Discovery Senior Living is now the 2nd largest senior housing operator with the addition of our new division TerraBella Senior Living.  We have tremendous opportunities for proven leaders to join in our success.  

TerraBella Senior Living is looking for a Area Regional Nurse to join our communities in North Carolina, servicing our communities in the greater Raleigh-Durham and surrounding areas. 

Responsibilities:

• Travels to assigned community to provide clinical and collaborative support.
• Travel may include overnights with up to 40% of the time, based upon business needs.
• Ensures that community follows all federal, state, local laws and regulations as it pertains to clinical care.
• Responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting occurrence trends, and if necessary, develop/implement improvement plans as assigned.
• Partners with Executive Director /Administrator and other team members to analyze and maintain all resident and team member health safety.
• Partners with DHW and pharmacy consultant to provide optimal pharmaceutical services to residents.
• Collaborates and reviews infection control programming in community.
• Responsible for the safe and efficient distribution/administration of injections, nebulizers, moderate wound care per state regulations as needed.
• In collaboration with DHW and Executive Director, identifies ongoing needs and services of residents through the assessment/ Service Plan process including documentation for residents with a change in health care status.
• Supports the DHW with completion of the monthly updates and reporting to the responsible party.
• Partners with other department coordinators to identify, review, and discuss potential change in service/medication levels and updates the resident’s service plan and DSL assessment as indicated by state regulations.
• Participates in community awareness activities and community relations as needed.
• Maintains and coordinates communications with resident’s family and/or responsible party regarding changes in care or health concerns.
• Informs the Business Office of fee changes related to care needs.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Perform Cart audits and develops plan of correction as needed.
• Facilitate or coordinate Med Tech education / certification
• Perform mock audit, assessment and plan of corrections for Survey preparation and readiness
• Provides support to the community during DHW vacancies 
• If required, this position may need to support additional Regions

Qualifications:

• Maintains current state license as a Professional Registered Nurse per state regulations.
• Experience in assisted living required.
• Minimum of two (2) years experience as a Licensed Nurse.
• One (1) year nursing management experience.
• Must demonstrate knowledge of state regulations
• Must demonstrate competence in assessment skills, injections/medication administration, follow-up and collaboration, and solution development.
• Must have a valid driver's license 

JOB CODE: 1006005