What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Director of Nursing position at Wallick Communities?
Joining Meadow Valley, a part of Wallick Senior Living, as the Assistant Director of Care is your opportunity to make an impact on the daily lives of our senior residents. At Wallick, we take our mission of opening doors to homes, opportunity, and hope seriously through providing exceptional, mission driven care.
Wallick gives seniors a place called “home” – thanks to three decades of experience in developing, building, and managing independent living, assisted living and memory care communities.
With competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment that values innovation and professional growth, this is your opportunity to drive excellence, while advancing your career to new heights.
The work - How you will contribute: In accordance with the Wallick Mission and Values, you will provide quality nursing care to all residents, ensuring they receive the best treatment, and providing a comfortable and safe place to call Home. You will, additionally, provide support for nursing staff.
Highlights
- Pay with Pay on Demand (access your money as you earn it)
- Monday through Friday plus Manager on Duty, Holiday, and On-Call Rotations
- Multiple options for Health insurance to meet your needs along with Dental and Vision insurance effective within 2 weeks of starting.
- Holiday Pay and Four Weeks of Paid Time Off each calendar year
- Up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave
- Free Employee Meal and Uniforms
- Must be have an active LPN or RN license
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Provide exceptional nursing services.
- Will work the floor at times and will oversee the med cart.
- Scheduled to work every other weekend as well as a holiday rotation.
- Must be flexible, compassionate, and dependable.
- Must be knowledgeable of nursing/medical practices and procedures, regulations, and guidelines.
- Manage supervisory and nursing support personnel.
- Reviews staff performance and ensures state standards of quality care are adhered to.
- Responsible for ensuring all shifts are adequately staffed.
- Assists with day-to-day functions within the nursing department and makes rounds during patient checks.
- Must be able to communicate effectively written and verbally with residents, staff, management, and families.
- Collaborate with the Director to identify and resolve departmental deficiencies with implemented correction plans.
- Identify and address any quality-assurance auditing issues.
- Trains new nursing staff.
- Assists with care plans and assessments.
- Sits in on care conferences.
- This position will be on an on-call rotation with the Director of Care.
About You:
- Great customer service skills.
- Valid Michigan Nursing License.
- Ability to communicate in writing and verbally with co-workers, residents, family members and business partners.
- Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints from internal and external sources.
- Ability to apply basic math skills.
- Ability to make complex decisions requiring a high degree of judgment.
- Decisions affect the overall operation of the facility.
Other Benefits:
- Wallick’s employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) allows you to be a shareholder and benefit from our company’s profitability. As an employee-owner, you can enjoy a valuable source of retirement income and feel more invested in our mission. Join us and become a partner in creating thriving communities.
- Gym membership or Fitness equipment reimbursement
- Company paid life and long-term disability insurance
- Voluntary life, short-term disability, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity coverage
- 401(k) with a 3.5% company match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Pet insurance
Working at Wallick Communities:
Diversity, equity, inclusion, plus belonging. Four impactful words. One powerful and transformative journey. Here at Wallick, we know that when we invest in the equity of each group, all groups benefit. It is not about one person, one idea, nor any one action. It is about what we can accomplish together. Join us and work towards creating an inclusive and diverse workforce experience at Wallick.
Wallick Mission: Opening doors to homes, opportunity, and hope.
Wallick Values: Our Values flow directly from our Mission and set the expectation for how all associates work together. These values are:
- Care
- Character
- Collaboration
Candidates must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
