Associate Director of Care- Assisted Living

**Company Overview**

Haro Park Centre is a vibrant community of care located in Vancouver’s West End, offering a mixed setting of Independent Suites, Assisted Living, and Residential Care for 218 residents. Our vision is to foster a passionate, progressive, and diverse community where everyone feels they belong.

**Summary**

As the Assisted Living Director at Haro Park Centre, you will play a pivotal role in enriching the lives of our residents by creating a caring and joyful environment. This position is essential in overseeing the delivery of high-quality assisted living services while ensuring compliance with health regulations and fostering a supportive community.

Role

Reporting to the Director of Care, the Associate Director of Care
- AL Lead is primarily responsible for providing clinical support and guidance to the Long -term Care and Assisted Living staff to ensure each resident receives the appropriate ongoing care.

**Responsibilities**:
Manages the clinical support provided to the **Assisted Living residents** by:

- Providing day to day clinical support and guidance to the staff
- Responding to emergency situations and reporting the outcomes to the Director of Care and other members of the Leadership team.
- Communicating between departments to advise them of changes to residents that impact the services they provide.
- Chairing monthly care reviews with staff and Vancouver Coastal Health.
- Interviewing potential new residents to determine suitability for Haro Park.
- Coordinating the move in/move out process to ensure the effective and efficient use of resources Completing appropriate paper work related to AL Occupancy Report such as; death reports, admissions/discharges and vacancies.
- Maintaining ongoing communication with the Case Manager and VCH.
- Reviewing and analyzing the annual Licensing audit report and developing an action plan to address areas of non-compliance.
- Follow-up on resident serious incident reports.
- Maintaining/overseeing the PSP, RCA daily routine(s) to suit Residents changing needs.
- Orientation of new AL employees.
- Facilitating student practicums
- Ordering supplies (incontinence products, Melita products)

Ensures **Long-term Care residents** receive quality care by:

- Attending staff huddles and passing on information as required.
- Covering Resident Care Coordinator when away to chair care conferences, ordering medical supplies and overseeing the coordination of services such as dental, optometry, companion program, etc. as needed

Controlling the movement of beds to ensure prime occupancy levels are maintained by
- Reviewing assessment packages for new potential residents being offered to Haro park Centre.
- Conducting offsite reviews of individuals to collect collateral data on potential client’s care needs.
- Consulting and discussing new move-ins with ADOC/DOC.
- Participating in teleconferences regarding residents who may pose as a challenge for Haro Park Centre.
- Facilitating new move-ins including the confirmation of room turnover, facilitating internal transfers, and communicating to all team members on expected move-in date
- Assisting Associate Director of Care - long term care (LTC) Lead with follow-up investigations of employee incidents and reporting outcomes to the Director of Care and Licensing.

Completes administrative support functions, including.
- Engaging with the activities of Haro Park operations.
- Participates as a member of the Leadership team.
- Recruitment for the HCAP (Health Career Access Program)

Competencies
- Knowledge of the Community Care and Assisted Living Act of BC.
- Knowledge of VCH and licensing policies and procedures
- Able to manage difficult resident behaviors.
- Able to develop and maintain effective relationships.
- Able to establish and maintain open lines of communication at all levels inside and outside the organization.
- Able to plan, organize and prioritize the work.
- Able to think critically and problem solve.
- Able to demonstrate empathy and compassion.
- Proven leadership skills.
- Flexibility, adaptability, and transparency.
- Take responsibility for Professional development

Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Registered LPN
- Extensive experience working as an LPN in a seniors environment.
- Computer literate/technically savvy

Preferred Skills - Experience in a Leadership role - Minimum of 2 years’ LPN experience in LTC and or Assisted Living

Pay: $75,000.00-$80,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Mileage reimbursement
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Work Location: In person