Assistant Wellness Director

About the role

Find your joy here at Cedar Lake Senior Living, a Sonida Senior Living community in Lake Zurich, IL. This premier assisted living and memory care community offers a supportive environment where you can work with cutting‑edge technology—including SafelyYou AI fall‑prevention video, advanced EHR systems for automated assessments, Sage for improved call‑light response, and Microsoft Power BI for data analytics—while enjoying flexible scheduling and company support for educational opportunities and paid referral programs.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and implements nursing policies and procedures that reflect current standards of nursing practice, company, and facility philosophy of care and practices while maintaining compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
• Communicates and interprets policies and procedures to nursing staff.
• Monitors practices for effective implementation and achievement of results.
• Conducts resident assessments, suggesting level of needed service packages to residents and their families, as directed.
• Ensures delivery of compassionate quality care evidenced by adequate services and staff coverage for the facility, appropriateness of staff, absence of odors, cleanliness, absence of pressure wounds, and apparent maintenance of optimal physical, mental and psychosocial function.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and application of Key Clinical Quality Indicators.
• Reviews 24‑hour report from every unit daily to ensure timely, effective responses to significant changes in condition, transfers, discharges, use of physical or chemical restraints, unexplained injuries, potential abuse or neglect, medication errors, loss of resident property, or any evidence of resident or family dissatisfaction, as directed.
• Listens and documents significant changes in condition of residents; including, but not limited to, incidents, unexplained injuries, medication errors, loss of resident property, or evidence of resident or family dissatisfaction per agency policies and state regulations.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Two‑year professional nursing experience in a senior living care setting.
• Two‑years supervisory/management experience with direct care staff.
• Some states may allow for this to be an unlicensed position (WI, TX, SC).

Benefits

• Competitive wage/salary
• Health, dental, vision, and life/disability insurance
• 401k retirement savings with discretionary company match (based on annual performance)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Dependent Care and FSA saving accounts
• Paid time off (PTO) available from day one
• Paid training (eligibility dependent on employment status)
• Paid referral programs for team members and residents
• Company support for educational and learning opportunities
• Flexible scheduling