What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Nursing / Health & Wellness Director position at Sonnet Hill Senior Living?
Health and Wellness Director
Come join the ONELIFE Senior Living team! We are looking for compassionate and dedicated team members with a common purpose of making a difference in the lives of seniors.
Sonnet Hill Senior Living, located in San Jose, CA is seeking a passionate and experienced Health and Wellness Director to manage our Health Services program and ensure high-quality care is being provided to the residents in our community.
We offer competitive wages with opportunities to grow!
Responsibilities of the Health and 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.
Required Experience
- Possess, at a minimum, a high school diploma or equivalent.
- A current Licensed Nurse in the state of employment. (LPN/LVN or RN)
- 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.
- State Criminal Background Check and LIC 508 Criminal Record Statement
- LIC 503 Health Screening Report
Job Type
- Full Time (8am to 5pm)
Benefits
- A benefit package is offered to full-time employees.
- Supplemental insurance plans are available including pet insurance.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Advocate Program
- Employee Discount Program
Sonnet Hill Senior Living is an equal opportunity employer. All candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check and a comprehensive reference check.
