Resident Care Manager

Resident Care Manager

Cedarhurst of Des Peres, a regional healthcare provider and true friend of older adults, seeks a service-minded, career-oriented individual to join our team as a Resident Care Manager at our Cedarhurst of Des Peres community.

As a Resident Care Manager, you will be responsible for the success and coordination of the community care staff and resident experience, ensuring excellence.

As a Resident Care Manager, you will impact the lives of our residents by

• Assuming responsibility, under the direction of the Director of Nursing and Executive Director, for the development and facilitation of resident-directed programming to meet the assessed needs, interests, and capabilities of the residents.
• Assessing each residents needs upon move-in and prepare and incorporate the activities goals into the residents individualized service plan.
• Assisting in the coordination of, and participate in, resident orientation and identification of potential changes or concerns within the individualized service plan of each resident.
• Working seamlessly with staff, volunteers, residents, families, and extended communities to provide a well-rounded psychosocial care model, with respect to the companys direction of care for their residents.
• Providing leadership & education to care staff & families in relation to the residents individualized service plan, as well as best practices for caring for people with dementia.
• Mentoring staff and volunteers to provide specific care training to meet residents needs and ensure resident care programs are implemented.
• Coordinating schedules for care staff, providing hands-on care, as needed, and ensuring adequate care staff coverage.
• Organizing and conducting care staff orientation, mentorship, and ongoing training.
• Ensuring excellent resident care within all care levels in the community.
• Participating in writing monthly calendars and / or newsletters as requested.
• Encouraging, assisting with, and participating in resident activities.
• Conducting and / or participating in the interview and onboarding process with care staff.
• Providing input on care staff performance and coordinate with DON for delivery of performance reviews.
• Implementing new hire orientation and training for care staff.
• Assessing and completing overall nursing day to day duties on scheduled floor nurse shifts.
• Understanding all responsibilities associated with resident care roles and demonstrate the ability to effectively carry them out.
• Promoting the physical, personal, and emotional wellbeing of each resident and striving to maintain the ultimate goal, which is to return the resident to their maximum level of self-care and independence, when possible.
• Understanding the residents Advance Directives and follows their wishes.
• Ensuring effective communication is being utilized by community staff with the residents families concerning residents care, encompassing their physical, personal, and emotional wellbeing.
• Working well with others and taking direction from management, as well as taking initiative with the capability to engage in conflict intervention and resolution for residents, families, employees, and others as needed.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand / move, communicate, and identify written information. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and lift and / or move up to 50 pounds independently; occasionally lift and / or move up to 200 pounds with assistance.
• Other duties as assigned.

To become a Resident Care Manager, you will need

When considering a career with Cedarhurst of Des Peres, please understand that

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Location : 12826 Daylight Cir, St. Louis, MO 63131, USA