Healthcare Director / Director of Nursing

8203 Meadowbridge Road, Mechanicsville, Virginia 23116

About the role

The Health Care Director (HCD) leads health and wellness activities for the community’s resident population and manages day-to-day healthcare operations. As the community clinical leader, the HCD manages a team of nurses, medication technicians, and nursing assistants to provide quality care and services while ensuring compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations and Harmony Senior Services policies and standards.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates residents prior to move-in to ensure their care and service needs can be met in the community. Conducts reevaluations as indicated by residents’ condition and/or state regulations.
• Develops and revises a service plan unique to each resident based on evaluations, resident preferences, and state regulations.
• Participates in interdisciplinary reviews of residents’ service plans with residents, family members, physicians, community leadership, third-party medical providers, and the wellness team to ensure care needs are accurately reflected and promote resident safety and satisfaction.
• Collaborates with residents’ physicians, pharmacists, and healthcare teams to promote coordinated care and services.
• Oversees the community’s medication management program, including audits, physician order management, controlled drug oversight, and compliance with state/federal/local regulations.
• Provides supervision, training, and competency validation for medication technicians, Approved Medication Assistive Personnel (AMAP), and other unlicensed personnel administering medications.
• Supervises and trains C.N.A. and direct care personnel to ensure residents’ assessed needs are met.
• Delegates tasks appropriately within the scope of the nursing license held.
• Maintains knowledge of applicable regulations and ensures documentation and resident care departments are survey-ready at all times. Participates in developing and complying with plans of correction.
• Serves as the community’s infection preventionist, overseeing activities to prevent or limit the spread of communicable infectious illness.
• Monitors resident care and quality indicators, identifies trends requiring attention, and discusses improvements in weekly At-Risk or monthly QAPI meetings.
• Builds and develops the resident care team through hiring, onboarding, training, performance evaluation, coaching, and fostering a culture of respect and fairness.
• Collaborates with the Executive Director to operate the resident care department within the established budget.
• Collaborates with the Director of Sales and Marketing on external business development opportunities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Current valid and unencumbered license to practice as an RN or LPN in accordance with state regulations.
• Completion of any state-required training courses related to practicing nursing in assisted living (e.g., Delegating Nurse course, state-specific medication training).
• Ability to think critically and apply knowledge and principles of the nursing process to promote safe, quality care.
• 1-2 years’ experience required; 3 or more years’ preferred.
• Supervisory/management experience strongly preferred.
• Current CPR certification.
• Ability to work occasional weekends, off-shifts, and take calls after hours as needed.
• Ability to lift, carry, and push up to 50 pounds.

Pay

$75,000 – $77,000 annually

Benefits

• 401k for full-time and part-time employees
• Training, development, and career laddering opportunities
• Great work-life balance
• Flexible scheduling