[Hiring] RN District Director of Clinical Services @Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Role Description

Grow your Clinical Leadership Career with Brookdale! Northern CA District travel required. Must be a CA licensed RN with Senior Living experience!

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• Provides strategic clinical oversight and support of the day-to-day clinical community operations to Executive Directors, Health and Wellness Directors, and clinical associates, as well as district and regional team leaders above assigned communities.
• Supports the company goals and strategies and optimizes resources to ensure quality care and service delivery, training and development of staff, and management of risk and regulatory compliance.
• Responsible for the successful implementation and maintenance of community support center clinical policies and procedures.
• Conducts regular clinical quality audits through community site visits and audits of all health care areas to ensure compliance with Brookdale standards and state regulations.
• Analyzes specific community models to support staffing of clinical positions based on community size and residents receiving services.
• Supports the implementation of quality care and services, and encourages the development of medical professional relationships within the community.
• Oversight of community survey readiness for regulatory compliance.
• Monitors compliance and assists communities in root cause and corrective action of community quality metrics and clinical outcomes.
• Analyzes resident incident reports and supports the community in corrective action plans as appropriate.
• Verifies that a Community Care Conference and Collaborative Care Process is in place in accordance with policy.
• Reviews resident clinical assessments to validate accuracy of resident’s physical, emotional and mental functioning.
• Ensures the CARE process is being executed appropriately to address controllable resident move outs.
• Provides clinical guidance to field staff, when necessary, to determine appropriate level of care for resident move-ins.
• Supports the community’s overall resident/family satisfaction level as related to clinical care.
• Promotes the community preferred pharmacy relationship and supports 80% or greater resident participation.
• Supports the community-based Personal Solutions program.
• Participates in hiring, training, and mentoring of Health and Wellness Directors and other field level clinical associates.
• Analyzes resident and medication incident reports and assesses trends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (B.S.N.) from four-year college or university preferred.
• RN license required.
• Minimum of five to seven years related experience and/or training, most of which are in the geriatric field.
• Experience with the elderly required and must have a thorough understanding of aging issues related to health.
• Licensed as a registered nurse.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and access to a private vehicle for business travel.

Requirements

• Makes analytical decisions and is accountable for all actions made by a department or group.
• Uses a high degree of analytical ability using sound judgment acquired through significant experience to solve complex and varied problems.
• Has significant knowledge of an advanced discipline with a working knowledge of related fields.
• Has knowledge to direct multiple functions and/or departments with full responsibility for operational results.

Benefits

• Full suite of health insurance, life insurance, and retirement plans are available and vary by employment status.
• Part and Full Time Benefits Eligibility:
• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Associate assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Referral program
• Early access to earned wages for hourly associates (outside of CA)
• Optional voluntary benefits including ID theft protection and pet insurance
• Full Time Only Benefits Eligibility:
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Company provided life insurance
• Adoption benefit
• Disability (short and long term)
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account
• Optional life and dependent life insurance
• Optional voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity Insurance, and legal plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Base pay in range will be determined by applicant’s skills and experience.
• Full-time associates in role are also eligible for an annual bonus incentive.
• Temporary associates are not benefits eligible but may participate in the company’s 401(k) program.
• Brookdale offers to advance fees for naturalization (Form N-400) application costs, up to $725, for qualified associates who have been with us for at least a year.