Director of Nursing / RN - Memory Care Community

Waterhouse Ridge Memory Care; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Earned Wage Access - On-Demand Pay

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Supplemental insurance options

Employee Assistance resources

Health advocacy support programs

Employee discount opportunities

Full-time employee benefit package

Job summary

Waterhouse Ridge Memory Care in Beaverton, OR is seeking a compassionate Health Services Director to oversee nursing and supportive services for residents and to ensure high-quality care.

We require an active Oregon RN license, at least 1 year of senior living/memory care nursing experience, strong management skills, and the ability to communicate with families, staff, and physicians. Excellent benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Current RN license issued by the state of Oregon.
• Minimum of one year nursing experience in a Senior Living Community/Memory Care preferred.
• Ability to utilize and apply basic management skills.
• Provides and coordinates resident care with awareness of community principles.
• Must speak, read, and write English.
• Maintain CE credits as required by state regulations.

Responsibilities

• Exhibits leadership and communicates professionally with staff, residents, families, and healthcare professionals.
• Supervise nursing and supportive services for the community.
• Assess residents and identify needs related to physiological, psychological, environmental, and social factors.
• Ensure routine resident assessments quarterly and maintain care plans.
• Oversee safety, privacy, and dignity of residents; follow infection control procedures.
• Coordinate communication with families, physicians, and executives; document changes.
• Audit medication room and carts; ensure compliance with 24-hour alert system.
• Review physician notes, discharge orders, and move-in documents.
• Assist Executive Director to ensure policy compliance; hire/train health services staff.
• Participate in orientation and monthly in-services; manage staff scheduling and budgeting.
• Ensure adequate coverage for resident care needs; monitor supplies and forecast budget.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Nursing management

English proficiency

Basic computer skills

Education

RN license (Oregon)

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Come join the ONELIFE Senior Living team! We are looking for compassionate and dedicated team members with a common purpose of making a difference in the lives of seniors.

Waterhouse Ridge Memory Care, located in Beaverton, OR is seeking a passionate and experienced Health Services Director to manage our Health Services program and ensure high-quality care is being provided to the residents in our community.

Health Services Director "Health and Wellness Director"

Responsibilities of the Health and Wellness Director

• Exhibits leadership qualities and communicates professionally with employees, residents, family and/or responsible parties, and other healthcare professionals.
• Overall supervision, provision, and quality of nursing and supportive services for the Community.
• Perform assessments of residents and identify needs related to the physiological, psychological, environmental, and social needs upon move in and when a change of condition has occurred.
• Ensure routine resident assessments are met on a quarterly basis.
• Ensure the resident safety needs are met, utilizing specific assessment and evaluation tools.
• Oversee and participate in the development of care plans.
• Ensures communication or residents are reported to families and/or responsible parties, physicians, Executive Director, and State, as necessary.
• Investigate incidents and behavior changes that require a licensed nurse assessment and document all incidents and changes in the resident's progress notes.
• Perform medication room and medication cart audits as needed.
• Monitor the 24-hour communications and alert system for compliance. Appropriately and timely assess residents who have been put on alert status. Remove residents from alert after appropriate assessment of their condition.
• Review all physician’s transcriptions, progress notes, discharge orders, move in orders, and hospital notes.
• Assist the Executive Director to ensure that policies, procedures, and state regulations are being followed.
• Hires, trains, and evaluates all health services employees ensuring that all direct care staff are compliant with state required training.
• Participates in new employee orientation and monthly in-services.
• Responsible for staff scheduling to ensure there is adequate coverage to meet resident care needs, supply purchasing, budgetary forecasting, and compliance.
• Ensure residents are provided privacy, respect, and dignity.
• Follows standard precautions and infection control procedures.
• Completes state required training upon hire and annually.

Required Experience

• Possess, at a minimum, a high school diploma or equivalent.
• A current RN license issued by the state of Oregon
• A minimum of one (1) year prior nursing experience in a Senior Living Community/Memory Care or related business preferred.
• Ability to utilize and apply basic management skills
• Provides and coordinates resident care with an awareness of the principles of the Community.
• Requires minimal supervisions, is a self-starter and is flexible.
• Basic computer skills.
• Must be able to speak, read, and write in the English language.
• Attain continuing education credits as required by state regulations.

Other Requirements:

• Unencumbered RN license issued by the state of Oregon is necessary.

Job Type

• Full Time

Benefits

• Full-time employee benefit package is offered.
• Earned Wage Access - On-Demand Pay Program.
• Supplemental insurance options may be available.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Employee Assistance resources.
• Health advocacy support programs.
• Employee discount opportunities.

Waterhouse Ridge Memory Care is an equal opportunity employer. All candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check and a comprehensive reference check.