Wellness Coordinator (LPN)

The Wellness Coordinator role enthusiastically embraces and promotes the mission and values of the organization through all actions and proactively coordinates the health care received by the client in order to maintain the highest quality health services available. This role maintains the integrity of client health plans through consultation with the program management team, clients and IDTs and trains staffs on assigned subject areas, assuring competency standards have been met.  

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Participates in case conferences either directly or via quarterly or annual report   
• Assist with required paperwork. This may include, but is not limited to the following: Concurrent reviews, quarterly reviews, annual reviews, monthly conferences medical review, plan of care and nursing summaries.  
• Participate in the development of and evaluation of individual plans of care for area related to  health, hygiene, nutrition, risk etc. 
• Perform initial consumer admission assessments. Ensure that all admission documentation is completed thoroughly and per agency policy and procedure.  
• Assist in teaching and training staff and consumers. 
• Develop high-risk plans as necessary, provide appropriate staff training and oversee the medical needs of the program as needed.   
• Ensure medical and dental needs of consumers are met. Coordinate services and communication with physicians and pharmacists as needed. 
• Communicate effectively to consumer family members, other service providers, and other organizations.   
• Monitor the medication administration of all consumers. Assist in education of consumers regarding self-administration of medications. 
• Participate in the development and evaluation of individual plans of care for the area related to health, hygiene, nutrition, etc.   
• Ensure medical needs of consumers are met. Coordinate services and communicate with physicians and pharmacists as needed.  
• Provides Universal Precautions with Exposure Control, Seizure, Nutrition and Lifting/Transfer training to all employees as required.   
• Provides medication training to staff (i.e. Living in the Community Medication Core A and Core B) during orientation.   
• Trains residential and community management and staff on health and medical specific in-home care for clients relating to high risk issues. 
• Assist with administration and reading of TB skin tests. 
• Comply with all agency policies and procedures. 
• Other duties as assigned.