Wellness Director

• Exhibits leadership qualities and communicates professionally with employees, residents, family and/or responsible parties, and other healthcare professionals.
• Overall supervision, provision, and quality of nursing and supportive services for the Community.
• Perform assessments of residents and identify needs related to the physiological, psychological, environmental, and social needs upon move in and when a change of condition has occurred.
• Ensure routine resident assessments are met on a quarterly basis.
• Ensure the resident safety needs are met, utilizing specific assessment and evaluation tools.
• Oversee and participate in the development of care plans.
• Ensures communication or residents are reported to families and/or responsible parties, physicians, Executive Director, and State, as necessary.
• Investigate incidents and behavior changes that require a licensed nurse assessment and document all incidents and changes in the resident’s progress notes.
• Perform medication room and medication cart audits as needed.
• Monitor the 24-hour communications and alert system for compliance. Appropriately and timely assess residents who have been put on alert status. Remove residents from alert after appropriate assessment of their condition.
• Review all physician’s transcriptions, progress notes, discharge orders, move in orders, and hospital notes.
• Assist the Executive Director to ensure that policies, procedures, and state regulations are being followed.
• Hires, trains, and evaluates all health services employees ensuring that all direct care staff are compliant with state required training.
• Participates in new employee orientation and monthly in-services.
• Responsible for staff scheduling to ensure there is adequate coverage to meet resident care needs, supply purchasing, budgetary forecasting, and compliance.
• Ensure residents are provided privacy, respect, and dignity.
• Follows standard precautions and infection control procedures.
• Completes state required training upon hire and annually.

• Possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma or equivalent.
• A current license in the state of employment.
• A minimum of one (1) year prior nursing experience in a senior living community or related business preferred.
• Basic computer skills.
• Must be able to speak, read, and write in the English language.
• Attain continuing education credits as required by state regulations.

• Full Time

• A benefit package is offered to full-time employees.

Alta Ridge Assisted Living at Sandy