Clinical Services Director/ RN or LPN

About the role

Greenridge Place Memory Care is guided by a single purpose: To engage, protect, and love people living with memory loss. We are committed to sustaining a safe, active, and loving environment; to give our families peace of mind; to be patient, seeking to understand those living with memory loss; to provide each Anthem team member the opportunity for personal and professional growth, and to be respectful, trustworthy, and good stewards in all we do.

Responsibilities

• Hires and provides orientation for new Care Assistants; ensuring that staffing levels are maintained
• Evaluates medication orders and translates them for Medication Services Technicians and residents as needed
• Supervises and evaluates assistants on all shifts, providing counseling and written disciplinary and/or corrective action when needed
• Provides in-service training for resident assistants on a routine basis and one-to-one training as needed
• Affords assessments potential residents for appropriateness prior to move-in and provides on-going written assessments of all residents
• Develops and maintains Care/Service Plans for each resident, updating as diagnosis/condition changes
• Maintains resident care communication system to ensure quality care on each shift
• Manages electronic reporting system, occurrence and situational reporting and Medication Administration Records
• Monitors centrally stored medication system
• Manages employee uniform/scrub program
• Develops resident care policies and protocols as needed
• Maintains resident rooms, dining room, living room, attendant station, bathing rooms and medication rooms ensuring they are clean and orderly
• Maintains supplies on hand, including linens and towels and orders as necessary
• Provides first aid to residents when needed
• Communicates with physicians and families on resident’s change of condition or incident
• Accepts physician orders or order changes for medication or treatment, calls orders to pharmacy
• Assesses residents for needed medical intervention and arranges medical visits to doctor’s offices or emergency room
• Maintains current resident emergency records with up-to-date information
• Maintains the emergency call system and ensures staff responds appropriately
• Supervises resident meals and monitors for appropriate diets
• Assists with emergencies and with safety instructions for residents such as fire drills, etc.
• Maintains current knowledge of state and local regulations, ensuring community compliance
• Answers telephones, assists visitors and gives tours to prospective residents
• Performs duties as manager on duty on a rotating basis
• Conducts work tasks safely and in compliance with the community safety program
• Provides effective and courteous service to all residents, guests and co-workers
• Performs other related essential duties as required

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of experience in a senior living community
• Minimum of three years of experience in a management/supervisory position
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a related field may be substituted for three of the years of experience
• Valid nursing license

Skills

• Knowledge of infectious disease control policies
• Personal hygiene and cleaning procedures and the use of cleaning materials
• Policies and procedures concerning resident care and of administering the procedures correctly
• Record keeping duties that must be performed regarding residents
• Possession of prospect evaluation methods
• Understanding of organization and functions of a retirement community
• Ability to motivate and coach team members
• Proficiency in monitoring budgets
• Knowledge of modern office practices and procedures
• Understanding of computer software skills including: Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and community lead data base program

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

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Schedule

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