Activities Assistant CNA

Tallgrass Healthcare; Junction City (KS); Hybrid; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick pay

Flexible hours

Staff recognition and rewards

Job summary

Tallgrass Healthcare Campus in Junction City, KS, is seeking an Activities Assistant with CNA duties to support resident programs and daily activities. The role involves coordinating calendars, assisting residents to participate in events, and helping with shopping and transport. CPR and clean driving record preferred; experience is a plus.

Join a compassionate team in a full-service elder care community. This position offers flexible hours and opportunities to grow within a supportive

Qualifications

• Previous job experience preferred but not required.
• Current CNA in Kansas preferred.
• Current CPR for Health Care Providers preferred.
• Must have a clean driving history.
• Must have excellent time management skills and be able to work within deadlines.
• Must maintain courteous, friendly, and helpful attitude with residents, visitors, and co-workers.
• Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, create, and distribute the monthly calendar.
• Invite/assist residents to planned facility programming.
• Document activity attendance and participation status.
• Carry out 1-1 programming as indicated and document interactions.
• Accompany residents on shopping outings and assist with shopping.
• Assist with transportation and hospital lab runs as needed.
• Assist social service with room changes during admissions/discharges.
• Maintain resident pictures in Point Click Care.
• Assist residents to/from beauty shop weekly.
• Carry out CNA duties to help residents attend activities.

Skills

Time management

Friendly demeanor

Education

Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - KS

Job description

Activities Assistant, CNA – full time or part-time

Tallgrass Healthcare Campus, formerly Valley View, is a full-service elder care community located in Junction City. Tallgrass Healthcare Campus offers a wealth of amenities and services for after-hospital rehabilitation and long-term skilled nursing care.

Job Responsibilities for Activities Assistant

• Plan, coordinate, create, and distribute the monthly calendar prior to the first day of each month.
• Invite/assist residents to planned facility programming.
• Document activity attendance on all residents. Specify whether they actively participated, refused to participate at all, or passively participated.
• Carry out 1-1 programming as indicated by your supervisor and the resident care plans. Evaluate the need for 1-1 interaction on all residents on an ongoing basis. Implement a 1-1 program for residents that indicate the need. Document 1-1 interaction every visit.
• Accompany residents on shopping outings and shop for those residents who have needs/wants but are unable to shop for themselves.
• Assist with transportation as necessary.
• Assist with making lab runs to the hospital as necessary.
• Assist the social service department with room changes, inventories and packing/unpacking of resident belongings during an admission or discharge.
• Maintain current pictures of residents for use in Point Click Care.
• Assist residents to/from beauty shop each week.
• CNA duties: Physically assist any resident out of bed/chair etc. to make sure they get to the activity they desire. This includes assisting residents to the bathroom if it means that doing so would get them to the activity that they desire to attend.

Job Qualifications for Activities Assistant

• Previous job experience preferred but not required
• Current Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) in the State of Kansas is preferred
• Current CPR for Health Care Providers is preferred
• Must have a clean driving history
• Must have excellent time management skills and be able to work within deadlines
• Must be able to maintain a courteous, friendly, and helpful attitude with residents, visitors, and co-workers at all times
• Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs

Job Benefits

• Tallgrass Healthcare has a culture of teamwork and lateral service so that the needs of our residents and each other are met
• Sick pay
• Flexible hours
• Staff recognition and rewards

EOE