Director of Nursing
- Sunrise Senior Living
- | Mission Viejo, CA
$89,991 per year |
FULL_TIME |
May 26th, 2025
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Sunrise Senior Living -
Mission Viejo, CA
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$89,991 per year
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FULL_TIME
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May 26th, 2025
When you join Sunrise Senior Living, you will be able to use your unique skills to empower residents to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Not only will you build meaningful relationships with residents, their families, and team members alike, you will also gain joy in serving others and deep fulfillment in your work. Explore how you can follow your passions and shed light on meaningful ways to serve, grow, and shine together.
Sunrise Senior Living was again certified as a Great Place to Work by Activated Insights. This is the 8th time Sunrise has received this top culture and workplace designation, highlighting the special place Sunrise is to be a part of.
COMMUNITY NAME
Sunrise of Mission Viejo
Job ID
2025-228760
JOB OVERVIEW
The Resident Care Director (RCD) serves as the nursing clinical leader for the community and is responsible to lead and manage the health and wellness along with coordination of care and services to residents within the community. Responsible for oversight and implementation of all Care programs, regulatory compliance, recruiting and performance management.
RESPONSIBILITIES QUALIFICATIONS
Responsibilities:
As a part of the Sunrise team, supporting our Mission, Principles of Service and Core Values is a fundamental part of this job. Our foundational belief is the sacred value of human life. Every year, team members are assigned required training that applies to their role to ensure that these standards are always met. The unique responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the essential functions listed below:
Managing Health and Wellness:
- Provide strategic leadership for resident care in the community by managing, directing, and monitoring the nursing team as applicable by State/Province law, to promote the health and wellness of the resident population.
- Provide clinical care through the direct application of the nursing process; perform and document resident assessments, progress notes, evaluates changes in care needs, complete Individualized Service Plans, provide or delegate hands-on clinical care as indicated by the plan of care and evaluate resident outcomes.
- Collaborates with physicians, pharmacists, and other clinical providers to coordinate care and services for the residents.
- Fulfills all required training within the required time frame, including the completion of all Sunrise University training and all training required by regulating authorities.
- Serves as the CLIA Director as applicable for the community and according to the federal and state requirements.
- Partner with Neighborhood Coordinators to promote an integrated and collaborative approach to wellness operations and resident care.
- Collaborate with Sales partners to determine community capability and assess potential residents appropriateness for move- in.
- Seeks direction from a Registered Nurse as needed in accordance with state regulations and nurse practice acts.
- Provide strategic leadership for resident care in the community by managing, directing, and monitoring the medication care managers, as applicable by State/Province law, to promote the health and wellness of the resident population.
- Provide oversight of the community medication management program to promote resident safety in the medication use process including onboarding, training, and performance reviews.
- Fulfills all required training within the required time frame, including the completion of all Sunrise University training and all training required by regulating authorities.
- Provide clinical training and education, as needed, to nurses, medication care managers, care managers and others who provide resident care. Perform skill evaluation to assure clinical capability of care team members.
- Track, trend and report clinical quality data to identify risk.
- Actively participate as a member of the community Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement committee.
- Lead clinical quality and process improvement initiatives within the community to mitigate risk and improve resident care outcomes.
- Recruit, hire and train clinical team members and is responsible for performance management, evaluations, and engagement.
- Completes direct report team member staffing and scheduling according to operational and budgetary guidelines.
- Partners with the community leadership team to promote resident safety and compliance with Risk Management and OSHA programs.
- Serves as the ICC and CLIA Director as applicable for the community.
- Responsible for infection control programming, including delegation of infection control preventionist, as per state requirements.
- Assure compliance with all Federal, State/Provincial, board of nursing and other applicable regulations.
- Manages the department budget to include labor and other expenses and understands its impact on the communitys bottom line.
- Processes and submits monthly expenses and budget data in a timely manner, per Sunrise policies and internal business controls.
- Understands the internal costs associated with all Sunrise resident care programs.
- Partners with the Regional Director of Resident Care and/or Executive Director in the delivery and participation in Sunrise University training and self-study programs.
- On-boards new RCD leaders and other department coordinators as needed.
- Develops a working knowledge of state/provincial regulations, ensures compliance through supervising and coaching team members.
- Completes clinical team member staffing and scheduling according to operational and budgetary guidelines when assigned to a community.
- Holds clinical team accountable, corrects actions when necessary and documents.
- Attends regular meetings; Stand Up, Cross Over, Department Head Meetings, Town Hall, QAPI, and others as directed by the Executive Director.
- Keeps abreast of professional developments in the field by reading and attending conferences and training sessions.
- Graduate of an accredited college or school of nursing with a current state license as a professional Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)/Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
- Minimum two (2) years LPN/LVN experience; at least one (1) year experience in home health, assisted living, or long-term care environment preferred.
- Minimum of one (1) year nursing management experience, including hiring, coaching, performance management, scheduling and daily operations supervision.
- Certified in CPR and First Aid.
- Demonstrated knowledge of applied nursing practices, techniques, and methods in accordance with federal, state/province and board of nursing requirements.
- Knowledge of infection control practices and prevention of disease transmission.
- Ability to delegate assignments to the appropriate individuals based on their demonstrated skill capability and in compliance with all regulations.
- Experience in tracking, trending and analysis of clinical performance data preferred.
- Experience in quality and clinical process improvement and risk assessment preferred.
- Experience in staff development, training and/or clinical education preferred.
- Proven ability to handle multiple priorities, organize efficiently, and manage time effectively.
- Demonstrated critical thinking, clinical judgment, and decision-making skills.
- Computer proficiency with electronic medical records, the Microsoft Office suite, and the ability to learn new applications.
- Ability to work weekends, evenings flexible hours as needed for resident care/services, including 24/7 on call responsibility.
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Plans
- Retirement Savings Plans
- Employee Assistant Program / Discount Program
- Paid time off (PTO), sick time, and holiday pay
- Daily Pay offered to get paid within hours of a shift (offered in the U.S. only)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- In addition to base compensation, Sunrise may offer discretionary and/or non-discretionary bonuses. The eligibility to receive such a bonus will depend on the employees position, plan/program offered by Sunrise at the time, and required performance pursuant to the plan/program.
- Some benefits have eligibility requirements
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