Wellness Director

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, organizes, implements and evaluates resident care goals.
• Maintains compliance with budget in labor and expense control.
• Creates, manages and approves scheduling for Resident Care staff to ensure appropriate staffing levels 24/7.
• Responsible for Resident Care focus, works with Executive Director and/or Assisted Living Director to build relationships with residents and families.
• Completes Resident assessments, develops and implements service plans and communicates these outcomes with resident and/or family member upon admission, and as often as is State-mandated, no less than semi-annually and as needed.
• Conducts incident report follow-up investigation and ensures completion of resident status documentation.
• Prepares for survey readiness and follow-up to ensure Plan of Correction is appropriately and timely completed.
• Develops and monitors quality improvement plan.
• Completes audits and observations to ensure associate compliance with Infection Control and other resident care regulations.
• Ensures documentation of resident clinical status/needs, communicates with physicians and other healthcare professionals.
• Investigates and resolves resident and family concerns and complaints in collaboration with Executive Director.
• Oversees medication program including accuracy of medication assistance records (MARs), providing hands-on medication assistance to residents and monitoring med passes.
• Communicates and follows up with provider pharmacy to ensure compliance with resident medication orders.
• Conducts regular audits of medication records, med storage areas, MARs and Narcotic Declining Inventories.
• Serves as an effective role model, maintaining an approachable leadership style.

Supervisory Requirements

• Recruits, selects, hires, trains, evaluates, supervises, and counsels resident care team as needed.
• Serves as an effective role model, maintaining an approachable leadership style.