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Nationwide

Long-Term Care Job Clearinghouse
New online job bank for long-term care positions. Free 24-hour service links job seekers to long-term care employers. The American Health Care Association, the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging teamed with the Department of Labor to develop CareCareers.net. To access the website, go to http://www.carecareers.net/.

Georgia

Part-Time Staff LTCO Position
McIntosh Trail Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program seeking part-time person (20 hours per week; two-year commitment). Must have an undergraduate degree from a four-year college or university; two years of professional experience with at least one year in aging, long-term care or related fields; must be willing to become certified Ombudsman; and must have a criminal background check by a local law enforcement agency. Send resumes to LTCO Program; P.O. Box 308; Meansville, Georgia 30223 by March 19, 2010.

Washington

Long-Term Care Ombudsman
Solid Ground is hiring one full-time long-term care ombudsman position. All employees working at Solid Ground have the responsibility for developing and safekeeping a workplace that values and supports a culturally diverse work environment. Openness to new ideas and ways, compassion, flexibility, and respect are valued and encouraged attributes for employees. Solid Ground believes that a multi-cultural, multi-racial workforce is critical to its mission of creating "a just and caring community, free from poverty, prejudice and neglect."

Job Summary: The Ombudsman will inform residents and the community about the ombudsman program; provide education on and advocate for resident rights; and investigate and resolve complaints that occur in nursing homes, boarding homes and adult family homes. The position will also support volunteer ombudsmen in investigating and resolving complaints. For additional information specifically about the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, see their website at www.ltcop.org . The mission of the program is to improve the quality of care and quality of life for people who live in long-term care facilities.

Job Duties:

30% Provide ombudsman services in long-term care facilities with possible exposure to infectious disease, including receiving, investigating, and resolving complaints. The ombudsman will inform residents of their rights, and serve as a resident advocate to investigate and resolve quality of care and quality of life complaints;

30% Perform regular Information and Intake line shifts, receiving complaints and providing information to callers, and documenting outcomes;

30% Support the work of volunteers in visiting residents, investigating and resolving complaints;

5% Document visits, cases, and consultations per instructions from the Regional Ombudsman;

5% Give presentations on the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program to volunteers, residents, staff and families of long-term care facilities as well as the public.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

To view the full job description, visit the Solid Ground website.

Applicants must use Solid Ground's application form, which can be obtained at 1501 North 45th Street, Seattle, WA; by calling our job line at (206) 694-6840; or by applying online at www.solid-ground.org. Please return completed applications to: Solid Ground, Attn: Human Resources Department, 1501 North 45th Street, Seattle, WA 98103-6708. Please attach a cover letter and resume. The closing date to apply is March 3.