Director of Healthcare Services

Join our incredible team as a Director of Nursing Services with North Park Plaza Home Health, a housing site that provides permanent supportive housing for low-income older adults an in-home health care service. Proudly operated by Volunteers of America National Services.
North Park Plaza is a community of Volunteers of America National Services, a subsidiary of the Volunteers of America parent organization.  Proudly Great Place to Work® Certified for 8 consecutive years.

Salary: $110,000- $122,000
Monday- Friday position

Director of Healthcare Services/Director of Nursing Job Highlights:

• Competitive pay based on experience
• Generous benefit packages
• Growth and advancement opportunities
• Flexible schedules
• Career scholarships available
• Quality training, continuing career education and leadership programs
• Employee discount program

Required Qualifications: 

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing program with a current license as a Registered Nurse in the state of Minnesota.
• Minimum of two (2) years of nursing experience in post-acute (long-term care, assisted living, memory care or home care)
• Previous supervisory/management experience in a health care setting

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPR certified
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred

About the Job:

The Director of Healthcare Services/Director of Nursing (AL) is a member of the key leadership team at The Homestead at Rochester. The position is primarily responsible for all clinical care and services provided to assisted living residents and home care clients. High quality care, customer service and team member satisfaction are three critical responsibilities of this role.     

Essentials:

Administration

• Participates in campus wide strategic planning activities
• Partners with the Licensed Assisted Living Director to assure AL residents receive high quality care and services
• Partners with the Executive Director for the development and growth of the campus based home care agency
• Assures compliance with all state, federal and local laws pertaining to assisted living and home care
• Provides leadership to all clinical assisted living and home care staff
• Responsible to assure staff education and monitors for compliance
• Reviews policy and procedures annually
• Recommends new policy and procedures or changes to current policies to improve quality of care, meet state regulations and assure efficiency and effectiveness of services
• Assists in planning and development of assisted living and home care annual budgets
• Responsible for risk management and completion of incident reports
• Reviews all incidents involving assisted living or home care residents and is responsible for investigation and timely notification of the Licensed Assisted Living Director and state officials according to the  Minnesota’s Vulnerable Adult Protection Act
• Provides support to the facility by being available for, or assuring nursing availability, for on call services
• Provide staff direction through general meetings, timely personnel evaluations and productivity expectations
• Ensures accuracy in documentation and appropriate billing for all care and services

 Coordination of Services:

• Introduces home care services to new clients and families
• Conducts pre-admission screening of prospective residents and home care clients
• Performs initial and ongoing assessment of physical & psychosocial needs and coordinates with other
  departments, agencies and care providers as needed
• Maintains ongoing communication with families, physicians and other care providers regarding resident or client status including condition changes, reaction to drugs, treatments or other incidents
• Partners with residents and clients to develop a plan of person centered care/services
• Ensures/coordinates necessary ancillary services and appointment scheduling to ensure that needs are met
• Ensures appropriate documentation in the resident or client record
• Initiates a resident or client service plan according to their individualized needs and as prescribed by Physician, medical provider and/or VOANS policy
• Provides resident/client and significant others education on conditions and treatments