Director of Staff Development

Pay Range: $92,000 to $125,000/year

JOB CULTURE

We are committed to sharing our knowledge and being an organization that attracts the best and brightest talent. We are team-oriented, caring and honest.

Safety Pillar

Using triage and risk assessment as tools for reducing organization risk and providing appropriate service/care.

Personal Connection Pillar

Treating everyone with courtesy and respect. Maintaining proper boundaries of communication. Being an active listener. Making an intentional effort to treat colleagues with the same courtesy and respect as I do with my clients/residents.

Experience Pillar

Being available. Communicating with care. Ensuring your areas has a welcoming appearance. Performing the job with excellence.

Efficiency Pillar

Using time and resources wisely.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The DSD acts as a primary support to the licensed staff with the management of the resident’s care plan. This position is responsible to organize, assess, direct, plan, develop, and implement all levels of orientation, in-service and continuing education for all employees and to create ways to contribute in making the Masonic Homes a purposeful learning environment by teaching practices that ensure safe, competent and compassionate resident-directed service is provided to all residents.

In addition, the DSD responsibilities include development and facilitation of the infection control program for monitoring communicable and/or infectious diseases among residents and personnel. The DSD may perform other job functions as deemed necessary and appropriate or as may be directed by the Director of Clinical Services, Executive Director, Administrator and/or the Director of Nursing.

1. DIRECTOR OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT

• Provide general orientation, mandatory in-services, continuing education, and other training to meet all department and facility needs and regulatory requirements. Orient new clinical staff to policies and procedures and to their job duties.
• Coordinates all educational programs for licensed and unlicensed staff.
• Strives to meet the educational needs of staff within the Department of Nursing and Health Services. Provides an annual calendar of educational activities for staff including educational needs identified by nursing leadership and all relevant quality improvement activities
• Coordinates the Nursing Assistant Certification Program in accordance with state long-term care requirements as needed.
• Assures all necessary mandatory education (fire safety, infection control, residents rights, Hazard communication, sexual harassment, Dementia, and HIPAA etc.) required by regulatory standards are available for all staff; track attendance. Schedule live presentations for mandatory in-services on a rotating basis as needed.
• Maintains all in-service records on all employees in current, neat and orderly fashion, with individual educational profiles on all Certified Nursing Assistants to ensure all 24-hour annual requirements are met.
• Coordinate BLS, CPR, and First Aid education for direct care staff as required; offer optional training for all other employees.
• Prepare nursing schedule, receive and approve time off requests, monitor and follow up on attendance
• Attend and participate in continuing education programs to learn of best practices in greater community as well as to maintain current license.
• Perform competency skills to assess transfer of safety training to the workplace
• Create a comfortable learning environment for staff with interactive, leadership leveling, and creative teaching techniques designed to enhance sustained learning.
• Act as a role model for all staff demonstrating a high standard of service that supports the organization’s mission and values.
• Assume leadership role in identifying opportunities for improvement, defining goals and developing solutions.
• Participate in developing, maintaining and updating written policies and procedures that govern the day-to-day functions of the facility with regards to Employee Health and staff education. Periodically review the department’s policies, procedure manuals and make recommendations for revisions.
• Assure all employees have a Physician Health Statement in their file yearly. Schedule physicals for new and current employees.
• Manage the TB screening Program. Assure appropriate documentation of testing exists in employee files. Counsel and refer as necessary.
• Identify, assist, counsel and refer employees who have been exposed to blood/body fluids.
• Monitor and track employee illness in order to determine necessary interventions and or work restrictions.
• Ensure Hepatitis and Flu vaccine are available to employees as necessary.
• Plans, assigns and directs work of trainees during their orientation period.
• Assist, coach, redirect and document performance problems as needed
• Assure that any performance documentation is equitable, uniform, and timely
• Participate in developing, maintaining and periodically updating written job descriptions for C.N.A.’s.
• Assist in the performance evaluations of employees in the nursing departments
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
• Participate in surveys made by authorized government agencies.
• Attends Nursing Management and supervisor meetings.
• Provide direct nursing care as necessary allowing clinical staff opportunities to experience education and team involvement.
• May perform basic resident care, including the passing of medications.

1. INFECTION PREVENTIONIST

• Develop, implement, and maintain the infection control program for monitoring communicable and/or infectious diseases among the residents and personnel.
• Develop a tracking system for completion of in-servicing and TB testing, as required by federal and state regulations.
• Ensure that all personnel follow established infection control procedures.
• Review culture results on residents to assure appropriate treatment.
• Assure that appropriate personal protective equipment is accessible
• Monitor nursing service personnel to assure they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.
• Ensure that interdepartmental staff understands policies and procedures of safety and sanitation.
• Monitor Infection Control Logs.

1. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

• Participates in and attends various committees of the facility such as Infection Control, Quality Assurance and Assessment. Evaluates and implements recommendations from established committees
• Conducts quality assurance projects as they relate to survey readiness.
• Assist in reeducation of staff when developing corrective action plans from completed audits or chart reviews. Insure documentation of remediation and report to Department Head.

1. INTERDISCIPLINARY ROLE

• Participate in development, implementation and maintenance of procedures for reporting hazardous conditions or equipment.
• Maintain a reference library with necessary resources for compliance with current standards and regulations that will provide assistance in maintaining quality resident care and growth and development of staff.
• Recommend to the Director of Nursing the equipment and supply needs of the department and ensure all staff has received proper training.
• Assist in developing a preventive maintenance program for maintaining the department’s equipment and supplies in a safe and operable manner
• In conjunction with Recreational Therapist/Activity Director, assist with group and 1:1 resident activities.
• Responds appropriately to emergency situations.
• In case of a disaster may be required to assist in disaster relief efforts.

Requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Ability to perform nursing care per current community standard for long term care.
• Demonstrates ability to lead and mentor staff. Act as a resource person for all departments within the established facility guidelines.
• Knowledge of State and Federal laws and regulations governing Long Term Care.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications including email; ability to learn company software systems.

• Meets Title 22 requirements for DSD.
• One year of DSD experience preferred.
• Currently licensed as RN or LVN to practice in the State of California
• DSD Certification preferred.
• Active CPR card
• As part of our commitment to health and safety for staff and residents, we require staff to be vaccinated for COVID-19 with booster.

Benefits

Benefits offered:

• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Healthcare spending or reimbursement accounts such as FSAs
• Retirement benefits or accounts