Resident Care Director; LVN​/RN

Resident Care Director

Sundale Senior Living | The Woodlands, TX

$85,000-$95,000 per year | Full-Time

Lead with Purpose. Inspire Your Team. Change Lives Every Day.

Sundale Senior Living is seeking an experienced Resident Care Director (LVN/RN) to provide clinical leadership and oversight for resident care services across our Assisted Living and secured Memory Care community.

As the community's primary clinical leader, you will ensure residents receive appropriate, person-centered care consistent with their assessed needs, service plans, physician orders, company policies, and Texas Assisted Living regulations.

This is a visible, hands-on leadership role. You'll work closely with medication aides and caregivers while partnering with the Executive Director, Resident Care Coordinator, Memory Care Director, physicians, pharmacies, outside healthcare providers, residents, and families.

If you're an experienced Texas LVN or RN who combines strong clinical judgment with the ability to lead, coach, and hold a resident care team accountable, we'd like to meet you.

As Sundale, we believe exceptional resident care begins with exceptional leadership. We empower our leaders to make decisions, develop tier teams, and create meaningful experiences for residents every day.

• Serve as the community's primary clinical leader
• Lead resident care across Assisted Living and secured Memory Care
• Maintain a visible leadership presence throughout the community
• Develop and coach medication aides, caregivers, and department leadership
• Partner closely with residents, families, physicians, and healthcare providers
• Drive resident safety, quality, compliance, and survey readiness
• Identify concerns proactively and implement meaningful improvements

• Oversee admission, annual, and change-of-condition resident assessments.
• Ensure service plans remain accurate, current, and compliant.
• Participate in pre-admission assessments to determine whether prospective residents can be safely and appropriately served.
• Respond promptly to changes in condition and ensure appropriate clinical follow-up.
• Conduct regular resident rounds throughout Assisted Living and Memory Care.
• Coordinate care with physicians, pharmacies, home health, hospice, therapy, laboratories, and other healthcare providers.
• Communicate significant changes in condition or care needs to residents, families, and appropriate providers.

• Maintain oversight of the community's medication management program.
• Ensure medication orders are accurately entered, implemented, and documented.
• Conduct medication audits, medication-pass observations, and competency evaluations.
• Address medication errors, missed medications, documentation concerns, and unsafe practices promptly.
• Review falls, incidents, wounds, hospitalizations, and other resident safety concerns.
• Identify patterns and ensure appropriate interventions and corrective actions are implemented.

• Coach, educate, and hold medication aides and caregivers accountable for resident care standards.
• Partner with the Resident Care Coordinator and Memory Care Director to ensure resident care needs are communicated and completed.
• Develop the Resident Care Coordinator's leadership of daily Assisted Living floor operations.
• Participate in recruiting, interviewing, orientation, training, competency validation, and performance management.
• Address performance concerns through coaching, corrective action, retraining, or competency review.

• Maintain compliance with Texas HHSC Assisted Living requirements
  , including applicable provisions of 26 TAC Chapter 553
  .
• Maintain survey readiness at all times.
• Conduct resident record, medication, documentation, care, and regulatory compliance audits.
• Ensure documentation is complete, accurate, timely, and ready for regulatory review.
• Assist with investigations, complaints, incidents, Plans of Correction, and regulatory follow-up.
• Participate in quality assurance and performance improvement activities.

• Serve as a primary clinical resource for residents and families.
• Respond professionally and promptly to resident and family concerns.
• Participate in family meetings and care conferences.
• Communicate significant changes in condition, care needs, or service delivery.
• Build collaborative relationships while maintaining…