DIRECTOR OF HEALTH WELLNESS

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• **Job Description: Health & Wellness Director** **Qualifications:** 1.
• It is the responsibility of each nurse to keep up his or her own required continuing education hours.
• Health and Wellness Director must maintain a current CPR certification.
• **General Job description:** The Health and Wellness Director is responsible for the overall implementation, delivery, and coordination of resident services at the community.
• Directly supervises all employees of the nursing department.
• This position is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of this department.
• This person also carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• The responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• **Essential Job Functions:** 1.
• Serve as liaison between facility, physicians and third-party vendors concerning resident change of condition, change in medication, and other pertinent information regarding health status.
• Communicate with family member/legal guardian regarding health status, change of condition, etc.
• Medication management to include, oversight and verifying medications according to doctor's orders and availability ensured in a timely manner for medication administration.
• Medications are to be documented and charted on in EMAR according to State Guidelines.
• Obtain and enter resident demographic information in to EHR.
• Ensure resident orders are entered and accurate according to physician's orders.
• Assign resident services either prior to or upon resident admission.
• Re-order resident medications from pharmacy per physician's order.
• Pharmacy will deliver or families will pick-up prescriptions and deliver to their Sodalis facility.
• Obtain and/or complete resident health forms, to include the PPOC, H&P, Service Plans, comprehensive assessments, AL level of care, wellness and skin assessments.
• The Executive Director may initiate the completion of forms.

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