Regional Personal Care Director - Independent Living

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Corso Care Personal Care
- Regional Personal Care Director

• Required Travel Between Oakland, Livingston, and Macomb County. Territory subject to expand as we continue to grow.
• Independent Living Setting
• Previous Regional experience required
• Learn more about Corso Care Personal Care below!
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The Regional Wellness Director is responsible for the overall direction and coordination of administrative, clinical, and resident care services within a senior living community environment.

Required Experience

• Compassionate toward the senior population, especially those with Alzheimer’s and dementia.
• Prior supervisory experience required.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Primary Responsibilities

• The Regional Wellness Director actively supports our culture: our pillars and 1440.
• Directly manages all Wellness Staff (all shifts) to provide compassionate and competent care for residents.
• Implement and coordinate all services for residents admitted to community.
• Perform admission of residents quarterly, upon return from Hospital or skilled environment, or change of condition.
• Assess the need for preventive and restorative programs to ensure achievable and optimal goals for quality of life.
• Obtain written orders for any necessary changes to service plan.
• Verification of MARS/TARS and communicate with pharmacy to assure accuracy of medication and treatment administration.
• Assess dietary and hydration needs and communicate with proper departments.
• Monitor and evaluate monthly weights and vital signs as necessary.
• Evaluate residents for skin integrity and functional status while maintaining weekly records.
• Overall responsibility for direction, coordination, and evaluation of the Wellness Department.
• Carrying out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and procedures and regulatory requirements and applicable laws.
• Provide assistance to staff members regarding any interpretation of criteria standards.
• Evaluate Occurrence Reports/Care Associate log submitted by staff members.
• Resident and family relationship building by assisting families and/or residents to identify, plan, and obtain needed assistance from the Wellness Center and other departments.
• Completion of appropriate paperwork and recommendations as to better and/or more efficient ways of operating the department.
• The Wellness Director completes daily round on all residents.
• Utilize budget parameters to order and maintain an acceptable level of inventory for the Wellness department.
• Planning monthly staff meetings and trainings in collaboration with the Life Enrichment Director.
• Act as resident advocate with external medical care providers.
• Develop Care Associate assignment/update ongoing task sheets in point of care software.
• Maintain/update all records both written and in point of care software.
• Develop, organize, implement, and evaluate training for new and existing Wellness staff.
• Provide training as needed for other departments.
• Interview and hire staff within budgeted guidelines.
• Knowledge of all emergency policies and provision of updated information to staff.

General Working Conditions

This position entails standing for long periods of time. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to communicate effectively with others, sit, stand, walk and use hands to handle keyboard, telephone, paper, files, and other equipment and objects.…