Wellness Coordinator - Hourly

Deercreekseniorliving; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Park Place Assisted Living in Reno, NV is seeking a Wellness Coordinator to lead our wellness team and champion resident health and wellbeing, guided by CAPLICO Core Values. The role involves supervising wellness staff, ensuring HIPAA compliance and safety, coordinating staff training, and supporting the Wellness Director to meet regulatory requirements and provide quality care.

Previous supervisory experience and CPR certification are preferred, and a current license/certification as required

Qualifications

• Current license/certification as required by regulatory bodies.
• Minimum of one year experience in assisted living or health care.
• Prior supervisory experience in health care environment preferred.
• Current CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Wellness staff and ensure quality resident care.
• Promote resident wellness and safety in coordination with the Wellness Director.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA and Resident Rights.
• Assist Wellness Director with staffing, training and evaluations.
• Coordinate infection control guidelines and reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

Policy compliance

HIPAA awareness

Education

CPR certification

Current license/certification as required

Job description

Park Place Assisted Living is currently seeking a Wellness Coordinator to join our team of dedicated professionals who want to make a difference in the lives of our residents, their families, and our community. We are guided by our CAPLICO Core Values: Celebration Accountability Passion for Learning Love One Another Intelligent Risk Taking Customer Second (Employee First!) Ownership

Position Summary

Provides hands-on supervision of assigned Wellness staff, ensuring provision of quality resident care and the promotion of resident wellness. Provides direct nursing services to the residents as needed, ensuring optimal health and safety. In conjunction with the Wellness Director, supports all community policies and programs. Engages in ongoing personal development in leadership skills, communication skills, and management skills.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Ensures the CAPLICO Core Values and Code of Conduct are adhered to at all times.
• Ensures compliance with Resident Rights and HIPAA policies at all times.
• Assumes specific community management responsibilities as assigned by the Wellness Director and/or Executive Director.
• Maintains knowledge of current assisted living regulations.
• In conjunction with the Wellness Director, ensures compliance with community policies/procedures, pharmacy policies/procedures, and state and federal agency regulations.
• 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.
• Assists Wellness Director in coordinating appropriate community-wide Wellness staffing levels to meet program and clinical needs and regulatory requirements.
• Supervises and directs the clinical care provided by the Wellness staff and assists the Wellness Director in supervision of nurses.
• Monitors quality of Wellness delivery, ensures that service/care plans are available to appropriate staff and ensures that residents receive the services specified in their plans.
• Collaborates with other community departments and contracted providers to promote optimal resident health and well-being.
• May perform other duties as assigned by the Wellness Director and/or Executive Director.
• Supervisory Responsibility Exercises functional supervision over all Wellness department staff in the absence of the Wellness Director.

Education and Experience Requirements

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

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting.

The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.

PSL is the most progressive company in the exploding healthcare services field today. Dedicated to restoring public confidence in the healthcare industry, PSL has assembled a team of highly competent, dedicated and caring individuals who are creating a new standard of excellence for healthcare providers everywhere. PSL currently serves over 50 long-term care, facilities in six Western states. These facilities have no corporate headquarters or traditional management hierarchy. Instead, they operate independently with support from the "Service Center" a world-class service team that provides the centralized clinical, legal, risk management, HR, training, accounting, IT and other resources necessary to allow on-site leaders and caregivers to focus squarely on day-to-day care and business issues in their individual facilities. As an organization, we are deeply committed to our mission of providing life-changing service to our residents, employees and the communities we serve.