LPN, Health and Wellness Director

About the role

The Health and Wellness Director (HWD) is an LPN who oversees and supervises the care of 87 residents at Autumn Wind Assisted Living in Caldwell, Idaho.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of the health services department and ensuring resident care needs are met by coordinating resident care, managing health services systems, and providing supervision to health services team members.
• Promotes a positive physical and psychosocial environment for the residents.
• 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.
• Accurate completion and use of level of care determination tools to ensure residents receive the care and services they require and desire.
• Assesses or evaluates residents with reported changes of condition.
• Provides team member direction, service planning, and coordination of care to meet the residents’ changing needs.
• Collaborates with the management team on the move in of prospective residents, taking into consideration the needs of the prospective resident, current community acuity, and staffing levels.
• Communicates regularly with residents’ families regarding health care needs.
• Provides education and support to residents and families.
• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an Accredited School of Nursing as an Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs).
• Must hold an unencumbered license and be in good standing with the State Board of Nursing and maintain all required continuing education/licensing requirements at all times.
• Nurse Management Experience preferred.

Skills

• Microsoft Suite products proficiency.
• Point Click Care (PCC) proficiency.
• Current RN License.

Benefits

An LPN can expect a salary range of $83,000-93,000, commensurate with experience. The Health and Wellness Director is full-time and as such, receives full-time benefits with PACS.