Job Description

Director of Health Services (DHS)| Registered Nurse (RN)

Type: Full-Time
Shift: Day Shift

Location: Avamere at Rio Rancho - 1000 Riverview Drive SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124

At Avamere Rio Rancho, we believe that exceptional care starts with exceptional leadership. As our Director of Health Services (RN), you’ll do more than manage clinical operations — you’ll inspire, mentor, and guide a compassionate team dedicated to improving the lives of the seniors we serve.

This is your opportunity to step into a meaningful leadership role, where your clinical expertise and heart for service come together to create a true impact.

Responsibilities:

• Delegates tasks according to NM Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations (ensures a written physicians order, assess the resident condition as stable, ensure the caregiver is capable of performing the task by observation of that caregiver’s performance, ensures training of the task to the caregiver, provides written instructions and a return demonstration of the task, documents the task delegated on the resident’s service plan).
• Develop and maintain a good rapport with all parties involved with the care plan to ensure that a team effort is achieved in developing a comprehensive plan of
• Report known or suspected incidents of fraud, waste, and or abuse to the Executive
• Review the 24-hour report and health monitoring and make recommendations as needed
• Assess the use of supportive devices with restraining qualities in accordance to established standards of
• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the health service department, as well as its programs and activities, in accordance with current Oregon Administrative Regulations and OSHA guidelines
• Participate in the coordination of care with outside and offsite providers
• Participate in the Continuous Quality Improvement Assist in developing improvement plans to correct identified problem areas
• Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as necessary or as may be directed
• Coordinate services amongst the Interdisciplinary Team
• Ensure that all personnel involved in providing care to the resident are aware of the resident’s care Ensure that nursing personnel refer to the resident’s care plan prior to administering daily care to the resident
• Implement and follow company policies and guidelines
• Review IR reports and assist with the investigation and recommendations as needed
• Complete Alert Log and Alert Follow guidelines for Alert Charting criteria
• Review all physician orders (triple check system) timely
• Complete Change in condition assessments per company policy
• Complete Quarterly assessments per company policy
• Complete admission assessments required by Registered Nurse per company policy
• Follow guidelines for skin tracking, monitoring, and treatments
• Participate in all compliance training programs
• Participate in developing the Service Plan when residents receive health Make recommendations for service plans as needed
• Attend and participate in care conferences as invited by Executive Director

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university
• Must have, as a minimum, three (3) years of experience as a supervisor in a hospital, nursing care facility, or other related health care facility
• Must have, as a minimum six (6) months of experience in rehabilitative and restorative nursing practices
• Possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in this state
• Be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to nursing care facilities
• Must possess leadership and supervisory ability and the willingness to work harmoniously with and supervise other personnel
• Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people within the facility
• Be willing to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing nursing practices
• Must have CPR/BLS

Employee Perks:

• Excellent benefits package with medical coverage, voluntary dental, vision, and life insurance, short-term disability, and AD&D coverage, for full time employees.
• Tuition assistance
• Access up to 50% of your net earned income before payday
• Career Development
• Employee assistance program featuring counseling services, financial coaching, free legal services, and more
• Paid time off/sick leave (rolls over annually)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

The company reserves the right to revise the duties set forth in this job description at its discretion.

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