Resident Care Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Provides direct supervision of care giving within the community.
• Ensures residents are treated with respect and dignity recognizing individual needs and encouraging independence.
• Fosters a homelike atmosphere throughout the community.
• Directly supervises resident care staff, including monitoring job performance, collaborating with community leadership on associate performance evaluations, coaching and counseling associates, and conducting and documenting corrective action as needed.
• Coordinates training and education of resident care staff on an ongoing basis.
• Verifies all associate hours on time cards and weekly hours report.
• Completes nursing schedules to assure proper coverage to meet resident needs and according to budget. This includes arranging replacement staffing when necessary and maintaining clear records of all changes, requests and irregularities.
• Observes residents' health status, takes actions to address concerns within scope of practice, and reports all significant changes, reactions to medications and treatment or significant incidences to Health and Wellness Director (or designee) in a timely manner.
• Assists the Health and Wellness Director (or designee) in medication management, ordering medication from pharmacy and maintaining records as dictated in Brookdale Senior Living policies and procedures manual.
• Safeguards medications by ensuring they are properly stored, medication carts/cupboards are cleaned, and medication room is organized according to standards.
• If within scope of practice, may administer medication to residents; may review capabilities of residents who self-administer medications on a regular basis (refer to state regulations regarding medication assistance and documentation).
• Maintains accurate records of medication administration and conducts frequent audits of medication administration records (MAR).
• Monitors staff in administration of medication, notifying community leadership of resident's condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.
• Responds promptly to all emergency calls from residents.
• Communicates to families regarding resident's personal needs and achievements.
• Reminds families of need for scheduled physician, dental, or eye appointments.
• Assigns vital signs to associates and monitors compliance.
• Affirms in-house ancillary medical services such as podiatrist, doctor visits, psych visits, labs, x-ray, ambulance, etc. are scheduled and followed through.
• Assists in organizing and developing service plan reviews as required, with appropriate resident care team members and resident families.
• Participates in the maintenance of resident charts including review of documentation performed by resident assistants, monthly MAR reviews, setting up new resident and thinning records appropriately.
• Participates in department quality improvement activities, to include completion of quality assurance surveys as assigned by community leadership.
• Performs daily, weekly and monthly safety and infection control checks of the home and grounds, assisting the community leadership for resident health and safety purposes.
• Communicates with community professionals.
• Shares on-call duties as required.

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent required. Associate degree preferred. Previous experience in a healthcare setting preferred.

Skills

Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Full suite of health insurance, life insurance and retirement plans are available and vary by employment status.

Pay

Base pay in range will be determined by applicant’s skills and experience.

Schedule

Full Time Only Benefits Eligibility: Paid Time Off, Paid holidays, Company provided life insurance, Adoption benefit, Disability (short and long term), Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account, Optional life and dependent life insurance, Optional voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity Insurance, and legal plan.