Job Position: Office Coordinator
Location: Bradenton, Florida
Reply to: career@TakeCareHomeHealth.com
Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care is accepting applications for a full-time Office Coordinator in the Take Care of Manatee office, located in Bradenton, Florida. The Office Coordinator is responsible for supporting both the Human Resources and Nursing departments in a variety of administrative tasks including, but not limited to, answering phones, organizing files, and data entry. If you are interested in the position, please email your resume as a Word document or PDF to career@takecarehomehealth.com or stop by the Sarasota corporate office to fill out an application, located at 3982 Bee Ridge Road, Building H, Suite. You may fill out an application between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.career-take-care-xlg
Take Care’s energetic, forward-thinking team of colleagues work together in a setting that promotes professionalism and encourages career growth. At Take Care we stand above the rest by providing the highest quality in private duty home health care to our clients and additionally our high standards and commitment extend to our staff and caregivers. Take Care offers a dynamic office environment with superior professionalism and enthusiasm. This is a full-time, office-based position with competitive pay and benefits. Take Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free, smoke-free workplace.
To learn more about Take Care and our team, click here.
Required Skills, Abilities, & Knowledge
* Ability to follow written and verbal instructions accurately.
* Ability to communicate effectively both oral and written.
* Ability to operate standard office equipment including but not limited to computers, copiers, calculators and facsimile machines.
* Necessary computer skills: Microsoft Outlook, Word & Excel
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
Required Education & Experience
* Minimum High School Graduate; some college preferred
* Office/Clerical experience required in a medical office setting preferred.
Essential General Office Duties
* Answer phones and route incoming calls.
* Monitor all forms and keep adequate inventory.
* Assemble marketing packets.
* Other duties as assigned.
Essential Human Resources Duties
* Maintain human resources employee files; active confidential & termed.
* Distribute weekly paychecks, print schedules, monitor mailboxes and provide reminders regarding requirements for field employees.
* Hand-out and review candidate applications. Complete P120 & attach to app; grade test & check references
* Provide service to caregivers on a daily basis by entering data into HT, processing LOAs, resignations and status changes.
* Coordinate Manatee office caregiver recognition program.
* Assist with special event planning and coordination.
* Complete monthly safety inspection.
Essential Nursing Duties
* Process and distribute nursing scheduling notes. (daily)
* Provide nursing clerical support in written communication. (daily)
* Maintain active client charts and check discharged client charts for outstanding documentation. (daily)
* Maintain and track MD orders. (daily)
* Update & publish nursing report (weekly)
* Update, send and monitor Plans of Care and Supervisory Visits (weekly)
* Check ADL sheets and clinical notes for accuracy. Follow-up with caregivers to obtain correct information and then file in client’s charts. (weekly)
* Publish med sheets for Manatee clients (monthly).
If you are interested, please email your resume and salary history to career@TakeCareHomeHealth.com. Please include your resume as a PDF, Word document (.doc) or within the body text of the email. Take Care’s Human Resources department will contact candidates for interviews if your skills and experience match the position requirements. Please do not call about this position.
Please do not contact about other services, products, or commercial interests.
2011 © Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Take Care voted Best in Home Health Care in Sarasota for 2010
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune readers voted Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care in Sarasota, Florida as the “Best Home Health Care” provider for the “2010 Best of Sarasota” Readers’ Choice awards.
We thank the Sarasota, Bradenton, and Venice communities for taking your time to vote and for your continued support for Take Care. Thank you for recognizing our commitment and dedication to providing the highest quality of private duty home health care and nurse geriatric care management services to Sarasota and its surrounding communities of Longboat Key, Siesta Key, Casey Key, Venice, Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton, and Anna Maria Island.
Take Care also thanks all of its staff and caregivers for their ongoing hard work and continued effort in providing Take Care’s clients with the highest quality in private duty home health care services.
Congratulations to all of the Sarasota businesses that were also recognized by our community. Take Care has received the Readers’ Choice recognition since 2004.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
2011 Bradenton Herald Peoples’ Choice Award – Vote Now!
Each year, the Bradenton Herald Tribune asks the community to vote on local Bradenton and Lakewood Ranch businesses to recognize businesses’ commitment and dedication to service and community. Take Care Home Health, our Bradenton/Manatee County office has been an honored recipient of the Bradenton Herald-Tribune’s PEOPLES’ CHOICE AWARD. Showing through as the sign of the times and Take Care Advisor’s innovative and forward-thinking nature, a new category has been created for voting: Geriatric Care Management.
This is your opportunity to give voice to the businesses whom you feel deserve such standing and recognition. Take Care Home Health and Take Care Advisor both hope to receive your vote for the 2011 Readers’ Choice Award. Vote for Take Care Home Health in the “Home Health Care Provider” category and vote for Take Care Advisor in the “Geriatric Care Management” category in the online survey. Follow this link to vote: http://2011peopleschoice.questionpro.com/.
Be sure to vote before Sunday, February 6, 2011. The survey closes at midnight. Stay tuned for the results as we promise to keep you updated. Results will be printed in a special results section published on Sunday, May 1 and online at Bradenton.com/peopleschoice for the remainder of 2011.
We thank the community for its continued commitment to Take Care Home Health and to Take Care Advisor for recognizing our dedication to providing the highest quality of private duty home health care, geriatric care management, and concierge transport services.
You will need an email address and phone number in order to complete the survey.
Bradenton Herald-Tribune 20101 Peoples’ Choice Instructions & Official Rules
Please complete at least 75% of the ballot for your submission to be accepted and tallied. Do not use abbreviations for business names; instead enter the full name of the business. Example: Lakewood Ranch Business rather than LWR Business. If nominating an individual please note their place of work. Example: Jane Doe at A Great Business rather than simply Jane Doe .
$1,000 grand prize winner will be chosen randomly from all qualifying entries received. Winner will be contacted by phone. Prize is non-transferable; substitution, transfers, or cash refunds are not allowed. By accepting their prize, winner consents to the use of their name, photograph or other pertinent information for news or advertising purposes. All taxes are the sole liability of the winner. Bradenton Herald employees and their immediate families are not eligible to win. We reserve the right to reject any ballot(s) or disqualify and contestant(s). All decisions are final. One prize per person.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Health and Wellness in the New Year: Scene Magazine
A PERSONAL STORY
Taking Care of Others
written by SUSANNE WISE
Many of us have a family member, a friend, or a spouse who is aging or who has aged. Somehow life suddenly creeps up on us and we notice a few more gray hairs or a few more aches and pains than usual. As one transitions through these stages, it is my daily goal to assist one through life’s phases bringing compassion and care to our community.
My team at Take Care Private Duty Home Health Care and Take Care Advisor continues to meet the ever growing needs of our older adult community who wish to age in place. Take Care has been a namesake in our community, and I am proud to tell the story of how I opened its doors 15 years ago. I defied the odds and opened the first Take Care office in 1995 with four employees, four phones, and a card table. However, the roots of the business go deeper. As I reveal a more personal story, you will see how my own family shaped my journey that led me to the heart of Take Care.
One needs a plan even though life may take you on a different path. My path led to an insurmountable loss in September 1976 when my father and two brothers were killed in a plane crash on their return to Coldwater, Michigan from a farm machinery expo in Minneapolis. Being in the plane that day was not unusual for my father-he was a farmer and took every opportunity to check on the land, keeping his eyes on things.
That same zest and zeal to oversee the business is something I understand firsthand. As soon as I could walk, he had me helping with our family business. He, too, worked seven days a week and loved every minute of it with endless energy. It was his passion and drive, day in and day out, that shaped his successful business and in turn has helped define who I am today.
In the fall of 1976, with my Registered Nurse license from Bronson Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Kalamazoo, Michigan, I accepted a teaching position at Emory University in Atlanta. After the accident, I could no longer carry the weight of my family’s tragedy from a distance. I moved back to Kalamazoo, closer to my mother and sister. This time I clearly witnessed my mother’s intense focus and passion for nursing-she needed a distraction from some of life’s raw realities. She found solace and comfort in helping others and that exact passion and commitment is what helped shape my own nursing path and eventually led to my career in private duty home health care and geriatric care management.
FAMILY & BALANCING A CAREER
In 1982, as a family, we decided to venture to a warmer climate and made our home in Sarasota. My mother vacationed in Sarasota frequently, so the area was somewhat familiar to us. While Carl, my husband, focused on his commercial real estate career, I had the good fortune to stay at home with my three girls, 18 months apart in age. As soon as Whitney, my youngest daughter started preschool, I decided to re-launch my nursing career. Instantly, I was reminded of my mother’s ability to heal and comfort those around her and of my father’s entrepreneurial spirit and his sincere commitment to others. Happy with my work but still feeling unfinished, my inner passion and strengths led me to obtain my Master of Business Administration degree.
Carl continued to work during the day, while I took night shifts with a home health agency. In the mornings, once I had the girls off to school, I would study and prepare for my weekend classes in Tampa. Carl’s encouragement and my mother’s support helped me through those demanding times. My intense dedication to my master’s degree paved the way for the development of Take Care. Despite the late nights and shortened time with my family, my mother was always there to cheer me on. With family always my mother’s focus, she would spend six months in Sarasota and the other six months in Michigan near my sister. Even at age 86, she continued to travel back and forth. She sewed frequently, attended church regularly, volunteered at local hospitals, played Bridge every week with friends, and lovingly dedicated herself to her seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
My mother, Ruth, in my eyes, never aged. She made a point to prepare her estate in the event of her death-though rarely did we talk about such topics. In 1990, just after Christmas dinner, as we washed and dried dishes together, I discussed with her the importance of establishing a plan in regard to her own health care. Acknowledging the aging process and initiating the conversations on how to handle various stages is not easy. However, it was important for me to assure my mother that she was an integral part in the decision-making process for her future well-being. We were both nurses, so as we talked she understood the need to be proactive and plan for her future. This plan allowed for options, which included her wish to age in place and receive care in her own home, buying a long-term care insurance policy, and securing Take Care Advisor’s geriatric care management component. Having this in place assured my mother that her wishes would be met.
I always anticipated and expected that my work in building Take Care would one day provide care for my mother. I imagined that Take Care caregivers would be able to help her, as they have helped thousands of older adults age independently in their own homes. One week prior to a trip to Florida, she passed away. The call I received from an Emergency Room physician in Coldwater still seems surreal. In an instant the thoughts flashed through my mind: not my mother. She was not ready. We were not ready.
However, in recognizing my loss, I see how my dedication to building the foundation of Take Care makes a difference in people’s lives. As one ages, it is important to have options and to have a plan. That is where I continue to be passionate and serious in my mission to provide older adults with compassionate care and opportunities to plan and control their future stages in life.
Living Up to Our Name
Take Care continues to be on the cutting edge of health care in our local communities, from the private duty home health care to the planning, guidance, and support of a nurse geriatric care manager. Our goal is to provide excellence in service.
Recently, I received a call from a woman who had just been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease. She confided in me that her family provided her with the emotional support, but they struggled with the actual planning of her future care. Take Care cared for her spouse two years ago, so she was confident in looking to us for a plan. Through Take Care Home Health and Take Care Advisor, an objective plan was developed where nurse geriatric care managers assessed her needs and listened to her wishes, and then formulated a plan alongside her. She wanted the assurance that when she reaches a stage in life where she no longer has the ability to direct her care, her needs and wishes will still be met. It is part of what we do.
Relationships have always been my top priority, and that is why I believe Take Care has been successful. And though Take Care is a business, the care of our clients is and always has been a personal focus. As one client’s son recently stated, “Take Care certainly lives up to its name in taking care of others.” Each client I visit has their own story, needs, and goals. I believe in personalization for and accountability to each client.
Our Foundation
With more than 500 employees and four locations stretching along the Gulf Coast from Boca Grande to Ellenton, our compassion and commitment continue. For more than 15 years, Take Care has provided excellence in care and service. This would not have been possible without the support of the dedicated and loyal team at Take Care.
Take Care is a community and family centered business. Two of my daughters have followed in my footsteps, and yet are defining their own paths with their own specialties. Courtney, my eldest, holds a Master of Science in Gerontology from the University of Southern California. She oversees and manages the day-to-day operations of Take Care Advisor, a nurse geriatric care management arm of Take Care. My middle daughter, Erika, obtained her Master of Arts in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College, and she manages the marketing and communications for all arms of the company. Their insight coupled with our creative, innovative, and dynamic staff will ensure that Take Care continues to develop and lead in the private duty home health care and geriatric care management fields.
This story extends far beyond my history and personal timeline. This is a story about a business that will continue to service the community through the generations with the solid principles of passion, integrity, and loyalty.
Susanne Wise is a charter member of the National Private Duty Association, Home Healthcare Nurses Association, National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, and University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee College of Business Advisory Board. The Tampa Bay Business Journal selected Susanne as a finalist in the Health Care Heroes Award program for her exemplary performance in the medical field, going above and beyond the call of duty. Biz941 selected Susanne as one of the areas “Best Bosses of 2010.” For more information about Take Care’s services, call 941.927.2292.
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