Memory Care Director/Assisted Living

Wingate Residences at Haverhill

Schedule:  Full-Time

Monday - Friday

Salary:  $75,000 - $80,000

Benefits: 401K, Health,Dental,Vision insurance

Your Career. Your Calling. Our Commitment to Exceptional Care.

At Wingate Living, we are more than just senior living-- we're builders of lifestyles, friendships, and communities you'll be proud to be part of.  As a family-owned company with over 30 years of experience throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island, we offer unique blend of healthcare and hospitality through a full continuum of premier services.

Join us, and bring your passion, expertise, and heart to a team that truly values you.

JOB PURPOSE: The Memory Care Director/Community Relations will oversee the daily operations of the Memory Care neighborhood. Including but not limited to, coordinating the program/activities, services, policies and procedures to insure a therapeutic, engaging and safe environment for all Residents. Supervising and management of staff and CNA's. This role will oversee all programming and also play a key role in the marketing and sales for a Memory care apartment community.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Must possess a working knowledge of the most common dementia disease processes and psychopharmacology as pertains to neighbors with dementia desease processes.
• Must have a working knowledge of failure free approaches to activities and ADLs.
• Bachelor's Degree in Human Services, Housing Management or Nursing Home Management.
• Minimum 2 years' experience caring for individuals with age-related brain disease.
• Minimum 1 year experience in a supervisory capacity.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when required.
• Must possess the ability to tactfully interact with personnel, neighbors and families.
• Must possess an understanding of the social, psychological, physical, and leisure needs of residents living in a special care unit.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.