Wellness Coordinator

Symphony Senior Living Kanata; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading senior living community in Ottawa is seeking a compassionate Wellness Coordinator to support residents with their health needs. Responsibilities include providing care, collaborating with staff, and ensuring a supportive environment. The ideal candidate will have nursing credentials, strong interpersonal skills, and a commitment to resident-centered care. A cover letter detailing motivations for the role is required.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years experience providing direct care.
• Prior supervisory experience preferred.
• Desire to serve residents and their families.
• Must be able to communicate in English.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and counseling to residents.
• Collaborate and plan with team members.
• Follow up on resident care inquiries.
• Lead and maintain staffing schedules.

Skills

Compassion

Empathy

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Team orientation

Education

Registered Practical Nurse certification

Tools

Outlook

Excel

Word

Job description

Symphony Senior Living Community is currently seeking a Wellness Coordinator with a caring heart. We will teach you our systems, programs and philosophy. However, we cannot teach compassion and empathy, so you will demonstrate those to us in an interview process.

Symphony Senior Living is a leading provider of quality senior services in Canada; we provide private pay services to residents in our beautiful communities. At Symphony Senior Living, we provide care to our residents to end of life. We are the true alternative to a Long-Term Care facility – to that end we are not a medical institution; we are the home to many seniors of many levels of ability. We serve both our Seniors and their loved ones.

If you love working with seniors and you find the challenge of connecting and serving seniors with physical and memory care needs rewarding this could be the position for you! We require someone who is compassionate and driven to provide a high quality, interactive, residential environment to residents, their families, and the team.

Job Requirements:

Symphony Wellness Coordinator reports to the Executive Director. Must possess the skills (assessment, interviewing, counseling and writing) to meet the health needs of our residents; collaborate and plans with other team members to address health outcomes for residents. Follows up on all resident and family enquiries, takes accountability to ensure resident health care needs are met. Understands and embraces the philosophy of validation and reminiscing for our residents with Alzheimer’s or related dementia. Has a clear understanding and demonstrated ability to provide resident centered care vs. task centered care.

Requirements:

• 2-3 years experience providing direct care
• Prior Supervisory experience
• Basic knowledge and understanding of Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias and a desire to serve residents and their families.
• Proactively schedule and maintain staffing based upon the occupancy and specific are needs of the residents to ensure appropriate levels of staffing.
• A Registered Practical Nurse with a current certificate of competence with the College of Nurses or governing body for the region in which they practice.
• Proof of medication administration education/ competency
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Possess complete understanding and application of the Resident’s Bill of Rights
• Clear understanding of resident centered care
• Leadership ability
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong team orientation
• Trained in C.P.R. and First Aid
• Must be able to communicate in English (written, verbal, reading)
• Computer literate with Outlook, Excel, Word as well as an aptitude and willingness to learn other job specific software

Job Qualifications:

• Compassion, Common Sense and Empathy required
• Strong team orientation
• Demonstrates a positive, flexible work style and approach to the implementation of change
• Must have a valid Ontario drivers license
• Must be licensed and in good standing with the Ontario College of Nurses
• Must be available to work weekends

In addition:

• Symphony is an equal opportunity employer
• This position is a Non-Union position
• You must pass a Vulnerable sector background check
• You must be able to work with dogs, cats and other animals
• Due to our high level of residents with dementia; your tattoos and piercings must either remain covered by clothing or are discrete. Any other external body decoration, including hair, must not be frightening to a frail senior with dementia.
• You must be legally allowed to work in Canada
• You must be in good physical health as this job requires lifting, sitting, standing and walking.

Please note that a cover letter is mandatory to be considered for this position, detailing why you are interested in the position and how your education/career experience makes you the best candidate for this position and how you will spend the first 30 days on the job.

Symphony is committed to providing a workplace that is free from discrimination and harassment.