Derrick LeBlanc

• Processed commercial transactions at the Pro Desk.

Wedgemere is a 110-bed SNF that accepts both long-term and short-term care residents

• Served as Interim Administrator of this community
• Led the new interdisciplinary team to be cohesive, responsible, and motivated to improve the lives of the residents we cared for
• Improved census, documentation, and expenses to bring the building into black figures
• Improved customer relations (resident and family)
• This resulted in more admissions from the community
• Conducted QAPI and Safety meetings
• Ensured Medicare optimization
• Wedgemere is a 110-bed SNF that accepts both long-term and short-term care residents

• Company Overview: This is a locked dementia community
• Hired to replace outgoing Facilities Manager
• Restored Life Safety Code
• Replaced the contact list of verified vendors for necessary services
• Secured this through the VP purchasing and VP of Communication with authorization of the ED
• This is a locked dementia community

• Managed the Facility Operations of this 80+ unit community
• Participated in the multifaceted process of renovating, maintaining, and selling of these units

• Managed Cape Heritage in Sandwich MA, and the Oxford in Haverhill MA
• Both buildings were 120+ bed facilities; on an Interim basis for 3 months
• Hosted 3 DPH surveys in the process
• This resulted in DPH releasing the hold on admissions

• Managed and led the team responsible for the 24/7 continued operation of this 86-bed facility with both acute and long-term care customers
• Gained valuable experience and understanding of the financial management of a SNF
• Provided a safe, comfortable, and compassionate environment where continued quality resident care and satisfaction was the primary goal
• Assembled and led the team responsible for achieving this goal
• Organized, developed, and led QAPI program

• Worked closely with all department-heads, employees, and proprietor to facilitate a change in ownership
• Catered to the needs of the mixed population of long and short-term residents
• Work closely with the interdisciplinary team to screen and admit residents whose needs we could fulfill
• Developed marketing plans to ensure that census is full and sustainable
• Managed Personal Needs Accounts

• Responsible for maintaining the building, its systems, and its extensive grounds including an adjacent property
• Planned, organized, and developed the overall operations of dietary, maintenance, housekeeping and laundry
• Managed budgets, rewrote job descriptions, and restructured departments to operate effectively, efficiently, and as a team
• Conducted the hiring, training, and supervision of these department's employees
• Training included conducting in-services on fire safety, infection control, hazardous waste disposal, and general safety

• Department head of housekeeping, laundry, and maintenance
• Maintained the building to Department of Public Health (Life Safety) standards, hosted surveys and produced the plan of correction when necessary
• Responsible for scheduling, upkeep of the maintenance log, ordering and maintaining supplies, and OSHA compliance
• Managed capital improvement projects, which included bidding and managing projects holding contractors to a high standard

• While attending high school and college, became knowledgeable with all aspects of housekeeping, maintenance, dietary, and laundry where ample time was spent as an employee in each department