About This Role
Coordinating and supervising caregiving within the community is the primary focus of this role, ensuring residents are treated with respect and dignity while fostering a homelike atmosphere. The coordinator also manages resident care staff and assists with medication management and resident health monitoring.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct supervision of caregiving within the community
- Ensure residents are treated with respect and dignity, recognizing individual needs and encouraging independence
- Foster a homelike atmosphere throughout the community
- Provide direct supervision of resident care staff, including monitoring job performance, collaborating with community leadership on associate performance evaluations, coaching and counseling associates, and conducting and documenting corrective action as needed
- Coordinate training and education of resident care staff on an ongoing basis
- Verify all associate hours on time cards and weekly hours report
- Complete nursing schedules to assure proper coverage to meet resident needs and according to budget, including arranging replacement staffing when necessary and maintaining clear records of all changes, requests, and irregularities
- Observe residents' health status, take actions to address concerns within scope of practice, and report all significant changes, reactions to medications and treatment, or significant incidences to Health and Wellness Director (or designee) in a timely manner
- Assist the Health and Wellness Director (or designee) in medication management, ordering medication from pharmacy, and maintaining records as dictated in Brookdale Senior Living policies and procedures manual
- Assure that medications are properly stored, medication carts/cupboards are cleaned, and medication room is organized according to standards
- Administer medication to residents if within scope of practice; review capabilities of residents who self-administer medications on a regular basis (refer to state regulations regarding medication assistance and documentation)
- Monitor staff in administration of medication, to include frequent audits of medication administration records (MAR)
- Observe residents, record significant reactions, and notify community leadership of resident's condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents
- Respond promptly to all emergency calls from residents
- Communicate to families regarding resident's personal needs and achievements
- Remind families of need for scheduled physician, dental, or eye appointments
- Assign vital signs to associates and monitor compliance
- Assure in-house ancillary medical services such as podiatrist, doctor visits, psych visits, labs, x-ray, ambulance, etc. are scheduled and followed through
