Director of Nursing / Director of Health & Wellness (RN)

Job description

Spring Oak at Berlin – Berlin, New Jersey Spring Oak Senior Living is seeking a compassionate and dependable **Director of Nursing / Director of Health & Wellness (RN)** to lead our **Assisted Living and Memory Care Wellness team** at **Spring Oak at Berlin**. This position is responsible for the overall leadership, quality, compliance, and delivery of resident care. ### Responsibilities: - Lead all Wellness department operations, including staffing, scheduling, supervision, training, coaching, performance management, accountability, and corrective action. - Conduct initial resident assessments, ongoing reassessments, and evaluations following changes in condition, hospitalizations, or rehabilitation stays. - Determine clinical appropriateness for admission and return to the community. - Develop, implement, and update individualized resident care plans. - Oversee medication management, physician orders, eMAR, clinical documentation, infection control, and staff competency. - Monitor resident changes in condition and ensure timely communication with families, physicians, and appropriate healthcare providers. - Coordinate care with physicians, pharmacies, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, hospice, home health, therapy providers, and other clinical partners. - Investigate and manage falls, medication errors, injuries, behavioral concerns, and other resident incidents, including documentation, notification, follow-up, and preventive action. - Oversee Memory Care services, including dementia-related needs, behaviors, safety, supervision, and appropriate care interventions. - Ensure compliance with New Jersey regulations, company policies, and clinical standards while maintaining ongoing survey readiness. - Lead quality assurance and clinical improvement efforts to support positive resident outcomes. - Participate in after-hours and on-call clinical responsibilities and ensure appropriate Wellness staffing coverage. ### Qualifications: - **Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of New Jersey is required.** - At least two years of nursing leadership or supervisory experience. - Assisted living, memory care, senior living, or long-term care experience is strongly preferred. - Strong knowledge of resident assessments, care planning, medication management, infection control, clinical documentation, and New Jersey assisted living regulations. - Proven ability to lead, develop, and hold clinical team members accountable. - Strong communication, organization, clinical judgment, and problem-solving skills. - Experience with electronic medication administration records, including **eMAR**.