Assistant Wellness Director

StoryPoint Group; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

StoryPoint Group is seeking an Assistant Wellness Director to lead clinical resident care services with a focus on dementia care and staff development. Responsibilities include directing care programs, supervising teams, and ensuring high-quality resident outcomes.

You will oversee care conferences, coordinate with families, and ensure adherence to 1440 care standards. The role requires strong organizational and communication skills, with flexibility for on-call and weekend coverage.

Qualifications

• LPN license preferred; supervisory experience required.
• Degree in health care, mental health or social services or be a licensed Health Facility Administrator.
• Minimum 1 year dementia/Alzheimer’s resident care experience in past 5 years.
• Minimum 12 hours dementia-specific training within last 3 months.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, write routine reports, communicate to groups.
• Ability to perform basic math and handle numbers, fractions, decimals.
• Proven organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and be accountable for your team’s performance.
• Handle Revenue, Evaluations & Care Conferences for IL/AL with right care and staffing.
• Foster Employee first through clear expectations and feedback.
• Oversee Resident & Family Care and communicate with families regularly.
• Lead to 1440 care standards understanding and compliance.
• Perform admissions and quarterly evaluations with measurable goals.
• Obtain orders for changes to care plans as needed.
• Complete 6 hours dementia training annually; manage medication verification with pharmacy.
• Review incident reports and address staff issues.
• Schedule health education sessions for residents; communicate emergency policies.
• Support continual improvement and a flexible schedule including on-call, weekends, holidays.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Dementia care

Dementia training

Communication skills

Reading/writing proficiency

Numeracy

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Education

LPN license

Health care / mental health degree or Health Facility Administrator

Job description

Assistant Wellness Director

Responsibilities include overall direction of clinical resident care services by delivering a 1440 experience, optimizing performance and leading employee connections within our community.

Required Experience for Assistant Wellness Director

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) registered within the State preferred. Assisted Living/Memory Care experience preferred. Prior supervisory experience required.
• Earned a degree from an educational institution in health care, mental health or social services profession or be a licensed Health Facility Administrator.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience with dementia or Alzheimer’s residents, or both, within the past 5 years.
• Minimum of 12 hours of dementia‑specific training within the last 3 months.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Proven organization and communication skills.
• Ability to work successfully through complex situations (ability to problem solve).

Accountabilities

• Lead, manage, and overall accountability for your team and their performance.
• Revenue, Evaluations & Care Conferences for IL/AL: Responsible for ensuring right care, at the right price with the right staff.
• Employee Connection: Lead to Employee First by setting clear expectations, giving and receiving regular and honest feedback, and growing and recognizing your staff.
• Resident & Family Care: Oversee and provide care for our residents and communicate clearly and regularly with their families where appropriate.
• 1440 Care Standard Accountability: Understanding and leading to our 1440 care standards.

Other Key Responsibilities

• Perform admission and ongoing evaluations of residents quarterly, upon return from Hospital or skilled environment, or change of condition (initiate care conference) and use this information to set measurable goals and outcomes for residents that meet the physical, mental, and psychosocial needs.
• Obtain written orders for any necessary changes to care plan.
• Completes 6 hours of dementia‑specific training annually to meet the needs or preferences, of cognitively impaired residents and understands current standards of care.
• Verification of MARS/TARS and communicate with pharmacy to assure accuracy of medication & treatment administration.
• Reviews occurrence reports submitted by staff members to determine if an assessment/care conference needs to be performed on an existing resident & address any personnel issues which are identified.
• Schedule educational sessions relating to health for all residents.
• Communication of all emergency policies and provision of updated information to staff.
• Work toward continual improvement of the overall organization.
• Available to work a flexible schedule including on call, weekends, and holidays when necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

General Working Conditions

This position entails standing for long periods of time. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to communicate effectively with others, sit, stand, walk and use hands to handle keyboard, telephone, paper, files, and other equipment and objects. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to review detailed documents and read computer screens. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The work environment requires appropriate interaction with others. The noise level in the work environment is moderate. Occasional travel to different locations may be required.

Equal Opportunity Employer