
Participate in developing and complying with 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 meetings or monthly QAPI meetings.
Build and develop the resident-care team by interviewing, hiring, onboarding, training, evaluating, coaching, and providing feedback to associates.
Foster a culture of 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.