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Heritage Community of Kalamazoo is Hiring a Director of Clinical Services - Assisted Living & Memory Care Near Kalamazoo, MI
Thepurpose of this position is to provide nursing leadership, set resident carestandards for all direct care providers and provide complete supervision ofcare staff and management for the clinical and care systems.
Major Responsibilities
The Director of Health andWellness will:
- Assumeresponsibility for the development of nursing service objectives andperformance standards of nursing practice for each category of nursingpersonnel
- Assumeaccountability for the development, organization and implementation of approvedpolicies and procedures in collaboration with the Director of AL/MC
- Direct,evaluate and supervise all resident care and initiate corrective action asnecessary
- Assumeresponsibility for analysis of incident and accident investigation reports todetermine cause(s) and implement corrective action(s)
- Assessresident needs and make recommendations for special rehabilitation programs,need for additional interventions and/or need for change in level of care
- Evaluateresident care as related to individualized resident needs, family involvementand the physician's plan of care for the resident
- Conductor participate in resident care conferences, as needed
- Assessresident responses to medication and treatments and make appropriaterecommendations for nursing action to be implemented
- Identifysafety hazards and initiate corrective action
- Directimplementation of "Resident Bill of Rights."
- Direct and implementand oversee nursing service educational programs including, but not limited to,orientation and in-service for licensed and unlicensed nursing personnel
- Conductstaff meetings with all shifts for purposes of planning, coordinating andimplementing nursing service policies and procedures
- Demonstrateconsistent management of nursing service problems, emergency situations, andinitiate "life-saving" measures in the absence of a physician
- Assumeresponsibility for nursing service compliance with federal, state and localregulations
- Participatein the planning and implementation of the nursing service budget andconsistently operate nursing service within the established budget guidelines
- Directallocation of nursing service equipment and supplies within the facility andestablish guidelines for efficient, economical utilization of supplies andequipment
- Directand supervise scheduling of employees within established guidelines forallocation of nursing service personnel on duty
- Conductinterviews, hire nursing service employees, conduct counseling interviews andinitiate disciplinary action as necessary
- Preparewritten employee performance evaluations and initiate recommendations forsalary increases, promotions and terminations alongside Community Manager
- Makemanagement reports and special assignments and adhere to established timeschedules
- Establishopen lines of communication with consultants and consistently take follow-upaction on recommendations
- Takeinquiries for resident placement as assigned by the marketing and admissionsand initiate procedures for proper placement of residents and level of caredeterminations in collaboration with Community Managers
- Communicatedaily with nursing personnel providing clear, concise information as well as specificassignments
- Maintainconfidentiality of resident and facility information
- Consistentlywork cooperatively with administration, all facility staff, ancillary personneland consultants
- Observeall facility safety policies and procedures
- Assumeaccountability for all data contained in the employees' handbook
- Performall duties assigned in an effective, timely and professional manner
- Observeinfection control procedures
- Performother related duties as directed by his/her supervisor
- Consistentlydemonstrate dependability and punctuality
- Consistentlywork cooperatively with residents, residents' representatives, facility staff,physicians, consultants and ancillary service providers
- Must possess acurrent LPN or RN license in the State of Michigan
- Current CPRCertification
- Communicate effectively
- Leadership expertise
- Value diversity and team work
- Ensure safety
- Promote continuous quality improvement
- Organize, maintain and fill out records andreports completely and accurately
- Personal and professional accountability
- Ability to use critical thinking skills instressful situations
- Able to stay highly organized
- Capable of using good judgment in assessingproblem situation and when to involve supervisory staff, emergency services andlaw enforcement agencies when appropriate
1. Abilityto lift 25 pounds
2. Goodphysical condition without limitations that would prohibit bending, lifting,squatting and climbing stairs
Experience
- Clinical nursing experience of not less than 5years
- 5 years of experience working in an AssistedLiving Facility preferred
- A knowledge and interest in the senior living field
- Knowledge ofState and Federal guidelines for Homes for the Aged preferred
Job Summary
Full Time
$109k-140k (estimate)
05/02/2024
05/15/2024
heritagecommunity.com
KALAMAZOO, MI
50 - 100
1945
JIM KNEEN
$10M - $50M
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About Heritage Community of Kalamazoo
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo offers a continuum of care that encompasses every need from maintenance-free senior apartment living to full-time skilled nursing care that celebrates life and honors the soul. Heritage Community is a vibrant retirement home community of older adults that is rooted in a 60-year tradition of generations caring for one another. Over the years, we have grown to include seven Michigan Senior Housing communities designed to meet the vastly different needs of Kalamazoo's older adults: Wyndham Apartments Directors Hall Wyndham West Amber Way Amber Place Upjohn Care and ...
Rehabilitation Center Still led by a volunteer board of directors, Heritage Community of Kalamazoo is the oldest and only locally governed nonprofit Michigan senior housing community in Kalamazoo. Today, Heritage Community of Kalamazoo continues to be an innovator in customer-focused care for older adults in the Kalamazoo community. We are an organization of people who celebrate life and honor the soul: a continuum of caring.
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