Resident Care Coordinator

Job Description

Come join our dedicated team at Cypress Village, a wonderful place to work! Cypress Village is a 120 acre and wooded lakefront community in Jacksonville close to Ponte Vedra and Jacksonville beaches and is one of Florida's best kept secrets! You'll join a team with a strong work ethic, with management and co-workers who want to make a positive impacting our residents' lives. These extraordinary leaders and role models will help you craft a long, satisfying, and fruitful senior living career at Cypress Village. Today, Cypress Village is one of twelve retirement communities in Florida managed by Life Care Services (LCS), the nation's leading developer and manager of senior living communities. We continually strive to create an environment of trust and transparency by helping employees find a sense of purpose in their job and achieve their highest potential while providing hospitality to those who work and live at Cypress Village.

The Resident Care Coordinator provides direct supervision of care giving within the community. Ensures residents are treated with respect and dignity recognizing individual needs and encouraging independence. Fosters a homelike atmosphere throughout the community.

Essential Job Duties:

1. Provides direct supervision of resident care staff, which includes monitoring job performance, conducting associate performance evaluations, coaching and counseling employees and conducting and documenting corrective action needed.

2. Coordinates training and education of resident care staff on an ongoing basis. Assists in facility preservice orientation.

3. Verifies all employee hours on time cards and weekly hours report. Completes nursing schedules to assure proper coverage to meet resident needs and according to budget.

4. Assigns monthly weights to rotating shifts.

5. Monitors staff in administration of medication, to include frequent audits of medication sheets.

6. Assists the Director of Nursing in medication management, including the assistance of self-administration of medications to residents, ordering medication from pharmacy and maintaining records as dictated in community policies and procedures manual. Ensures that medications are properly stored, medication carts/cupboards are cleaned, stocked, and medication room is organized according to standards.

7. Observes residents' health status, takes actions to address concerns within scope of practice, and reports all significant changes, reactions to medications and treatment or significant incidences to Assisted Living Director and Director of Nursing in a timely manner. Reviews capabilities of resident who self-administer medications on regular basis (refer to state regulations regarding medication assistance and documentation).

8. Conducts pre-admission screening of prospective new residents when assigned by supervisor and updates every six months or as needed. Assures that all required documentation, including service plans and nursing assessments, is completed.

1. Associates degree in health care related field and/or 1-2 years' related experience

2. State-qualified training in medication assistance, if applicable.

If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you!

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