Director of Health Services - LPN - Laurelhurst Village

Director of Health Services (LPN)

Status: Full-Time, Salaried

Schedule: Thursday-Saturday

Location: Laurelhurst Village - 3060 SE Stark St Portland, OR 97214

Apply online at https://teamavamere.com/

Directors of Health Services (DHS) are nurses in our Community-Based Care settings who provide leadership, and direction and manage the healthcare services we provide.

At Avamere, we believe in taking care of our employees.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:


* Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

Low individual and family deductible.


* 401 (k) Plan: After 90 days of employment, with matching program.


* Paid Time Off (PTO): Accrue up to 4 weeks PTO per year, 6 holidays and accrued sick leave.


* EAP Canopy with unlimited telehealth mental health visits.


* Continuing Education and Higher Education Reimbursement.


* Generous employee referral bonus program.


* Flexible Spending Accounts & CERA: Medical FSA, Dependent Care FSA and CERA (Commuter Expense Reimbursement Account).


* Professional Development: Opportunities for growth and development within the company.


* Voluntary Benefits: Life insurance, disability coverage, supplemental hospital, accident and critical illness coverage, Legal Services, Pet Insurance, discount programs and more.

Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities:


* Delegates tasks according to Oregon Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations (ensures a written physician order, assesses the resident condition as stable, ensures 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.


* Review the 24-hour report and health monitoring and make recommendations as needed


* Assess the use of supportive devices with restraining qualities in accordance with 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 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 re...