Regional Director of Wellness

JOB DESCRIPTION

Reports To: Vice President of Wellness

FLSA Status: Exempt Direct Reports: No Department: Wellness

Position Summary:

As the Regional Director of Wellness, reporting directly to the Vice President of Wellness, you will be responsible for assessing and monitoring of Community person-directed care and nursing practices and compliance in accordance with Federal, State and Local regulations. You will assist with the development and implementation of nursing policies, procedures, and quality initiatives while supporting each Community and regional Resident Care & Compliance Teams in optimizing each residents well-being and overall experience. This also includes the assessment and implementation of clinical practices within each Community, including during the acquisition and opening of new communities.

Essential Duties include the following:

• Leads the clinical survey preparedness process of existing Communities and the auditing and implementation of organizational practices during the acquisition and opening of new communities
• Coaches and mentors Community resident care and nursing leadership in addition to providing person-directed care training to their teams
• Performs clinical case analysis for complex resident challenges as needed
• Provides support in the design and implementation of professional advancement programs, processes, and tools to improve Community staff retention, onboarding and mentoring of new employees, and leadership development
• Provides support for organization-wide clinical initiatives such as the electronic health records system
• Collaborates with department team members to set organization-wide quality improvement goals and initiatives on an ongoing basis and revises as needed
• Assists in the development and monitoring of person-directed resident care and nursing policies, procedures, and resources that are in accordance with Federal, State and Local regulations
• Participates in meetings such as Resident Care & Compliance Teams and transition planning meetings for upcoming acquisitions and new communities
• Implements and monitors short & long-term resident care and nursing goals within the Communities
• Demonstrates competence in culture change and regulatory compliance, ensuring that each Community stays in regulatory compliance with all regulatory agencies
• Provides leadership in such a manner that represents key servant leadership principles, including effective listening, empathy, awareness, and persuasiveness
• Attends corporate sponsored meetings and training sessions as required
• Ensures that company standards and policies are well-maintained
• Aligns his/herself with owners vision for service quality and value creation
• Ability to travel overnight as needed with occasional excessive travel
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Qualifications:

• Ten (10) years of nursing experience in a senior care community with proven leadership and organizational skills, state required license/certification for operating an Assisted Living/Memory Care community is desired.
• Great communication and interpersonal skills are required along with the heart and passion to work with older adults while providing the best care possible.
• Proven experience in staffing, leading, developing, and retaining strong resident care and nursing teams.
• Must have the ability to remain calm in stressful situations, be flexible, work well with many interruptions, and to effectively balance multiple projects at one time.
• Respect for the principles of resident rights, including privacy and confidentiality.

Education and/or Experience:

• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience as a Licensed Professional Nurse and maintains a current state license per state regulations, Registered Nurse preferred
• Applicable State licensure(s)

Other Qualifications:

• Must possess strong knowledge of laws and restrictions regarding Assisted Living and Memory Care, as well as a solid understanding of opportunities and limits of other levels of care within senior living.
• Must exhibit and promote a high level of professionalism, customer service, curiosity, and friendliness in all interactions with employees, residents, and visitors throughout the organization

Computer Skills:

Knowledgeable in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and electronic health records applications.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an individual 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 stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.