Health and Wellness Specialist (Nursing Specialist)

About the role

The Health and Wellness Specialist is a highly mobile, expert clinical resource supporting Experience Senior Living communities through hands-on guidance, temporary leadership coverage, stabilization support and best-practice execution. The role is 100% travel-based and is deployed to communities facing vacancies, transitions, performance gaps, regulatory risk or heightened operational need in the Health and Wellness and Memory Care functions. It works alongside community teams, reinforcing ESL standards, regulatory compliance and resident care excellence, and may temporarily cover the Director of Health and Wellness.

Key responsibilities

• Support Executive Directors, Directors of Health and Wellness and wellness teams with resident assessments, care planning, medication management, staffing, documentation and clinical oversight.
• Temporarily assume Director of Health and Wellness / Memory Care responsibilities during vacancies, leaves, onboarding or periods of increased need.
• Train and coach Health and Wellness leaders and team members, support onboarding of new directors, and educate teams on resident rights, infection control, documentation and clinical workflows.
• Help communities achieve and sustain a survey-ready environment.
• Take part in clinical audits, site visits and operational reviews, identify trends in incidents and falls, and guide corrective action and regulatory surveys.
• Partner with ancillary providers such as home health, hospice and therapy.
• Travel 100% of the time, including evenings, weekends and holidays, and provide rapid deployment to communities across the portfolio.

Required profile

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; RN preferred, LPN/LVN may be considered with significant senior living leadership experience.
• At least 3 years of clinical leadership experience in assisted living, memory care or senior living health care operations; multi-site or regional experience preferred.
• Active, unrestricted nursing license in each assigned state (or ability to obtain one).
• Ability to travel 100% of the time, including evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Valid driver's license meeting company driving standards.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of assisted living regulations, clinical compliance, assessments, medication management and quality assurance.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; familiarity with Sherpa, UKG, OnShift and SharePoint preferred.

What we offer

• Medical, dental, vision, STD/LTD, life and voluntary life insurance.
• 401k with employer matching, paid holidays and up to 20 days PTO in the first three years.