Wellness Coordinator

Pinnacle Senior Living•Kerrville, TX

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Wellness Coordinator provides hands-on supervision of assigned Wellness staff, ensuring the provision of quality resident care and the promotion of resident wellness. This role also involves providing direct care services to residents as needed to ensure optimal health and safety. In collaboration with the Wellness Director, the Coordinator supports all community policies and programs and is expected to engage in ongoing personal development in leadership, communication, and management skills. The position assumes specific community management responsibilities as assigned by the Wellness Director and/or Executive Director. Key duties include maintaining knowledge of current assisted living regulations and, in conjunction with the Wellness Director, ensuring compliance with community policies/procedures, pharmacy policies/procedures, and state and federal agency regulations. The Coordinator actively protects resident and staff safety by recognizing, reporting, and taking immediate action to minimize the risk of accident or injury, and reports incidents according to community policy and state and federal laws. They assist the Wellness Director in ensuring all infection control guidelines are met and appropriate tracking and surveillance procedures are followed. Participation in staff meetings and continuing education in-services is required, along with maintaining valid licenses/certifications. The role also involves participating in the recruitment, hiring, training, and ongoing education of Wellness staff, as well as evaluations and coaching. Finally, the Coordinator assures that medication associate training and monitoring meet regulatory requirements and community quality standards.

Requirements

Current license/certification as required by the regulatory bodies governing the community.
Minimum of one year experience in assisted living or health care.
Current CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

Prior supervisory experience in the health care environment strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides hands-on supervision of assigned Wellness staff.
Ensures provision of quality resident care and the promotion of resident wellness.
Provides direct care services to the residents as needed, ensuring optimal health and safety.
Supports all community policies and programs in conjunction with the Wellness Director.
Engages in ongoing personal development in leadership skills, communication skills, and management skills.
Assumes specific community management responsibilities as assigned by the Wellness Director and/or Executive Director.
Maintains knowledge of current assisted living regulations.
Ensures compliance with community policies/procedures, pharmacy policies/procedures, and state and federal agency regulations in conjunction with the Wellness Director.
Actively protects resident and staff safety by recognizing, reporting and taking immediate action to minimize risk of accident or injury.
Reports incidents according to community policy and state and federal laws.
Assists Wellness Director to assure all infection control guidelines are met and appropriate tracking and surveillance procedures are followed according to community and state requirements.
Participates in staff meetings and continuing education in-services.
Maintains valid licenses/certifications as required by state and/or federal regulatory bodies.
Participates in the recruitment, hiring, training and on-going education of Wellness staff.
Participates in evaluations and coaching of Wellness staff as assigned.
Assures medication associate training and monitoring meets regulatory requirements and community quality standards.