Health and Wellness Director

The Health and Wellness Director/DON is responsible for supporting the overall resident care and program over the facility. This position will be a strategic member of our management team, developing and implementing initiatives to enhance our residents health and well-being, educating associates on resident care policies and protocol, promoting and improving resident, family and employee engagement. Assuring regulatory compliance and maximizing the quality and profitability of our care services.

Essential Duties

• Performs quality assurance audits, devises plans of corrective action and preventative measures for resident well-being.
• Coordinates and evaluates resident care activities to ensure a balanced and adequate program, and to formulate a progressive program designed to meet changing needs of residents.
• Keeps up to date with and ensures the campus is operating within regulatory compliance.
• Assists in the development and implementation of training programs for direct care staff.
• Works jointly with pharmacy and trained staff to ensure accurate and timely dispensing of medications to residents , as well as accurate Medication Administration Records.
• Establishes and implements operational policies for resident care, aligning protocol with state specific regulations.
• Responsible for the recruitment and selection of Direct Care Staff.
• Works with the Executive Director to develop, implement and update staffing patterns and standards that are consistent with community census, care level needs and regulatory compliance.
• Be an active member of state and national senior/assisted living organizations to promote and to keep abreast of current trends and topics.
• Assists the Executive Director in evaluating the performance of these positions and provides ongoing feedback to the ED to allow them to effectively evaluate, coach and support the care team.

Qualifications

• LPN License 
• Analytical ability and experience evaluating staffing costs to care revenue and maximizing productivity and profitability.
• Must have experience working in a senior living community. 
• Demonstrated working knowledge and experience working with geriatric nursing and care services for a wide variety of residents.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of audiences, both internal and external.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Able to work occasional nights/weekends as required and to be on-call via telephone for nursing related emergencies.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk and sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and depth perception.