Wellness Director ~ LPN/RN ~ Senior Living Community
$100,000–$105,000 year
On-siteBoulder, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Oversee day-to-day healthcare operations for community support services, directly supervising staff and assessing residents' health, functional, and psycho-social status. Initiate individualized service plans, manage care proactively, and conduct regular visits to promote resident wellness through ongoing communication with families and the care team. Manage staffing needs by interviewing, hiring, and supervising coordinators and medication assistance staff, while ensuring infection control guidelines and medication administration standards are met. Perform on-site assessments for admitted residents, order medications, and fulfill on-call duties for scheduling and emergency coverage.
Required Qualifications
- Current Nursing License issued by appropriate state licensing agency
- First Aid certification
- LPN or RN
- Minimum of 1 year of experience working with the elderly in an assisted living, skilled nursing or hospital environment
- 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
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procurement manuals, etc.
- Good communication skills
- Ability to effectively communicate in English
- Ability to understand and follow written and oral direction
- Basic typing skills
- Working knowledge of personal computing and word processing software
- Must be available for weekends as needed
- Must be available for on-call
Desired Qualifications
- Demonstration of our Core Values: Love, Kindness, Honesty, Goodness, Fairness, Respect
- Knowledge of Assisted Living regulations
- Knowledge of medication administrating regulations
- Knowledge of Occurrence reporting
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