Heron’s Key is a Community of “People Helping People”. If you want to look back at the end of the day and feel the difference you have made, you will want to join our team. You will have the ability to greatly influence the care and service provided to our Seniors and the opportunity to create long-lasting relationships that will impact many lives. Heron’s Key, is a premier life plan community located in Gig Harbor Washington. We are dedicated to providing our residents the best senior living experience in the Puget Sound area and offer a full continuum of care from independent living to assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care.

The Staff Development Coordinator (SDC) & Infection Preventionist is responsible for organizing, planning, assessing, developing and directing staff development and infection control programs. The SDC supports the Director of Nursing and care team in the delivery of high quality safe resident care in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations for skilled nursing and assisted living environments.

We offer:
100% paid medical, dental and vision, employer paid life insurance and AD&D for employees working 30 hours/week (Option to buy-up if desired). In addition, we offer a Flexible Spending account for medical and childcare reimbursements with a $500.00 rollover feature (No Rollover on childcare) AND the option to purchase Long Term disability insurance. Eligibility begins the first of the month following 30 days of employment. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 403(B) plan (Eligibility on 403b – 20 hours per week) – We match 50 cents for every dollar saved up to 10% of your annual salary. Matching begins the first of the quarter following 1 year of employment. Full-time employees are eligible to accrue up to 16 paid time off days, 6 paid holidays and 3 personal days. Pro-rated paid time off is available to part-time employees.

In Addition, we offer:
Employee Assistant Program (EAP) through Wellspring Family Services
Gym
Employee Discount Program
Free Parking
Beautiful walking paths around the community

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides resident-directed services that honor individual lifestyles and preferences.
• Ensures confidentiality of all resident care information.
• Participates as part of the clinical leadership on-call rotation
• Maintains a reference library with necessary resources for compliance with current standards and regulations that will provide assistance in maintaining quality resident care and growth and development of staff.
• Coordinates with licensed nurses, outside consultants and medical providers. Serves as primary liaison for these providers.
• Participates in Nurse Delegation in Assisted Living.
• Supports in other necessary departments’ needs with focus on nursing.
• Supports the Director of Nursing Services as needed.
• Directs Quality Assurance activities (QAPI) in SNF and AL in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations.
• Designs and implements systems, process, staff education in response to identified QAPI trends to achieve continuous quality improvement of service deliver in Penrose Harbor.

Staff Development Function:

• Provides leadership in formulating training and education goals and objectives in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations for skilled nursing and assisted living.
• Develops and presents interactive staff training programs on centralized or decentralized basis as needed.
• Provides one-on-one remedial training to address inadequate individual job skills/ knowledge.
• Uses various training techniques to optimize staff learning; included may be lecture format, printed materials, hands-on demonstrations, role-playing, group sessions, one-on-one training, unit-based instruction, etc.
• Makes provisions for staff training and education on all 3 shifts and weekends as necessary.
• Develops and publishes monthly training program calendar / schedule.
• Maintains records regarding staff attendance at in-service training sessions.
• Maintains records regarding staff qualifications and certificates.
• Participates in general orientation program for new employees providing specialized training in infection control / blood borne pathogens, Hepatitis B vaccinations and other required clinical information.
• Provides direct supervision to departmental personnel offering training, guidance, coaching and counseling as needed to correct and improve performance and holding them accountable for care-giving practices, record-keeping, dress code standards, attendance, policy compliance, etc.
• Oversees new hire onboarding process to include but not limited to initial competency, Tuberculosis testing, vaccine tracking, monthly touchpoints, and fit testing.
• Oversees yearly staff competency, tuberculosis testing, vaccine tracking, and fit testing,
• Maintains current clinical knowledge and knowledge of nursing home and assisted living licensure requirements in order to ensure that educational information provided to staff is current.

Infection Control Function:

• Partners with Penrose Harbor care team to implement and evaluate annual infection prevention goals and action plans.
• Accountable for surveillance of healthcare acquired and community acquired infections in Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living.
• Manages goal setting and process improvement Penrose Harbor related to healthcare acquired infections and conditions.
• Reports infection control surveillance data and trending to QAPI.
• Provides education and monitoring of infection control processes.
• Serves as infection control resource for departments and personnel.
• Conducts outbreak investigations and initiates control measures.
• Reports communicable diseases to the state as required by law.
• Provides educational offerings for orientation and on-going in-services.
• Initiates follow-up on staff/resident exposures to communicable diseases.
• Functions as a clinical lead in the facility in the implementation and support of the Antibiotic Stewardship program.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Active unencumbered Washington RN nursing license.
• Three years’ experience as a licensed nurse in long term care.
• Specialty training on modified fundamentals of care giving mental health and dementia training.
• Current AED, CPR training required.
• Experience in staff development and infection control required.
• Previous experience in a supervisory position highly desirable.
• Knowledge of State and Federal regulations for Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living.
• Participate in Nurse Manager on-call rotation.
• Ability to work as floor nurse.

All Herons Key employees must pass a criminal background check and other pre-employment requirements. We are an E-Verify employer.

Herons Key is an equal opportunity employer.

Pay: $$80,000 - $104,970.06

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 - $104,970.06 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 403(b)
• 403(b) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Geriatrics

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)
• BLS Certification (Preferred)
• RN (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Gig Harbor, WA 98332 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Gig Harbor, WA 98332: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person