Director Of Assisted Living

Requirements

• Plans, develops, organizes, implements, evaluates, and directs all assisted living programs.
• Oversees coordination of outside nursing services as needed.
• Maintain job descriptions for all assisted living staff.
• Develops the assisted living budget, in conjunction with the Executive Director.
• Assures that departments are functioning within budgetary limitations.
• Meets with appropriate personnel regularly to review, update, and alter budget spending.
• Oversees safety program, OSHA compliance.
• Oversees case management in conjunction with licensed personnel.
• Coordinates with discharge planners in hospitals and nursing care facilities.
• Maintains close contact with residents and families during hospitalizations, rehab stays.
• Develops, assesses, evaluates, implements, etc., individual resident care plans.
• Assists pharmaceutical services in developing, maintaining, implementing, and periodically updating written policies and procedures for the administration, storage, and control of medications.
• Participates in the interviewing and assessment process prior to assisted living move-in.
• Oversee medication management and resident records to assure accuracy.
• Meets with each resident individually on a regular basis.
• Manages the staff in all departments of community.
• Determine the staffing needs for assisted living necessary to meet the needs of the residents.
• Delegate to supervisors the administrative authority, responsibility and accountability necessary to perform their assigned duties.
• Ensure that professional nursing personnel have valid and current licenses as required by this state.
• Review complaints/grievances made or filed by department personnel.
• Ensures disciplinary action is administered fairly and without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age, sex, handicap, or marital status.
• Conduct regularly scheduled staff meetings
• Develop and participate in the planning, conducting, and scheduling of timely in-service training classes.
• Develop, implement and maintain an effective orientation program to orient new employees to the facility, its policies and procedures, job position and duties.
• Provide opportunity for and encourage leadership training that includes the administrative and supervisory principals essential for charge nurses as well as some for other licensed personnel.
• Attend and participate in continuing educational programs designed to keep abreast of changes in the nursing profession as well to maintain licensure in a current status. Attend any training deemed mandatory by the state.
• Require all licensed staff who are licensed and/or certified to participate in continuing education programs required by the state. Keep accurate records of participation.
• Maintain adherence to HIPPA.
• Monitor activities of daily living care and the facility to assure all residents are treated fairly and with kindness, dignity, and respect and assure resident respond in kind to staff.
• Review/investigate complaints and grievances made by residents and present a written/oral report to the Executive Director indicating resolutions as deemed appropriate.
• Supports and participates in the resident centered activity programs.
• Participates in projects or committees as assigned.
• Attends all associate meetings including in-service education and associate functions, as requested by supervisor.