Wellness Director ~ RN/LPN ~ Senior Living Community ~ Denver

Morningstar Senior Living • Denver, CO

89d • $95,000 - $100,000

About The Position

The Wellness Director oversees the day-to-day healthcare operations of the community support services and directly supervises the health care given, assesses health, functional and psycho-social status of residents, initiates individualized service plans, proactively manages care and services for each resident, evaluates effectiveness and maximizes the resident's opportunity to remain in the assisted living environment. The Wellness Director promotes the residents' health and wellness through regular visits with each resident, resident assessment, and ongoing communication with the resident, resident's family and MorningStar care team.

Requirements

• Current Nursing License issued by appropriate state licensing agency and must have a First Aid certification as required (LPN or RN).
• Minimum of 1 year of experience working with the elderly in an assisted living, skilled nursing or hospital environment preferred.
• Knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in administering simple treatments and providing related resident-care service.
• Understanding of standard techniques used in providing personal services for resident and in caring for equipment and supplies.
• Good understanding of basis of universal precautions to avoid infection of residents and self or contamination of equipment and supplies.
• Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of situations according to MorningStar standards and the Nurse Practice Act.
• Good communication skills and ability to effectively communicate in English and understand and follow written and oral direction.
• Basic typing skills along with a working knowledge of personal computing and word processing software.

Nice To Haves

• Continuing Education as required by law and attendance in-service educations within the community.

Responsibilities

• Manage the staffing needs of the Assisted Living/Memory Care Community by interviewing, hiring, training, and supervising the Assisted Living Coordinator, Reflections Coordinator, and MCMs.
• Manage the health care of all residents, including the dissemination of information to families, staff, physicians, and third party providers.
• Perform on-site assessments of residents admitted to hospitals or skilled nursing facilities for treatment, and maintain contact with resident's family and discharge planner.
• Complete pre-admission assessments for each resident and update every six months or as needed with change of condition.
• Initiate resident negotiated service plans according to the individualized needs of the resident as prescribed by physician and/or community policy.
• Provide resident and family instruction, seeking input from the resident and family in the development of the negotiated service plan.
• Perform ongoing assessments of residents' physical and psycho-social needs and coordinate with other departments to assure proactive quality care.
• Order medications and oversee the resident's medication schedule for residents receiving medication administration services.
• Ensure all infection control guidelines are met.
• Perform on-call duties for staffing & scheduling and work as MCM when other MCM's are not available.

Benefits

• Health Insurance offerings such as medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Other Insurance offerings such as life, disability, accident, and critical illness insurance.
• 401k plan with matching HSA options.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Paid sick, vacation and birthday.
• Career development programs and opportunity for advancement.
• Charitable and philanthropic opportunities.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Free shift meal.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree