Wellness Coordinator - LPN

Description

The Wellness Coordinator serves as the leader and guide to our Resident Care associates with a focus on promoting resident well-being, family satisfaction and exceptional care. Through assessments, training, medication management and daily rounds, our Wellness Coordinators ensure that our residents' are leading healthy and happy lives. Our Wellness Coordinators oversee our Caregivers and Med Techs, ensuring opportunities for their professional growth and development and creating a positive and supportive team environment. Our Wellness Coordinators are the front line leaders of the Resident Care team and report to the Resident Care Manager. They value the satisfaction that comes from enhancing the quality of life of our residents and the relationships they establish with them.

Our Resident Care Department provides individualized care to seniors who require assistance with personal tasks. Our care associates assist residents with their everyday needs such as bathing, toileting, dressing, mobility, medication administration, and engagement in social activities. Through constant compassion, patience, and understanding, they strive to maintain resident independence and dignity.

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities :

• Ensure appropriate staff coverage through hiring, staff scheduling, and daily assignments.
• Manage Resident Care payroll, progressive counselling, motivation, performance appraisals, coaching, training, and recognition.
• Lead the Caregivers and Med Techs by setting a positive example, being visible, involved, accessible, and helping our associates with their professional growth.
• Maintain the Resident Care budget as it pertains to staff hours, supplies, and care levels under the direction of the Resident Care Manager.
• Assist the Resident Care Manager with assessments for prospective and current residents.
• Work with the Resident Care Manager on maintaining accurate service plans.
• Communicate with all levels of the community and handle multiple tasks and priorities along with making responsible choices and decisions in a resident's best interest
• Motivate staff to assist the Life Enrichment team to ensure residents are involved in activities.
• Follow up with resident concerns or health issues and participate in care conferences with resident families to communicate changes in health and behaviours in the residents.
• Maintain all federal, state, and local regulatory compliance for our licensed assisted living and memory care communities.
• Administer and assist with medication management using eMAR to assure that all residents are receiving the correct medication at the proper time.
• Participate in the on-call rotation within the department.
• Assist with all other duties as assigned by the Resident Care Manager.

At Waltonwood, we are all a part of a team that is here to serve the residents living in our communities. Our residents count on us every hour of every day. As such, we expect all associates and Department Heads alike to be willing to lend a helping hand to co-workers, direct reports, and supervisors, whether it is in their specific department or another unrelated to their day-to-day responsibilities. Department Heads need to keep the best interests of the residents and other associates in mind and be an active participants in accomplishing team, community, and company goals. This is all a part of leadership. Our Department Heads are leaders in our communities and organization as a whole. We expect our leaders to lead by example, demonstrate integrity and character, lead innovation and change while inspiring and developing associates throughout the organization.

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