Wellness Director

Wellness Director

Reports to : Executive Director

Classification : Exempt

Nursing : Nursing

Position Summary

The Wellness Director oversees wellness in the community, leading all wellness staff, completing nursing assessments, and overseeing resident care plans. They develop a well-trained, compassionate team that promotes resident dignity and choice.

Essential Job Duties

• This position is a Safety Sensitive Position. The essential functions, physical demands, and mental competencies of this job require the employee to maintain the ability to work in a constant state of alertness in a safe manner.
• All responsibilities are to be performed within the scope of practice per state or provincial regulations.
• Ensure quality clinical team is maintained by recruiting, hiring, supervising, evaluating, counseling, and if necessary, terminating team members.
• Ensure clinical teams are educated and trained using company-provided resources.
• Complete regular competency evaluations of clinical staff.
• Conduct continuing education and training for clinical staff as necessary on all shifts.
• Complete Nursing Assessments, auxiliary evaluations of residents, and all other required and / or appropriate evaluations, addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.
• Establish and maintain quality care systems to ensure all residents receive care as outlined on individual resident care plans. This includes systems to ensure correct medications are administered as needed, physicians and other health therapies are communicated within a timely way and families are informed of any resident change of conditions.
• Ensure “processing” of new residents using the New Resident Checklist; personally transcribe or otherwise implement all orders for new residents, or ensure this task is completed.
• Conduct service and care plan review meetings with families, per policy.
• Ensure that health services and other services that potentially impact the health of residents are offered according to service plans.
• Monitor physician orders and ensure correct implementation.
• Monitor laboratory and other test results of residents.
• Monitor MAR :
• Ensure medications and treatments are administered as ordered, including the use of Yesterday’s Missed Medications report.
• Ensure parameters for administration of PRN medications and treatments are entered on MAR.
• Address issues regarding unavailable medications or treatment supplies.
• Establish vital signs and weight regimens, ensure weights are entered on MAR and / or Vital Signs Record, and address all significant weight changes.
• Monitor alert charting, especially to ensure appropriate team member response to issues.
• Assess residents, at minimum, upon initiation and completion of the alert charting process.
• Monitor skin problems using the Current Skin Problems form; address identified skin problems.
• Monitor Shift Change Notes and Communication Log.
• Monitor and address consulting pharmacy reports.
• Complete review of Resident Incident Reports.
• Advise health services team members concerning resident health issues.
• Effectively utilize and coordinate services with home health, hospice, and other agencies.
• Ensure physician orders are reviewed, sent to the physician, and returned with physician signatures quarterly.
• Evaluate potential residents promptly for current and chronic health conditions, ability to self-care, or need for assistance.
• Occasionally fulfill shift nurse duties in order to evaluate efficiencies, systems, and resident care. In addition, in the event of other nurse absences or emergencies, fill in as a shift nurse.
• Investigate controlled substance count discrepancies.
• Ensure controlled substances are destroyed as necessary per policy and state or provincial regulations.
• Monitor to ensure daily assignment duties are performed on all shifts.
• Perform quality assurance audits as directed by the Executive Director.
• Ensure compliance with all federal and state or provincial regulations pertaining to health services.
• Respect the dignity and confidentiality standards and promote resident rights.
• Attend and participate in onboarding, annual and in-service training, and team member meetings, as requested.
• Complete or assist with special projects as requested by community or senior management.
• Participates in the Manager on Duty program.
• Conducts community tours to prospective residents and their families.
• Prepare a monthly quality report on quality indicators such as falls, weight loss, hospitalizations, re-hospitalizations, number of medications, and psychoactive medications.
• Understand the role and implement all emergency plans including fire, hurricane, earthquake, and other disasters.
• Must be able to assist in the evacuation of residents.
• Assists in monthly training for team members and yearly evacuation plans for team members and residents.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Executive Director
• Collaborate with the Engagement Director on joint programming opportunities and shared resources to enhance the overall experience for all residents and families.
• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job at any time; therefore, this job description is subject to change at any time.

Qualifications

Mental Demands :

Applies existing guidelines and procedures to make varied decisions within a department. Uses sound judgment and experience to solve moderately complex problems based on precedent, example, reasonableness, or a combination of these.

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.

Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.

This position is very active and requires frequent Standing, Walking, Sitting, Bending, Reaching, Pushing, Pulling, Climbing Stairs, Grasping, Manual Dexterity, Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, Crawling, Vision Acuity, Talking, and Hearing, Tasing, Smelling, Feeling, Possible exposure to blood-borne pathogens. The employee must frequently lift or move objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds and the frequency of treatments may vary from resident to resident. Occasionally the feet and legs are used in the motion to release and lock the brakes of wheelchairs and beds.

Exposure Risk Classification :

May perform unplanned tasks involving exposure to blood, bodily fluids, or tissue which may contain AIDS,HIV, and Hepatitis A, B, and C viruses.

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