Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg
Freedom Pointe at The Villages
Dallas, TX

Health and Wellness Nurse

Status: Full-Time (Tuesday-Saturday) Salary: $32.00-$35.00 /hr. When you work at Walnut Place, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What's more, you are part of an extraordinary company - one that's investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don't just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life! Walnut Place is recruiting for a hospitality focused Assisted Living Health and Wellness Nurse to join our team! Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of an Assisted Living Health and Wellness Nurse GENERAL SUMMARY: Manages the day-to-day clinical services of the Assisted Living and Memory Care community to ensure resident's healthcare needs are met. Ensures residents are treated with respect and dignity and ensures quality care as resident's healthcare needs change. Supervises and provides leadership as well as coaching to certified medication aides and caregiver staff in the Assisted Living and Memory Care. PRINCIPLE DUTIES: Essential Job Duties: * Responsible for the direct supervision of Assisted Living and Memory Care community-based certified and non-certified clinical associates. * Assigns and directs work of subordinates; rewarding and disciplining associates; addressing complaints and resolving problems. * Provides training and education to resident care associates on an ongoing basis with in-services, and situation-specific training. * Supervises the maintenance of resident charts and reviews documentation performed by care giving staff. * As described and allowed in the Nurse Practice Act, assesses health, oversee medication administration, functional and psycho-social status of residents, initiates individualized service plans, proactively manages care and services for each resident, evaluates effectiveness and maximizes the resident's opportunity to remain in their environment. * Manages the care of residents, including the dissemination of information to families and associates. Ensures that family members are aware of resident's need for schedule appointments. * Participates in pre-admission screening of new residents admitted to alternate care environments for treatment and maintains contact with resident families with the intent of returning resident to the community. * Evaluates residents; documents change in condition, and notifies the Assisted Living and Memory Care Director, physician, and resident's legally responsible party/family of 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 Sevice Plan meeting involving appropriate parties as needed. * Ensures in-house ancillary medical services such as podiatrist, doctor visits, dental visit, psych visits, lab, X-ray, ambulance, etc. are scheduled and followed through. * Participates in department quality improvement activities. * Shares on-call and manager on duty responsibilities/shifts as required. QUALIFICATIONS: * Valid, current state nursing license (LPN/LVN) * Minimum 3 years clinical leadership experience preferred. * Working knowledge of basic technology and electronic medical documentation. Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu and COVID-19 vaccine status. Please note that all employees are required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or apply for and receive an approved exemption, as a condition of employment. If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you! EEO Employer