Health and Wellness Manager

**PHILOSOPHY**
Simply put, the purpose of The Village Langley, and all those who work here, is to enable the well-being of those we serve.
The Village aspires to be much more than a community that supports and cares for people living with a dementia diagnosis. We strive to be a place where, through the dedicated service of our team members, each Resident has an enriched living experience and lives their own best life, each-and-every day.
The role of a Village team member is to facilitate an enriched living experience for each Villager by fostering and nurturing relationships; enabling Villagers to control and manage their day; enabling feelings of safety, security & connectedness to people and things that matter to each person; establishing trusting relationships with families; enabling learning of new things, and; making meaningful contributions within The Village and surrounding communities. Our success is largely determined by the amount of joy, love and laughter experienced by each of those we serve - Villagers, staff, volunteers and local community.

**BACKGROUND/QUALIFICATIONS**

**Necessary Qualifications, Skills, and Experiences**

The Village Langley Health and Wellness Manager will have demonstrated the following in previous endeavors and will be evaluated on the following:
**Leadership Characteristics**
- Honest, truthful and ethical
- Inspiring, dynamic, enthusiastic, positive and optimistic
- Competent, capable and effective
- Fair, open minded and flexible
- Cooperative and team oriented
- Caring and committed
- Organized and determined

**Professional Abilities & Qualifications**
- An LPN designation, eligible for registration with the BCCNP.
- Minimum 2 years of management experience.
- Minimum 7 years clinical experience, 2 years supporting older adults with a dementia diagnosis.
- Demonstrated knowledge and ability to implement The British Columbia Community Care and Assisted Living Act and Residential Care Regulations.
- Demonstrated commitment to and understanding of the concepts of shared leadership and team empowerment, and person-directed care.
- Demonstrated success in team leadership, including mentoring, coaching and performance management.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both orally and in writing.
- Computer literacy

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**

The primary role of the Health and Wellness Manager is, through leadership of Household and Health and Wellness Teams, to empower each Villager to achieve and sustain health and well-being, live life to the fullest, flourish and thrive, regardless of cognitive or physical limitations.

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Health and Wellness Manager is a Registered Nurse (RN), accountable to lead a full spectrum of health, wellness and clinical activities in a registered Assisted Living and licensed Complex Care community. They directly manage registered and non-registered staff, including admission and housekeeping teams, as well as an assigned budget. Enabling skilled and confident interdisciplinary teams, they are accountable for the following activities and outcomes:
HOW YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE

**1. Wellness Promotion**

Our goal is to help each Villager remain as independent and autonomous as possible, for as long as possible. The Health and Wellness Manager leads the wellness portfolio in the following ways:

- Leadership of registered Assisted Living and licensed Complex Care health and safety and care standards including hospitality and prescribed services.
- Leading monitoring and assessment of each Villager’s health, ensuring appropriate services are organized and provided as necessary, in a timely fashion
- Leadership of programs and activities which encourage Villagers to eat nutritiously, move more and sleep well.
- Leadership, coordination and delivery of education programs and competency-based learning opportunities for Household and Health and Wellness Teams.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant federal, provincial and regional legislative and regulatory instruments.
- Supported by the Executive Director, liaising with licensing and regulatory bodies.

**2. Health Care**

Our goal is to ensure that each person receives the health care they need, when and where they need it, in a manner that facilitates their enriched living experience. The Health and Wellness Manager will coordinate and provide health care by:

- Ensuring compliance with professional standards of practice in clinical, health and wellness operations.
- Ensuring that each person has a comprehensive health care assessment prior to move in.
- Leading Personal Service Plan and Care Plan activities in compliance with regulatory standards.
- Leading regular health assessment, monitoring and promotion clinics respecting Villager need and preference.
- Leading, assigning and delegating of professional health services in collaboration with licensed and registered nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and allied health professionals such as occupational, phys