Essential Job Functions:

• Ensue delivery of care for each resident according to individualized care plan while meeting or exceeding care standards.
• Works throughout the Life Enrichment Unit. Involved with patients, family members, personnel, visitors, governmental agencies, etc., under all conditions/circumstances.
• Maintain and protect privacy and confidentiality of residents.
• Provide care management to all residents in the Life Enrichment Program.
• Conduct ongoing physical and cognitive wellness assessments if all residents within the LEP community with assistance of the Wellness Nurse.
• Screen prospective residents and initiate pre-admission; participate in and lead discharge planning.
• Provide individual or group support for the residents’ personal and community spaces.
• Advocate for resident rights and other care issues.
• Provide individualized for group support for the residents or family members at times of adjustment or crisis.
• Facilitate the activity program with the Activity Director and Activity Assistants.
• Develop a team plan and implement programming specific to the needs of residents and AD and related dementias; ensure proper utilization of resident service plans by all appropriate staff, monitor for effective communication within and between shifts.
• Establish effective relationships with RCP’s; coordinate interdisciplinary team activities to ensure quality of care for residents.
• Ensure that individual team members understand and apply the habilitative philosophy of care.
• Develop effective staffing and scheduling patterns to maintain continuity of resident care.
• Ensure all personnel perform responsibilities in a safe and efficient manner and demonstrate knowledge of emergency policies and procedures.
• Conduct and coordinate ongoing AD training and education for staff.
• Organize regularly scheduled team, service planning and quality assurance meeting.
• Act as a mentor and role model to all staff.
• Facilitate family council meetings.
• Work with families when a transfer or move out of program is necessary.
• Facilitate in-house and community support groups and provide education for the community.
• Pursue AD related education development and share knowledge with all staff.
• Ensure that the philosophy, goals and mission of the facility are maintained. Coordinate the development of the program’s objectives, policies and procedures.
• Ensure proper documentation for all program services.
• Market the LEP unit by leading tours and providing information about programs, philosophy and mission.
• Train individual staff members to lead tours and articulate the program philosophy and goals.
• Carry out the habilitative model of care.
• Has attended cultural competency and diversity training and demonstrates understanding.