Senior Healthcare Director

The Senior Health Care Director (Senior HCD) is an expert in the clinical and care needs of individuals residing in Harmony Senior Services communities and in Harmony systems and processes, and in laws and regulations that support resident care and community regulatory compliance. The Senior HCD has demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities and the ability to maintain and elevate clinical operations in communities with a vacancy in the Health Care Director (HCD) role.

Essential Functions:

• Travels to communities within the assigned portfolio as needed to fill vacancies in the HCD role and provide continuity of clinical and resident care operations until a permanent HCD is hired.
• Performs all duties in the Health Care Director job description for assigned community(ies) including (but not limited to) monitoring the health and wellness of the resident population in AL/PC and memory care, performing and documenting assessments for current residents and potential move-ins, developing and revising service plans based on resident needs, coordinating care with physicians and other providers, staffing, scheduling, coaching and providing education to Care Aide and Med Tech staff, managing resident emergencies, communicating with family members and contributing to and monitoring plans of correction.
• Provides oversight for the community Medication Management Program.
• Takes on-call responsibility after hours for clinical and resident care issues as needed.
• Acts as a member of the community leadership team, including participating in rotating Manager on Duty (MoD) responsibilities.
• Collaborates with community Executive Directors to ensure required annual training and compliance activities are completed for direct care staff.
• Collaborates with the Director of Sales and Marketing to promote and facilitate resident move-ins to drive census and occupancy growth.
• Monitors key resident care clinical indicators and implements interventions to improve resident care.
• Assists with onboarding, training and education of new HCDs.
• When needed, may be required to support more than one community at a time.
• Provides training and education classes as needed, when the HCD vacancy coverage schedule permits.
• Maintains a working knowledge of all local, State and Federal regulations and Harmony Senior Services policies and standards applicable to communities in the assigned portfolio.
• Performs other duties as assigned.