Director Of Wellness (Rpn)

Responsibilities:

· Provide professional nursing care to all residents and supervise care given in the nursing unit.

· Assess all resident needs and planning, implementing and ensuring that their plans of care are accurate and up to date

· Work closely with multidisciplinary care team to ensure the highest level of quality care and services are provided to the residents.

· Lead and engage the Wellness team, to include ongoing training, support, and performance reviews.

Job Description:

· Provide directions and supervision of all Wellness Team Members

· Assess residents' conditions by recognizing signs and symptoms and where necessary initiates remedial health measures.

· Contacting resident's attending physician when there is a change in resident's physical or mental condition.

· Responsible to ensure safekeeping of drug and narcotic keys.

· Oversee the medication administration program.

· Monitors staff performance and completes performance appraisals during probation period and annually thereafter.

· Responsible for leadership, coaching, and mentoring to all regulated and Unregulated Care Providers.

· Teaches good health habits.

· Deals courteously with staff, residents, residents' families and visitors.

· Responsible for admission and discharge of residents.

· Maintain liaison with families of residents.

· Takes prospective residents and other interested persons on tours of the retirement residence.

· Ensures medical records are maintained.

· Ensures all personal health information is maintained as per PHIPA.

· Ensures daily/weekly and monthly duties are completed and rosters are maintained.

· Organizing and ensuring medications are reviewed in keeping with the residence’s medication review cycle, where medications are provided.

· Coordinates and/or participates in the staff development, quality assurance, safety, environment and infection control programs.

· Ensures staff involvement in fire and safety procedures and communication to all staff of inspection reports and follow up actions.

· Knowledgeable of the Residential Tenancies Act.

· Ensures nursing documentation is complete as per College of Nurses' Nursing Documentation guidelines.

· Assists with arranging transportation for residents.

· Answers call bells and assist where necessary. Lead/initiate/monitor emergency response protocol and effectiveness for the department.

· Orders medications from pharmacy as per Doctor's orders.

· Receives medications and ensures safe storage of medications.

· Serves and supervises at meals - assist with resident satisfaction.

· Adheres to all established policies and procedures.

· Responsible for making the appropriate plans for discharge as necessary.

· Completes and follows up on incident reports where necessary.

· Supervises resident's personal hygiene and bathing as per schedule, or assisting when necessary.

· Assists residents with ambulation when necessary.

· Provides emergency medical care.

· Responsible for maintaining accurate records for extra care charges, when applicable.

· Assists residents and/or families in obtaining the services of a physician when necessary.

· Ensures a resident care plan is established and reviewed/revised at least every six months.

· Accesses, facilitates and orientates community agencies and/or resources.

· Facilitates contact with other Health Care facilities and educational facilities.

Aware of role and responsibilities under the Occupational Health and Safety Act

Responsibilities:

· Provide professional nursing care to all residents and supervise care given in the nursing unit.

· Assess all resident needs and planning, implementing and ensuring that their plans of care are accurate and up to date

· Work closely with multidisciplinary care team to ensure the highest level of quality care and services are provided to the residents.

· Lead and engage the Wellness team, to include ongoing training, support, and performance review

Provide directions and supervision of all Wellness Team Members

· Assess residents' conditions by recognizing signs and symptoms and where necessary initiates remedial health measures.

· Contacting resident's attending physician when there is a change in resident's physical or mental condition.

· Responsible to ensure safekeeping of drug and narcotic keys.

· Oversee the medication administration program.

· Monitors staff performance and completes performance appraisals during probation period and annually thereafter.

· Responsible for leadership, coaching, and mentoring to all regulated and Unregulated Care Providers.

· Teaches good health habits.

· Deals courteously with staff, residents, residents' families and visitors.

· Responsible for admission and discharge of residents.

· Maintain liaison with families of residents.

· Takes prospective residents and other interested persons on tours of the retirement residence.

· Ensures medical records are maintained.

· Ensures all personal health information is maintained as per PHIPA.

· Ensures daily/weekly and monthly duties are completed and rosters are maintained.

· Organizing and ensuring medications are reviewed in keeping with the residence’s medication review cycle, where medications are provided.

· Coordinates and/or participates in the staff development, quality assurance, safety, environment and infection control programs.

· Ensures staff involvement in fire and safety procedures and communication to all staff of inspection reports and follow up actions.

· Knowledgeable of the Residential Tenancies Act.

· Ensures nursing documentation is complete as per College of Nurses' Nursing Documentation guidelines.

· Assists with arranging transportation for residents.

· Answers call bells and assist where necessary. Lead/initiate/monitor emergency response protocol and effectiveness for the department.

· Orders medications from pharmacy as per Doctor's orders.

· Receives medications and ensures safe storage of medications.

· Serves and supervises at meals - assist with resident satisfaction.

· Adheres to all established policies and procedures.

· Responsible for making the appropriate plans for discharge as necessary.

· Completes and follows up on incident reports where necessary.

· Supervises resident's personal hygiene and bathing as per schedule, or assisting when necessary.

· Assists residents with ambulation when necessary.

· Provides emergency medical care.

· Responsible for maintaining accurate records for extra care charges, when applicable.

· Assists residents and/or families in obtaining the services of a physician when necessary.

· Ensures a resident care plan is established and reviewed/revised at least every six months.

· Accesses, facilitates and orientates community agencies and/or resources.

· Facilitates contact with other Health Care facilities and educational facilities.

Aware of role and responsibilities under the Occupational Health and Safety Act

Qualifications:

1. Current license with the Ontario College of Nurses in good standing

2. Demonstrated experience with medication administration

3. Minimum 2 years’ experience in a leadership role

4. Previous employment in a health care/hospitality setting an asset.

5. Demonstrated understanding of/empathy for the needs of seniors.

6. Knowledge of best nursing practices and nursing diagnosis.

7. Current certification in CPR and First Aid.

8. Excellent communication and leadership skills.

9. Willingness to update and keep current their knowledge of changing regulations, practices and procedures as required by the College of Nurses and RHRA

10. Demonstrated experience in managing a budget and labour.

This position is for 1 year to cover Maternity Leave.

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person