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Prestige Senior Living at Orchard Heights in Salem, Oregon seeks a Health Services Director to oversee the health services department and ensure resident care needs are met through assessments, care plans, and coordinated services.
You will supervise and coach health services staff, manage budgets, and collaborate with physicians, discharge planners, and nursing teams. A current RN/LPN/LVN license with leadership experience is required, with RN preferred.
The Health Services Director oversees the health servicesdepartment of one of our assisted living communities and ensures resident care needs are met by conducting assessments,developing care plans, coordinating resident care, managing health servicessystems and providing supervision and teaching to health services team members.
The Health Services Director role is truly unique and forthe right person, is exactly what they seek in their professional life. Considerwhat we can offer you:
1.Create aresident-centered approach to the planning and delivery of services toresidents, supporting residents’rights to participate in decision-making andtreating residents with dignity and respect.
2.Performassessments on health, functional and psychosocial status of residents.Participates in the development of individualized service plans. Proactivelymanages care and services for each resident, maximizing the resident’sopportunity to remain in the assisted living environment. Problem-solves as partof the management team to case manage and met the needs of residents.
3.Assess and evaluateresidents with reported changes of condition. Provides team member direction,service planning and coordination of care to meet the residents changing needs.
4.Collaborate withthe management team on the move in of prospective residents, taking intoconsideration the needs of the prospective resident, current community acuityand staffing levels. Provides in-person pre-move in assessments if necessary.
5.Ensure that residentcare needs are met by coordinating services with other professionals, includingphysicians, discharge planners, nurses, home health agency staff, casemanagers, hospice and state agency personnel. Oversees the arrangement ofancillary services such as pharmacy, podiatry, lab, and x-ray as needed.
6.Communicateregularly with residents’ families regarding health care needs. Provideseducation and support to residents and families.
7.Providesupervision and training to health services team members including personalcare and medication management. Manages the delegation of nursing tasks asallowed under applicable state nursing laws and practice acts.
Must have a current, unencumbered LPN/LVN or RN license, witha RN license strongly preferred. Experience in geriatric nursing, medicationadministration, case management, training/staff development, budgets and teammanagement preferred. Must have an Associates Degree, or Bachelor of ScienceDegree in Nursing.
Once you master this role, you could consider getting promoted into the Health Services Specialist, Regional Support Nurse, or Executive Director roles.
EOE/M/F/VETS/DISABLED – At Prestige, it is our promise topersonally touch lives everyday. It is a philosophy of caring based on ourcore values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at thecenter of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforcethat represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures,backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and howwe celebrate what makes us different.
Prestige is proud to be an EqualEmployment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race,religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, orrelated medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression,age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability,or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Located at 695 Orchard Heights Road NW in Salem, Oregon, Prestige Senior Living - Orchard Heightshas 61 apartments of assisted living, as well as 18 units. Our community is right off of Wallace Road in West Salem, so it's near all sorts of services and more. Our community itself is beautiful - tons of ambient light, tall ceilings, and a clean community.
We have a cohesive team that loves to work hard, but loves to have even more fun. We are motivated to serve our residents to live a fulfilled life. Our culture is one of collaboration, promote-from-within, and doing whatever it takes to serve our residents. Our team members are enabled to be creative, independent, problem solving "managers" who can "manage" their role to the best of their ability. Our leadership is there to train those who are struggling or unsure how to execute a task - we want to do it right! We love to collaborate on all the teaching, as well as coming to creative solutions.
If working in a home-like setting, with a strong team atmosphere, and with a national award-winning employer (Orchard Heights is a former national-award winning community!) that has a great promote-from-within culture, then Prestige Senior Living - Orchard Heights is the place for you.