Community Care Coordinator

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Community Care Coordinator acts in lieu of family, providing a variety of services to the Sisters of Notre Dame residing at Notre Dame du Lac.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
•    Foster community among the sisters 
•    Provide transportation for sisters to MD appointments and log the visit, diagnosis and any medication changes
•    Dispense medicine, take blood pressure and wound care
•    Ability to give medical assistance for invasive medical needs.
•    Visit sisters in the hospital and in rehabilitation settings
•    Accompany sisters to ER as needed
•    Coordinate transportation for family visits, retreats, days of prayer, unit meetings
•    Respond to concerns of sisters
•    Assist sisters with personal budgets as needed
•    Make purchases for the sister-residents as needed
•    Assist Sisters with accessing opportunities for prayer and reflection
•    Keep sisters up to date regarding happenings in their units and in the ND international community
•    Facilitate birthday and holiday celebrations
•    Be available for emergencies Province coverage on a 7-day rotating schedule and on-call  (including nights and weekends)
•    Maintain confidentiality

EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE/REQUIRED SKILLS:  
•    Interest in working with older sisters
•    Ability to be a pastoral presence
•    Flexible, reliable, sense of humor
•    Ability to communicate well with du Lac staff, with sisters and among the coordinators
•    Ability to drive, including at night, and assist passengers
•    Enthusiasm for the work
•    Computer competency

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
•    Community Care Coordinators spend much of their time on their feet helping Sisters in their charge 
•    Must have the ability to bend, twist, and stretch while transferring a Sister from one place to another, getting into and out of a car, getting into and out of bed, etc.
•    Must have the physical strength to perform emergency procedures, such as CPR 
•    Must be comfortable driving Sisters to and from appointments and other activities

Salary/Compensation: $50,000 - $52,000 per year

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