What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Wellness Director position at Sonida Senior Living?
Find your joy here, at The Ashton at Mayfield Heights, a Sonida Senior Living community! We offer a comprehensive benefit package to include competitive wage/salary, health and dental insurance, 401k with company match and so much more!
The Ashton at Mayfield Heights, a premier retirement community in Mayfield Heights, OH provides quality care to residents in an Assisted Living and Memory Care community.
You belong on our team if you are interested in:
- Medical, dental, vision, and life/disability insurances*
- 401k retirement savings plan offering 50% of every dollar contributed by the employee up to 6% of employee’s base rate*
- Employee Assistance Program: This program provides professional, confidential telephonic or face-to-face counseling to you and your household members at no cost.
- FSA: This option allows you to pay for eligible expenses using tax-free dollars. We offer a health care FSA or dependent care FSA*
- Dependent Care FSA: Allows you to pay for eligible expenses (example: daycare, parent care) using tax-free dollars.
- Flexible scheduling**
- Paid time off*
- Company paid training for career advancement**
The Assistant Wellness Director assumes delegated responsibility and accountability for the provision of resident care according to professional standards of nursing practice in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
Assistant Wellness Director Responsibilities include:
- Maintains and implements nursing policies and procedures that reflect current standards of nursing practice, company,
- and facility philosophy of care and practices while maintaining compliance with state and federal laws and regulations.
- Communicates and interprets policies and procedures to nursing staff. Monitors practices for effective implementation
and achievement of results. - Conducts resident assessments, suggesting level of needed service packages to residents and their families, as
directed. - Ensures delivery of compassionate quality care evidenced by adequate services and staff coverage for the facility,
appropriateness of staff, absence of odors, cleanliness, absence of pressure wounds, and apparent maintenance of
optimal physical, mental and, psychosocial function. - Demonstrates knowledge of and application of Key Clinical Quality Indicators. Proactively monitors and implements
systems to achieve and/or surpass company thresholds. - Reviews 24-hour report from every unit daily to ensure timely, effective responses to significant changes in condition,
transfers, discharges, use of physical or chemical restraints, unexplained injuries, potential abuse or neglect, medication
errors, loss of resident property, or any evidence of resident or family dissatisfaction, as directed. - Gathers and analyzes facts, assesses situations, develops, and implements appropriate actions to investigate, notify
appropriate parties, resolve issues, record facts properly, and prevent future reoccurrence. Communicates
findings/results to the Wellness Director or Executive Director.
Education and Experience:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or where states allow, minimum of 2-5 years leading a care team.
- Must be licensed as an LPN, and must maintain current and unencumbered licensure
- Prefer two-year professional nursing experience in a senior living care setting.
- Two-years supervisory/management experience with direct care staff.
