Careers

Senior Living Careers with Ovation

SENIOR LIVING CAREERS WITH OVATION

At Ovation Heartwood Preserve, your compassionate work enhances lives. With a competitive benefits package, an inclusive company culture, and career advancement, there’s a lot to like about joining Ovation Nation.

Make a difference in the life of seniors and work with purpose.

Managed by Arete Living

Arete Living is a senior living management organization overseeing Avamere and Ovation communities.

Honoring its Greek definition of excellence, the team serves professionals, seniors, and their families with a mission of enhancing lives.

PEOPLE OF ARETE LIVING POD

Passions. Beliefs. Life stories. Helpful resources for the senior living journey. Discover it all here on the People of Arete Living Pod as we get to know our residents, employees, and partners one-on-one.

Meet Our Recruiters

Director of Talent Acquisition & Onboarding

Teena Tarabochia

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Stacey Savory

Kate Robbins
Talent Acquisition Specialist

Kate Robbins

Director of Talent Acquisition & Onboarding

Teena Tarabochia

Fun fact: Teena’s last name is Yugoslavian.

Teena has served with the organization since December 2019 when Arete Living was part of Avamere.
She grew up in the small Goonies town of Astoria, Oregon and moved to California in her early 20s to start her career in hospitality. Teena is certified as a Professional in Human Resources with over 20 years of HR experience in various fields. Her passion resides in healthcare.

Teena’s experience encompasses employee and labor relations, talent acquisition, compensation, conflict management, and training. She holds a proven track record of coaching in the areas of transformational leadership, communication, team building, and managing change.

Fun fact: Teena’s last name is Yugoslavian. She has two daughters in college at Oregon State and New York University and one small Goldendoodle named Noodle. In addition to HR, Teena enjoys people, solving mysteries, sports, family, friends, and of course, Goonies.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Stacey Savory

Stacey’s professional background is in payroll and recruiting, and has over ten years of experience in the field.

Stacey has lived in Oregon her whole life, and enjoys being outdoors, gardening and a good cup of coffee!

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Kate Robbins

Kate is from Fort Collins, Colorado and made Oregon home in November 2021. She has a cuddly senior cat and is a fierce advocate of social justice and seeing the world turn differently. Kate loves serving seniors.

One of our seven core values is “quality that is obvious.” We’re honored to receive these awards recognizing our commitment to quality care and enhancing lives.

Enhance lives with us. Join Ovation Nation today!

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