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WHO ARE WE?

Come join our dedicated team at South Port Square, a wonderful place to work! South Port Square is a 40-acre campus in Port Charlotte close to Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda and is one of Florida's best kept secrets! You'll join a team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impact on our residents' lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at South Port Square. For over 30 years, South Port Square has been addressing the growing needs of the retiring and senior communities. Today, South Port Square is one of twelve retirement communities in Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation's leading developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at South Port Square. #Clinical

ABOUT THE ROLE :

The Wellness Nurse is responsible for providing nursing triage, health education, and risk reduction strategies to maximize the resident's health and quality of life as defined by the 8 Dimensions of Wellness.

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Wellness Nurse :

• Assists residents in achieving their health and wellness goals, within the framework of the 8 Dimensions of Wellness, personal choice, and mind-body-spirit.
• Provides support strategies and referrals for services to improve resident outcomes for chronic disease management and acute illness or injury. Acts as a resource for options and choices related to supportive strategies to improve health, function, and lifestyle. Develops a referral network of service providers in and outside the community in tandem with the Director of Resident Services.
• Participates in the collaborative care weekly meeting. Communicates and collaborates with the multi-disciplinary team to strategize for optimal resident outcomes, campus flow, and occupancy.
• Oversees the post-acute discharge planning and follow-up support process. Collaborates with health center and hospital staff to coordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• When on duty, attends to medical emergency calls and partners with residents to prevent further incidents through risk reduction strategies. Completes incident reports as per community protocol.
• Provides annual updates for medical demographic information and advance directives.
• Organizes and facilitates vaccination clinics.
• Encourages utilization and supports provision of service with on-site healthcare practitioners.
• Partners with Community Life Director and Resident Services Director to plan, implement and evaluate Wellness Programming, health screenings, and health education opportunities.
• Pro-actively builds relationships with residents and seeks to establish trust, respect, and connection.
• Communicates effectively with families and staff. Fosters and drives measures to improve community culture.
• Maintains records appropriate for independent living and assures confidentiality of all resident information contained therein.
• Attends in-service training and educational sessions as assigned.
• Strives to achieve high levels of resident satisfaction. Uses sound judgement and strong organizational skills.
• Other duties as assigned by the Resident Services Director.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have :

What We Offer :

Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu, and COVID-19 vaccine status.

Salary : From $26.00 per hour

If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you!

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