Interim Health Services Director

Prestige Care•Tillamook, OR

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Interim Health Services Director role is a temporary position overseeing the health services department. This role ensures resident care needs are met by conducting assessments, developing care plans, coordinating resident care, managing health services systems, and providing supervision and teaching to health services team members in an assisted living/memory care community. This is a leadership position with schedule flexibility, Monday-Friday, day shift. The role involves coaching and teaching unlicensed staff. The organization has a strong promote-from-within culture and offers a robust benefits package. A comprehensive month-long onboarding and training program is provided, along with accessible regional support staff.

Requirements

Current, unencumbered LPN/LVN or RN license
Associates Degree, or Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing

Nice To Haves

RN license strongly preferred
Experience in geriatric nursing
Experience in medication administration
Experience in case management
Experience in training/staff development
Experience with budgets
Experience with team management

Responsibilities

Create a resident-centered approach to the planning and delivery of services to residents, supporting residents’ rights to participate in decision-making and treating residents with dignity and respect.
Perform assessments on health, functional and psychosocial status of residents. Participates in the development of individualized service plans. Proactively manages care and services for each resident, maximizing the resident’s opportunity to remain in the assisted living environment. Problem-solves as part of the management team to case manage and meet the needs of residents.
Assess and evaluate residents with reported changes of condition. Provides team member direction, service planning and coordination of care to meet the residents changing needs.
Collaborate with the management team on the move in of prospective residents, taking into consideration the needs of the prospective resident, current community acuity and staffing levels. Provides in-person pre-move in assessments if necessary.
Ensure that resident care needs are met by coordinating services with other professionals, including physicians, discharge planners, nurses, home health agency staff, case managers, hospice and state agency personnel. Oversees the arrangement of ancillary services such as pharmacy, podiatry, lab, and x-ray as needed.
Communicate regularly with residents’ families regarding health care needs. Provides education and support to residents and families.
Provide supervision and training to health services team members including personal care and medication management. Manages the delegation of nursing tasks as allowed under applicable state nursing laws and practice acts.