Health and Wellness LPN for Memory Care

About the role

The Health and Wellness Director (HWD) is an LPN who oversees and supervises the care of all the residents in our memory care community. A nurse with a passion for people and providing outstanding support for seniors with progressive memory loss will be a successful candidate for our position.

Responsibilities

• Creates a resident-centered approach to the planning and delivery of services to residents, supporting residents’ rights to participate in decision-making and treating residents with dignity and respect.
• Responsible for accurate completion and use of level of care determination tools to ensure residents receive the care and services they require and desire.
• Performs assessments on health, functional and psychosocial status of residents. Participates in the development of individualized service plans.
• Proactively manages care and services for each resident, maximizing the resident’s opportunity to remain in the assisted living environment.
• Problem-solves as part of the management team to case manage and meet the needs of residents.
• Affords in-person pre-move in assessments, if necessary. Ensures that resident care needs are met by coordinating services with other professionals, including physicians, discharge planners, nurses, home health agency staff, case managers, hospice, and state agency personnel.
• Oversees the arrangement of ancillary services such as pharmacy, podiatry, lab, and x-ray as needed. Communicates regularly with residents’ families regarding health care needs.
• Provides education and support to residents and families. Provides supervision and training to health services team members including personal care and medication management.
• Manages the delegation of nursing tasks as allowed under applicable state nursing laws and practice acts. Partners in the investigation and root cause analysis of incidents.
• Collaborates with the management team on the development and implementation of appropriate interventions. Oversees the documentation and communication of resident care and services.
• Ensures resident records are completed in a timely manner and maintained according to company policies and state regulations. Assists in the management of infection control.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of all rules, regulations and policies pertaining to resident care. Stays informed of industry and health care trends and standards, applying new knowledge to meet the changing needs of residents.
• Provides on-call support and phone triage for team members’ questions regarding resident care. Participates in leadership team by actively contributing to decision making, incident follow up, community and company-wide initiatives and attending leadership team meetings such as daily stand up, clinical meeting, Quality Assurance Performance Improvement (QAPI), and other meetings as required.
• Acts as an ambassador by representing the community in a positive manner to outside agencies and participating in community events and social functions.
• Works within scope of license with RN oversight as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing.
• Minimum of 3-5 years nurse management experience within the social model of senior living preferred.
• Must be in good standing with the State Board of Nursing and maintain all required continuing education/licensing requirements at all times.

Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite products and Point Click Care (PCC).
• Unencumbered nursing license.

Benefits

A successful candidate with an unencumbered Nevada nursing license can expect a salary of $80,000-85,000, commensurate with experience and full-time benefits with PACS.

Pay

$80,000-85,000, commensurate with experience

Schedule

Full-time

Company

Sierra Basin Memory Care is a vibrant and exceptional senior living community with a capacity of 54 residents.