Activities Assistant

Life Care Centers of America; New Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Life Care Centers of America in New Bedford, MA is seeking an Activities Assistant to support the Director of Activities by planning, organizing, and directing quality activities for residents.

You will help provide recreational, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social programs, chart progress, escort residents to events, and work with an interdisciplinary team to ensure safety and compliance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; geriatrics experience preferred.
• Ability to chart patient progress and ensure safety.
• Must understand and follow Life Care policies and conduct.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate quality activity programs.
• Chart patient progress and activity participation.
• Escort patients to activities.
• Conduct in-room visits to engage isolated patients.
• Provide excellent customer service with a positive attitude.
• Maintain confidentiality and report concerns.

Skills

Driver's license

Arts and crafts

Independent decision making

Regulatory knowledge

Patient rights

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Live the Mission

9:00Am-5:00Pm| Every other weekend

English/Spanish or English/Portuguese

Position Summary

The Activities Assistant assists the Director of Activities in planning, organizing, developing, and directing quality activities for patients, ensuring that the recreational, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social needs of each patient is met in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Life Care standards.

Education, Experience, And Licensure Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent
• Prior experience with geriatrics preferred

Specific Job Requirements

• Valid driver’s license in current State with satisfactory driving record per Life Care standards
• Demonstrated proficiency in arts/crafts/music is preferred
• Possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action
• Knowledgeable of practices and procedures as well as the laws, regulations, and guidelines governing functions in the post acute care facility
• Ability to implement and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the department
• Perform proficiently in all competency areas including but not limited to: patient rights, and safety and sanitation
• Maintains professional working relationships with all associates, vendors, etc.
• Maintains confidentiality of all proprietary and/or confidential information
• Understand and follow company policies including harassment and compliance procedures
• Displays integrity and professionalism by adhering to Life Care’s Code of Conduct and completes mandatory Code of Conduct and other appropriate compliance training

Essential Functions

• Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, and evaluating quality activity programs (includes entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and education)
• Appropriately and descriptively chart patient progress and behavior
• Escort patients to and from activities
• Make regular in room visits to patients uninterested or unable to participate in group activities
• Exhibit excellent customer service and a positive attitude towards patients
• Assist in the evacuation of patients
• Demonstrate dependable, regular attendance
• Concentrate and use reasoning skills and good judgment
• Communicate and function productively on an interdisciplinary teamSit, stand, bend, lift, push, pull, stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours
• Read, write, speak, and understand the English language

An Equal Opportunity Employer