LVN Health and Wellness Coordinator
About The Position
The LVN Health and Wellness Coordinator manages day-to-day healthcare operations in the community and helps ensure residents' changing healthcare needs are met with respect, dignity, and consistent quality of care. The role includes supporting licensed nursing staff, medication technicians/CMA's, and Caregivers; providing ongoing training and education; managing associate schedules; and overseeing medication training, pharmacy management, medication supervision and/or administration, skills checks, and audits. The coordinator may also assume Caregiver or Med Tech/Aide responsibilities to meet resident needs and staffing requirements, and shares on-call duties as required. Education required to obtain a state nursing license (LPN/LVN or RN), at least 1–2 years of relevant experience, and an LPN or LVN license are specified. Brookdale describes its community environment as home-like, with hospitality, resident and family gatherings, and clinical-care support.
Requirements
- Education required to obtain a state nursing license (LPN/LVN or RN).
- A minimum of 1–2 years of relevant experience.
- LPN or LVN license.
Responsibilities
- Manage the community's day-to-day healthcare operations to ensure residents' healthcare needs are met.
- Ensure residents are treated with respect and dignity and receive quality care as their healthcare needs change.
- Ensure consistent quality resident care and service delivery across all shifts; assume Caregiver or Med Tech/Aide duties when needed to meet resident needs and staffing requirements.
- Assist in supervising licensed nursing staff, medication technicians/CMA's, and Caregivers.
- Provide ongoing training and education to Caregivers, including classroom in-services and situation-specific training.
- Manage associate schedules.
- Oversee continuity and consistency of medication training, pharmacy management, and medication supervision and/or administration in the community.
- Conduct periodic Care Associate medication skills inventory checks and medication audits according to Brookdale guidelines.
- Share on-call duties as required.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible part-time and full-time associates.
- 401(k).
- Associate assistance program.
- Employee discounts.
- Referral program.
- Early access to earned wages for hourly associates outside California.
- Optional voluntary benefits, including identity theft protection and pet insurance.
- Paid time off for eligible full-time associates.
- Paid holidays for eligible full-time associates.
- Company-provided life insurance for eligible full-time associates.
- Adoption benefit for eligible full-time associates.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage for eligible full-time associates.
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible full-time associates.
- Health Savings Account for eligible full-time associates.
- Optional life and dependent life insurance for eligible full-time associates.
- Optional voluntary benefits, including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, and a legal plan, for eligible full-time associates.
- Tuition reimbursement for eligible full-time associates.
- Qualified associates who have been employed for at least one year may receive an advance for naturalization application fees, up to $725 less applicable taxes and withholding.
- Temporary associates are not benefits eligible but may participate in the company's 401(k) program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
