Assistant Director of Nursing

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Come join our dedicated team at The Village at Gleannloch Farms, a wonderful place to work! You’ll join a team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impact in our residents’ lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career. The Village at Gleannloch Farms is managed by LCS, the nation’s leading developer and manager of senior living communities.

We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at the Village at Gleannloch Farms.

The Assistant Director of Nursing assists with the management of the day‑to‑day healthcare operations of the community to ensure residents’ healthcare needs are met. Ensures residents are treated with respect and dignity and ensures quality care as residents’ healthcare needs change. Supervises licensed nurses and other direct care staff within the community.

Our team members provide extraordinary care and hold each other accountable. If this sounds like a good fit, we’d love to hear from you!

• Have direct supervision of community‑based license nursing staff (LPN RN), the Med Techs/CNAs (if required by State regulation) and or Lead caregiving employees. May also supervise Resident Care staff.
• Assign and direct work of subordinates; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Provide ongoing training, supervision, and monitoring of employees in the administration of medications as described/allowed in Nurse Practice Act, to include auditing of medication administration records.
• Provide training and education to resident care employees on an ongoing basis with classroom in‑services, and situation‑specific training.
• Supervise the maintenance of resident charts and reviews documentation performed by care giving staff.
• As described and allowed in the Nurse Practice Act, assess health, functional and psycho‑social status of residents, initiate individualized service plans, proactively manage care and services for each resident, evaluate effectiveness and maximize the resident’s opportunity to remain in their environment.
• Manage the health care of residents, including the dissemination of information to families and employees. Ensures that family members are aware of resident’s needs for scheduled appointments.
• Participate in pre‑admission screening of prospective new residents. Assure that required documentation is completed prior to or upon resident admission, including nursing assessments, service plans, and other assigned forms. Update assessments as required by policy and as described/allowed in Nurse Practice Act.
• Perform on‑site evaluations of residents admitted to alternate care environments for treatment and maintain contact with resident families with the intent of returning resident to the Community.
• Perform ongoing assessment/observation of resident’s physical and psycho‑social needs and coordinate with other departments to assure quality, proactive care.
• Evaluate residents; document change in condition, and notify executive director, physician and resident’s legally responsible party/family of resident’s condition and reactions.
• Communicate with physicians regarding resident’s status and condition changes. Ensure residents prepared for physician appointments, prepare Physician Visit Form and review and update resident chart.
• Facilitate continuity of care for those residents receiving home health care, hospice services, and other third‑party healthcare‑related services.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. RN or LPN with a current license in Texas.
• Two years’ experience in geriatric nursing with strong leadership skills required. Participation in professional organizations, dealing primarily in…