Resident Care Specialist

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About Cedarhurst

Cedarhurst Senior Living is a leading provider of senior living communities, dedicated to enriching the lives of residents through exceptional care and personalized services. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, Cedarhurst creates vibrant environments where seniors can thrive and enjoy a fulfilling lifestyle.

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Position: Resident Care Specialist

Cedarhurst Senior Living is a leading provider of senior living communities, dedicated to enriching the lives of residents through exceptional care and personalized services. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, Cedarhurst creates vibrant environments where seniors can thrive and enjoy a fulfilling lifestyle.

• At Cedarhurst, our core values guide how we work together and how we care for those we serve. We expect every team member to be passionate, trustworthy, empathetic, positive, respectful, and approachable.
• We believe our team is our greatest strength. That’s why we invest in comprehensive training, as well as opportunities for both personal and professional growth. We’re committed to promoting from within and supporting team members who want to build their careers with us.
• Cedarhurst offers a competitive benefits package, including medical insurance, life insurance, long-term disability coverage, and a 401(k) plan with company match (after one year of service) for eligible employees.
• At Cedarhurst, we go beyond the standard benefits program to recognize and support our team. Along with comprehensive benefits, we offer GROW Points—a unique rewards system that celebrates your hard work and dedication. You’ll also enjoy perks like exclusive Skechers shoe discounts, early paycheck access, and more.

As a Resident Care Specialist, you will have the opportunity to connect with, and positively impact the lives of, our residents daily. You will be responsible for the coordination, training, and monitoring of Community person-directed care practices and compliance of the resident care teams in accordance with Federal, State and Local regulations. You will assist with the development and implementation of the resident care policies, procedures, processes and quality initiatives in optimizing each resident’s well-being and overall experience.

This also includes ensuring excellence of residents’ move-in experience, providing outreach and support to families, and being a leader for resident care staff, including during the acquisition and opening of new communities. You will seek to increase awareness of Cedarhurst Senior Living and our mission to create communities where each person feels loved, valued, supported, and able to live life to the fullest.

In connection with Community leadership and Regional Directors, directs the resident care staff hiring, onboarding, scheduling, orientation, division of responsibilities, monitoring, and ongoing training for Community resident care teams, including during acquisitions and opening of new communities.

• Assesses residents’ needs and interests upon move-in, prepares and incorporates the care and life enrichment goals into residents’ individualized service plan.
• Coordinates and participates in resident orientation and identifies potential changes or concerns within the individualized service plan of each resident.
• Primarily responsible for conducting skills competency training for new resident care staff and on a routine basis.
• Provides support and tools to improve Community staff retention, onboarding and mentoring of new resident care employees.
• Creates an atmosphere of warmth, comfort, security and joyfulness for the residents.
• Collaborates with department team members to set organization-wide quality improvement goals and initiatives on an ongoing basis and revises as needed.
• Supports organization-wide clinical initiatives such as the electronic health records system.
• Assists with resident care responsibilities within communities as needed.
• Acts as an interim Resident Care Coordinator within communities as needed.
• Responsible for ensuring care staff provides new residents with an…