Director of Health Services for Assisted Living

Baptist Village of Enid, a retirement neighborhood, is currently seeking an exceptional Director of Health Services to join our team. BVC offers our nurses competitive pay and benefits, including the recent addition of a daily pay option, along with a desirable weekday work schedule for this position. Baptist Village Communities is a not-for-profit, faith-based organization that has a proven record of providing quality housing and services across the state of Oklahoma. Most importantly, Baptist Village team members must be mission-driven and identify with our mission of “enhancing lives by serving God, serving you, serving together”. If you desire to work in a Christian environment and serve with a talented team of healthcare professionals, then this is the nursing opportunity of a lifetime. You can learn more about Baptist Village Communities at www.baptistvillage.org. Please respond with your interest in this opportunity, we look forward to hearing from you!

Job Summary: Ensure the general well-being of residents through the delivery of high-quality service in a manner that is consistent with the philosophy of assisted living and that complies with applicable State Laws and regulations. This person is responsible for training team members.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the training, supervising, and evaluating staff to ensure the provision of high-quality service to residents in a manner that is consistent with Assisted Living.
• Monitor and maintain records reflecting the resident’s physical and mental condition. Report significant change orders from the physician.
• Document medications supervised and noted resident’s response. Follow through with verbal medication change orders from the physician.
• Assist in identifying opportunities to improve care and to correct problems, identifying patterns, trends, or single clinical events that warrant evaluation.
• Upon resident admission, review physical assessment, physician orders including medication and treatment, and educate support personnel in appropriate care.
• Review, coordinate, direct, and educate support staff on resident care, and assist the RCF Administrator in evaluating support staff performance.
• Participate in all training functions and in-service sessions.
• Count all Schedule II drugs weekly and review medication charting per physician orders.
• Educate support staff on all safety, infection control, and universal precautions.
• Demonstrate sound assessment skills, therapeutic communication techniques (verbal and non-verbal), listening abilities, and positive customer relations skills.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing and be correctly licensed in the state of Oklahoma.
• Experience preferred in LTC or Assisted Living setting.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that a team member must meet to perform the essential functions of this job effectively. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the team member is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The team member is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The team members must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the team member is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person