Health and Wellness Director

Vista Senior Living Management is a dedicated branch tailored specifically for senior communities. Specializing in Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Independent Living services, Vista ensures unparalleled personalized care and 24-hour assistance for our residents assuring a consistent and exceptional experience. Our unwavering mission is to provide an outstanding care experience rooted in genuine compassion and humble dedication to our senior’s well-being.

Eden Vista Hoffman Estates, an assisted living in Hoffman Estates, IL, part of the Vista Senior Living Network, an Assisted living facility is seeking a Health and Wellness Director for our wonderful facility!

Position: Health and Wellness Director

The ideal candidate will be a high-energy, self-driven leader who empowers and motivates those around them. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the day-to-day clinical services of a large assisted living campus; this includes providing the supervision necessary to lead, coach, and mentor direct care staff within the community.

If you want to work in an environment where you are surrounded by a management team that offers strong, stable leadership and a company that provides a supportive culture, join us!

Qualifications

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN)
• One (1) year experience in a nursing position, preferably from within a Long-Term Care, Assisted Living, and/or Memory Care community
• Supervisory and leadership skills with the ability to effectively supervise staff
• Excellent communication and human relations skills
• Ability to maintain and protect the confidentiality of information
• Knowledge and/or experience in the areas of geriatric nursing or can learn quickly
• Caring and compassionate disposition
• CPR Certified
  
  

Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day clinical services to ensure residents’ healthcare needs are met
• Supervises and provides leadership, as well as coaching, to direct care staff within community
• Responsible for leading clinical leadership team; this includes Resident Care and Staffing Coordinators
• Empowers clinical leaders to supervise, direct, and motivate staff within their oversight
• Assigns and directs work of clinical leaders and subordinates; appraises performance; rewards and disciplines associates; addresses complaints and resolves problems
• Provides training and education to caregivers upon orientation and on an ongoing basis with classroom in-services and situation-specific training
• Provides appropriate guidance for employees by planning work schedules, assigning work duties while on shift, and directing daily work.
• Monitors and reviews documentation performed by caregiving staff
• Participates in pre-admission screening of prospective new tenants
• Performs on-site evaluations of residents admitted to alternate care environments for treatment and maintains contact with resident families with the intent of returning residents to the community.
• Assures that required documentation is completed prior to or upon resident admission, including nursing assessments, service plans, and other assigned forms
• Evaluates resident documents, and changes in condition, and notifies the Executive Director, resident's physician, and resident's legally responsible party/family of the resident's condition and reactions
• Facilitates continuity of care for those residents receiving home health care, hospice services, and other third-party healthcare-related services
• Participates in or leads meetings relevant to resident care issues, such as Service Plan meetings, involving appropriate parties as needed
• Ensures that any incident reports are completed promptly and adequately.
• Participates in campus Quality Improvement activities
  
  

Requirements

• Be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and e-mail
• Maintains professional working relationships with all associates, vendors, etc.
• Demonstrate excellent customer service and a positive attitude towards tenants, staff, and vendors
• Displays ability to implement and interpret goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the administration department
• Demonstrate dependable, regular attendance
• Concentrate and use reasoning skills and good judgment
• Communicate and function productively on an interdisciplinary team
• Shares on-call and manager on duty responsibilities/shifts as required
• Able to sit, stand, bend, lift, push, pull, stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours
  
  

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