What are the responsibilities and job description for the VIC - Wellness Coordinator position at West Development?
At Vitality, our mission is to create vibrant communities where residents, families and team members can be themselves, live purposefully and experience a profound sense of belonging. Our vision is to create vibrant communities where residents thrive, families engage, and team members are proud to work.
We engage experienced, vibrant leaders with a proven track record for success who can make our mission come to life. Keeping focus on our core values, we strive each day to ensure that our residents remain connected and purposeful.
GENERAL PURPOSE: Leads by example and leads others to promote successful aging by understanding the needs and preferences of residents. Leads others to develop a well-trained, compassionate Wellness team to promote dignity and choice. Leads to achieve positive business and performance results. Ensures a productive, safe, and professional environment for all community team members. Promotes a positive community image that supports a fully occupied community.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: All responsibilities are to be performed within scope of practice per state or provincial regulations.
• Maintains staffing schedules in accordance with current occupancy of the community including
creating two-week schedules for Charge Nurses and wellness team members
• Maintains awareness of staff schedules to minimize unapproved overtime
• Coordinates coverage for staff call offs to maintain optimum staffing ratios
• Ensures staff have been assigned appropriately through Eldermark, ADP & Relias
• Ensures staff have been assigned iPads and are logged in during their shift and that at all equipment is returned at end of shift
• Ensures staff have been assigned community radios and that all equipment is
returned at end of shift
• Assists with adjusting care groups in all applicable systems as residents move in and out of the community
• Ensures that all new resident move ins are assigned an appropriate wellness band
• Assists in monitoring of resident bands to ensure they remain fully charged and
operational
• Assists with establishing records for new residents and facilitating the transition of new resident into the YourLife community as needed.
• Assists with new wellness and existing team member orientations and training on
floor
• Assists with monitoring of supply program and alerts families when resident
supplies are needed
• Manages resident shower schedule and ensures new residents are added
• Assists with tracking of CPR certifications of staff and when classes need to be
scheduled
SECONDARY DUTIES INCLUDED:
• Serves as a backup to fulfill a shift as needed when team members call off their shift
as requested
• Measures weight and vital signs.
• Collects, stores, and ensures transport of certain specimens for laboratory studies.
• Ensures physician orders, laboratory reports, and other data is scanned and filed in
resident chart.
• Adheres to emergency protocols, including performing CPR and administering first
aid as necessary.
• Promotes and adhere to service plans, informing DOW of suggestions to improve
current resident
needs and preferences as well as successful service approaches.
• Reads Communication Log at beginning of each shift; enter pertinent information in
Communication Log by end of each shift.
• Reads Shift Change Notes at beginning of each shift; enter pertinent information in
Shift Change Notes
by end of each shift.
• Performs other duties as assigned
SKILLS and QUALIFICATIONS:
• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in English; verbal and written
• Meet state or provincial health related requirements.
• Maintain any other certifications as required by state or provincial regulations.
• Must be computer literate and able to use Word and Excel programs
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Physical Demands include: Standing, Walking, Sitting, Bending, Reaching, Pushing, Pulling, Climbing Stairs, Grasping, Manual Dexterity, Stooping, Kneeling, Crouching, Vision Acuity, Talking, and Hearing. The weight determined to be appropriate for a Wellness Coordinator to lift with or without reasonable accommodations is up to 50 lbs.
EXPOSURE RISK CLASSIFICATION: May perform unplanned tasks involving exposure to blood, bodily fluids, or tissue which may contain AIDS, HIV, and Hepatitis A, B, and C viruses.
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