Health & Wellness Manager

at Career Development Systems in Limestone, Maine, United States

Job Description

Job Summary: The administrative team leader for the Health and Wellness Program. The Health and Wellness Program is in place to assist students in attaining and maintaining optimal health. must have a Registered Nurse license.

Hours: Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM with on-call rotation

The Health and Wellness Manager oversee provision of health and wellness services including:

• Basic health services; Chronic care management Oral Health services Mental Health services Medication management, Family Planning Program.
•  Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle (HEALS) Program 
• Trainee Employee Assistance and Tobacco Use Prevention Programs
•  Emergency care Communicable Disease and Infection Control Duties/Responsibilities:
•  This is a supervisory management position. Supervises center health and wellness services. 
• Facilitates student introduction to health services. Adheres to the departmental budget.
• Active in Center/Company Leadership program.
• Conducts center needs health/wellness assessments; plans and coordinates services and programs that respond to identified student needs.
• Provides health and wellness assessments and screening, nursing interventions, emergency care, education, and referral services in conjunction with health and wellness staff and health subcontractors.
•  Performs duties as the H&W Co-Disability Coordinator to ensure services are provided to students with disabilities.
• Serves as member of center’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team.
• Serves as the center File Review Coordinator.
• Orders and maintains records on dispensing, inventory, and disposal of medical and dental supplies and pharmaceuticals.
• Initiates worker’s compensation documentation and maintains secondary OSHA logs. Performs follow-up surveillance of worker’s compensation cases.
• Performs physical and emotional wellness assessments. Establishes individualized student health and wellness plans according to protocol outlined in the center’s Health Standing Orders
• Works closely with counselors, residential staff, and medical trade instructors in providing wellness education to students.
• Responsible for updating center Health & Wellness Standard Operating Procedures.
• Works with center management staff to develop and implement center plans as needed.
• Works with center management to employ or subcontract qualified health care providers.
• Prepares and conducts health and wellness staff performance evaluations. Responsible for continuous quality improvement by seeking feedback from students, employing mechanisms to document quality care provided and quality improvement activities,
• On-call support required. Performs other duties as assigned.