Wellness LPN

Life Care Services•Port Charlotte, FL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Wellness Nurse is responsible for providing nursing triage, health education, and risk reduction strategies to maximize the resident’s health and quality of life as defined by the 8 Dimensions of Wellness. This role involves assisting residents in achieving their health and wellness goals, providing support strategies and referrals for services to improve resident outcomes for chronic disease management and acute illness or injury, and acting as a resource for options and choices related to supportive strategies to improve health, function, and lifestyle. The Wellness Nurse will develop a referral network of service providers, participate in collaborative care meetings, and communicate with the multi-disciplinary team to strategize for optimal resident outcomes. Responsibilities also include overseeing post-acute discharge planning, coordinating with health center and hospital staff, attending to medical emergency calls, completing incident reports, providing annual updates for medical demographic information and advance directives, organizing vaccination clinics, encouraging utilization of on-site healthcare practitioners, and partnering to plan and evaluate Wellness Programming. The role requires building relationships with residents, communicating effectively with families and staff, fostering measures to improve community culture, maintaining confidential records, attending training, and striving for high resident satisfaction. Sound judgment and strong organizational skills are essential. Other duties may be assigned by the Resident Services Director.

Requirements

Active LPN license for applicable state.
Has excellent observation and communication skills- both written and verbal.
Is self-directed with the ability to work with little supervision.
Is flexible and cooperative in fulfilling obligations.
Ability to problem-solve, make ethical recommendations, and define appropriate boundaries.
Complies with accepted professional standards and practice.
Must be comfortable with using computers and have basic skills with computer platforms such as Word and Excel.
Background screening through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse.

Nice To Haves

Three years of experience in a related organization preferred.

Responsibilities

Assists residents in achieving their health and wellness goals, within the framework of the 8 Dimensions of Wellness, personal choice, and mind-body-spirit.
Provides support strategies and referrals for services to improve resident outcomes for chronic disease management and acute illness or injury.
Acts as a resource for options and choices related to supportive strategies to improve health, function, and lifestyle.
Develops a referral network of service providers in and outside the community in tandem with the Director of Resident Services.
Participates in the collaborative care weekly meeting.
Communicates and collaborates with the multi-disciplinary team to strategize for optimal resident outcomes, campus flow, and occupancy.
Oversees the post-acute discharge planning and follow-up support process.
Collaborates with health center and hospital staff to coordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges.
When on duty, attends to medical emergency calls and partners with residents to prevent further incidents through risk reduction strategies.
Completes incident reports as per community protocol.
Provides annual updates for medical demographic information and advance directives.
Organizes and facilitates vaccination clinics.
Encourages utilization and supports provision of service with on-site healthcare practitioners.
Partners with Community Life Director and Resident Services Director to plan, implement and evaluate Wellness Programming, health screenings, and health education opportunities.
Pro-actively builds relationships with residents and seeks to establish trust, respect, and connection.
Communicates effectively with families and staff.
Fosters and drives measures to improve community culture.
Maintains records appropriate for independent living and assures confidentiality of all resident information contained therein.
Attends in-service training and educational sessions as assigned.
Strives to achieve high levels of resident satisfaction.
Uses sound judgement and strong organizational skills.
Other duties as assigned by the Resident Services Director.