Resident Care Coordinator – Senior Living

Resident Care Coordinator – Senior Living

Requirements

• RMA or CMA license/certification required.
• LVN/LPN license preferred.
• Minimum of 1 year of related experience in Senior Living Community required.
• Previous experience in similar role highly preferred.
• A High School diploma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Maintains communication of all areas with the Executive Director at all times.
• Upon direction of the director, coordinates and conducts floor training of new staff, as well as scheduling of current staff.
• Meets daily with the director to review resident care issues.
• Communicate changes in the physical and/or emotional status of the resident and/or family to the Assisted Living Director.
• Serves as the staff and family resource when the director is unavailable or away from the building.
• Provides emotional and social support to residents.
• Documents daily log of assistance.
• Performs routine medication cart audits to ensure quality control.
• Respects and encourages the independence and dignity of residents.
• Accurately charts vital signs, refill chart forms, and maintain supplies, equipment and forms needed for the department.
• Assists with putting resident information into Real Page program and process updates as necessary.
• Answers inquiries of a general nature by residents, visitors, other departments, nursing staff, pharmacy, and physicians, assisting them in a friendly and cooperative manner.
• Keeps residents’ records in proper order and sees that only authorized personnel have access. Maintains resident privacy and confidentiality at all times, follows HIPPA protocols.
• Coordinate resident appointments, accept and schedule appointments and complete forms for residents to take to their respective doctors.
• Provides assistance as needed with medication reminders, bathing, grooming, dressing, escort service, and other activities of daily living.
• Contributes to the resident’s assessment and the plan of care.
• Provides nursing rehabilitation /restorative nursing services.
• Follows the schedule of resident’s needs set out by supervisor.
• Assist with staffing schedule, deliver all PTO forms to Executive Director for approval.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in similar role highly preferred.