Memory Care Director/Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

*Benefits available for Full Time employee’s*

Job type: Full Time

We are looking for FANTASTIC people like  YOU to join our TEAM!

What does success in Long-Term Care look like?

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Join our White Sands Healthcare team! We are like a family and our employees have been here for ages!

We serve our Residents daily with a Spirit of Excellence!

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5715 N Lovington Hwy, Hobbs, NM, 88240

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Your Job Summary

The Memory Care Coordinator will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the Memory Care Community. Expectations are to coordinate and implement programs and services designed for residents with cognitive impairment; meet or exceed standards of care; encourage and assist each Memory Care resident to function at their highest level of ability; and by word and action reassure families and friends that residents are safe, secure, and well cared for.

Qualifications Preferred

• Associates degree
• Supervising Experience: 1 year
• Alheimer's care: 2 years
• Driver's license

Job Duties

• Support the mission, vision, and culture of the organization through positive communication and leadership.
• Contribute to Community relationships by demonstrating cooperation and professional conduct with residents, families, fellow associates, physicians, pharmacies and other vendors or persons.
• Contribute to team effort by being flexible in work assignments; by furnishing support; by taking initiative; and by understanding how this position affects and compliments all other Community positions.
• Able to maintain work pace appropriate to given work load. Perform activities on schedule while maintaining regular attendance and punctuality within specified tolerance.
• Supervise Memory Care staff, provide training, set and adjust rates of pay and hours of work, provide informal and formal performance feedback, recognize both appropriate and inappropriate behaviors/performances through rewards and discipline, and apportion work among subordinates.
• Function as Memory Care Program Coordinator in accordance with state regulations.
• Coordinate the implementation of the Memory Care program mission, goals, and philosophy.
• Maintain stimulating activity programs that challenge residents mentally, physically, and spiritually and that match individual preferences and capabilities.
• Maintain environments that encourage memories, promote feelings of well-being, and stimulate the senses in both personal and communal areas of the community.
• Interview residents and families prior to admission and coordinate pre-admission screening and assessment with the Resident Care/Services Director.
• Develop residents’ service plans with the Resident Care/Services Director and assess and update plans on a timely basis.
• Assist residents with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, grooming, dining, continence care, mobility, and other functions as designated in the residents’ service plan.
• Respond to all resident concerns and requests (including call lights) in an appropriate, timely, and courteous manner.
• Assist residents at meals by helping with menu selection as necessary, resetting tables, serving meals, delivering meals to rooms, and laundering of table linens on designated shifts.
• Lift and/or transfer residents as needed.
• Provide medication supervision within State guidelines, when so directed.
• Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration, monthly weights, and blood pressure as assigned.
• Make resident rounds every two hours, as required in residents’ service plans, or as circumstances dictate.
• Assist in the admission, transfer, and discharge of residents as directed.
• Recognize changes in residents’ conditions during daily interaction and report such changes to the Resident Care/Services Director.
• Use approved charting criteria and procedures to record pertinent information in resident charts.
• Ensure cleanliness of residents’ rooms and all other areas of the Community.
• Appropriately assist residents and resolve concerns without having to be asked.
• Report incidents or accidents involving residents to the Resident Care/Services Director and record all necessary information on the Resident Incident and Accident Reporting form.
• Participate in New hire Orientation program and other regular associate meetings or functions.

White Sands Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.