What are the responsibilities and job description for the Experience Senior Living | Director of Memory Care position at Experience Senior Living?
Join Our Passionate Team at Experience Senior Living!
Are you passionate about creating joy and enriching the lives of seniors while providing superior quality care? If so, then this is the opportunity for you! This is your chance to work in a caring, attentive environment, catering to the unique needs of our residents who have chosen to enjoy a lifestyle they’ve earned and deserve at our beautiful community.
At Experience Senior Living , we are a team of dedicated professionals driven by our mission to create communities with purpose that make a positive impact on the lives of our residents, their families and our team members. We are curating extraordinary experiences by fostering genuine friendships and connections with our residents. We intend to disrupt the experience of aging by allowing our residents to thrive in a unique, vibrant, and engaging environment.
Benefits : We offer a full benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, STD / LTD, life and voluntary life, 401k with employer matching, paid holidays, and up to 20 days PTO in the first three years.
Key Responsibilities :
- Maintain a safe and vibrant environment for residents with a dementia diagnosis or experiencing cognitive challenges, team members, and visitors.
- Responsibly manage and supervise all Memory Care team members by scheduling and delegating assignments, providing direction, having on-going conversations regarding performance, including implementing the company’s disciplinary process if necessary, completing performance reviews in a timely manner (including input on pay adjustments), hiring, onboarding, training, retaining, providing the necessary support, direction, and feedback.
- Develop, create, plan, and organize the daily enriching program for the Memory Care neighborhood, including all required programs in the daily of events, and ensure that the planned programming, and unplanned programming, is being implemented twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week.
- Ensure each memory care team members person has completed the onboarding, orientation and required training within the specified timeframe.
- Ensure each Memory Care team members person (Care Partners, Medication Assistants, Nurses & Housekeeping) have signed their respective position descriptions and ensure they have a solid understanding of their responsibilities to participate in the daily programming requirement.
- Train, lead, direct and assist team members with understanding Experience Senior Living’s philosophy of care and encourage learning by modeling the proper approaches and communication techniques.
- Supervise and evaluate team members performance (unless designated to others by state regulations).
- Prepare and conduct the monthly dementia in-service for all Memory Care neighborhood team members and maintain the necessary records to reflect attendance and completion of the training.
- Delegate program facilitation responsibilities to other, as needed.
- Evaluate the program utilizing quality enhancement tools and seeking out feedback from team members and families.
- Improve the program through problem solving, program development, feedback from team members and families, and refinement.
- Conduct individual resident history, preference assessments, and develop individualized service and program plans.
- Comply with the budget for the department, including completing any required budgetary reports, to ensure compliance.
- Support and actively participate in the program’s census building initiatives.
- Create and facilitate a proactive problem-solving approach to emotional expressions that residents exhibit.
- Develop and implement the monthly planned programming calendar based on Experience Senior Living’s Memorable Moments
- Support the management of information to ensure timely and accurate information is available.
- Maintain a supportive relationship with internal and external customers.
- Support hospitality, leasing, and sales processes with promoting a positive image for Experience Senior Living.
- For clinical matters relating to a resident, partner with the Health and Wellness Director in maintaining active community and professional ties with clinical and non-clinical contacts.
- For non-clinical related matters, maintain active community and professional ties.
- Partner with the Director of Health and Wellness in supervising, developing, and scheduling the team members according to Experience Senior Living’s policies, procedures, and standards; being available to personally cover team members when necessary.
- Partner with the Director of Health and Wellness in establishing and maintaining a medication administration and storage system which adheres to state, federal and company policies and procedures.
- Partner with the Director of Health and Wellness to provide orientation and training to new team members, as well as providing ongoing training to current team members.
- Deliver and attend required training for self and employees.
- Have the ability to commute from the community to social and other various destinations to represent the company.
- Provide educational opportunities to families to help solidify their knowledge regarding the dementia journey.
- May perform other duties as needed and / or as assigned
Skills & Requirements :
Why choose us?
This is more than just a job—it’s an opportunity to be part of something truly special. If you’re ready to bring your memory care expertise to a thriving, luxury community and make a difference in the lives of seniors, we want to hear from you! Apply today and help us create a welcoming and vibrant place where our residents can enjoy the best years of their lives.
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