Director of Staff Development

Pay Range: $92,000 to $120,000/year

JOB CULTURE

The Masonic Homes of California are committed to a culture of Leadership. Our culture is to provide superior service to members, residents and staff through a sound and progressive model of service and care which aligns our mission, vision and the four pillars of the Masonic Home Way. We demonstrate excellence in core services and place value on high quality job performance, professional development, effective time management, budget management, workplace safety and resident/employee satisfaction. We are dedicated to disciplined innovation and continuous quality improvement – we are a learning company. 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

Looking for innovative ways to safely perform the job. Taking action to always put safety first. Taking personal responsibility for the safety of the staff and members you work with. Actively identifying areas to minimize individual and organizational risk. 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

Supporting an environment of innovation that constantly seeks new tools and skills to meet our goals. Partnering with other team members in order to create an environment where together we meet our goals. Performing your role at the MHC efficiently and effectively so that members get the most out of their life experiences. 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.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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 sa