Resident Advocate Payson

Resident Advocate

Rocky Mountain Care Maple Dell Health and Rehabis seeking a Resident Advocate in our Skilled Nursing Facility to join our amazing team inPayson Utah.

MISSION STATEMENT: As a member of your community our mission is to deliver compassionate health care services to all those entrusted in our care. Through leadership and trust we function as a cohesive team dedicated to cost-effective high-quality outcomes for our residents. We foster an environment of innovation and continual improvement by encouraging creativity and openness. We pledge to value one another through loyalty respect and dignity. Integrity fairness and kindness are an integral part in all our business decisions.

Responsibilities will include:

• Assesses status of client and social and emotional factors related to the residents illness need for care and response to treatment.
• Provides direct social services to residents and families including assisting with goal setting counseling and planning and providing interventions.
• Advises agency personnel residents and families of appropriate community resources their eligibility criteria and regulations.
• Participates in the development and periodic renewal of resident plans of care.
• Observes and reports to the team the response of the client to treatment and changes in condition.
• Maintains verbal and/or written communication with other personnel involved with care of residents.
• Administer cognitive and mood with residents.
• Maintains appropriate and timely resident records including observations treatments client response to treatment and changes in clients condition.
• Attends and participates in appropriate resident care conferences staff meetings and agency committee meetings.
• Knowledge of individuals and group behavior and ways of working effectively with those with social economic emotional or health problems.
• Ability to exercise independent professional judgment in complex situations.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with residents and families staff members outside agencies and institutions and the general public.

Requirements:

• Professionalism
• Punctuality and Reliability

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the applicable federal and state civil rights laws it is the policy of Rocky Mountain Care LLC and its affiliates and managed entities (together hereafter referred to as RMC) to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed please contact

Required Qualifications

All facilities must provide medically-related social services to residents. It is not required that a qualified social worker necessarily provide all of these services except as required by State law. The regulations do not require a Social Worker when a facility has equal to or less than 120 beds. The Resident Advocate must possess:

1. A minimum of a high school diploma or its equivalent.