Responsibilities:

• Assists with and ensures completion of Resident Care Plans
• Assesses residents’ health status including differentiating between normal and abnormal physical findings; recognizing deviations from mental health baseline, differentiating between dementia and delirium, taking appropriate action such as consulting with the primary physician or making a referral to the Mental Health Team
• Develops duty schedules for staff and monitors to ensure the duties are complete
• Liaises with Ministry officials, including but not limited to licensing/WCB
• Provides on-call support for facility emergencies and staffing concerns via cell phone
• Liaises with facility management & Ministry officials, including but not limited to licensing/WCB
• Oversee:
  • Assists with resident pre-placement visits and suitability decisions
  • Intake/Discharge paperwork
  • Resident records
  • Staff hiring process, maintain staff records, scheduling and payroll submission
  • Ongoing training for staff including performance planning and review
  • Clinical performances
  • Action plan(s) to remedy any audits not meeting minimum standards
  • Emergency Preparedness Planning
  • Development of new facility programs as required
  • Development of facility and company policies
  • Medication management and safety policies and procedures
  • Clinical and Human Resource audits
  • Chair facility committees

Qualifications: