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Hello! Thank you for your interest in joining the Wellspring team as the Director of Resident Care. As a statewide nonprofit serving seniors, families and children in need of support, we take a whole-person approach to our organization and delivery of our services — because we believe we must find the strengths in people and build on these for lasting change to occur.
As the Director of Resident Care with the Saginaw Assisted Living and Memory Support Facility with Wellspring, you’ll be part of a team of nurses, CNAs and senior support staff committed to helping seniors and families in Saginaw. In this position, you'll be directly supporting your community in Saginaw County to provide services to seniors. In this position, you'll be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in the State of Michigan and bring two years of relevant experience, preferably in leadership in a senior services environment. Having a bachelor's degree in nursing or a healthcare related field and professional experience in a supervisory role is preferred but not required.
As the Director of Resident Care with the Saginaw Assisted Living and Memory Support Facility with Wellspring, you’ll be part of a team of nurses, CNAs and senior support staff committed to helping seniors and families in Saginaw. In this position, you'll be directly supporting your community in Saginaw County to provide services to seniors. In this position, you'll be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in the State of Michigan and bring two years of relevant experience, preferably in leadership in a senior services environment. Having a bachelor's degree in nursing or a healthcare related field and professional experience in a supervisory role is preferred but not required.
As the Director of Resident Care, you will:
- Maintain focus and oversight within: care management, medication management, risk management, quality assurance and staff management
- Be responsible for residents in Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Support in conjunction with their nursing team
- Coordinate Resident Care in order to ensure the residents remain healthy and active
- Delegate to the health and wellness supervisory staff the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary to perform their assigned duties
- Ensure an environment which encourages each resident’s ability to maintain or attain the highest level of independence and physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being
- Assist the residents and their family in maintaining the physical and emotional health of the resident
- Act as a liaison with hospital personnel, rehabs, physicians, community organizations, and other related health service agencies to provide care and support to the residents
- Directly supervise, motivate, train, and evaluate all health and wellness staff
- Communicates and interacts effectively and tactfully with residents, visitors, families, peers, and supervisors
- Develop, implement, and maintain an ongoing quality assurance program for the health and wellness department and a Quality Assessment and Assurance committee to develop and implement appropriate plans of action to correct identified deficiencies and assure best practice
- Oversee and manage the resident assessment process to ensure the proper levels of care are obtained
- Ensure that all staff within the department receive adequate orientation, training, competency verification, and ongoing education to fulfill their role
- Develop, implement, and review policies and procedures involving resident and staff health and wellness
- Lead daily operations for the health and wellness department
- Provide direct patient care when necessary
- Maintain stocked inventory
- Set and track departmental goals and objectives
- Investigate any patient and family complaints
- Hire and onboard new department employees
- Participate in the on-call nurse rotation
Why Choose Wellspring?
You may be wondering why Wellspring would be a good option for you. Here are some of the benefits to being part of the nursing team with Wellspring:
- You'll be part of a dedicated and caring team of nurses, caregivers and senior support staff and connect through weekly meetings and trainings
- You'll receive clinical supervision and support as needed
- You'll create meaningful connections with each resident
- You'll be working in an open concept floor plan building with private resident rooms
- You're starting salary range will be $70,000 - $80,000 / year, based on experience and credentials
- You'll work full time, 40 hours a week, Monday- Friday (8:30am-5pm)
- You'll be included in a nurse on-call rotation; approximately 1x a month
- You'll be able to enroll in our benefits, such as Health, Vision & Dental insurance, 403b Retirement plans, PTO, Paid Holidays
- You'll have the flexibility to be paid on demand with DailyPay
- You'll have access to Wellspring SupportLinc, which is an employee assistance plan
This position reports to the Wellspring SAGINAW Assisted Living campus:
Wellspring Lutheran Services
5935 Shattuck Rd
Saginaw, MI 48603
5935 Shattuck Rd
Saginaw, MI 48603
Full Job Description available during the interview.
