Activity Assistant

Hillcrest Healthcare; Corinth (TN); On-site; USD 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Hillcrest Healthcare seeks an Activities Coordinator to plan, organize, and direct a comprehensive activities program for residents in a long-term care facility. The role focuses on entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and expression to meet basic psychological and social needs.

Ideal candidates will have a high school diploma or GED, prior activity program experience in healthcare, and the ability to work with residents who have cognitive or physical disabilities.

Qualifications

• Excellent creative and communication skills
• Ability to work with individuals with cognitive, physical or sensory disabilities
• Strong volunteer coordination and program development abilities
• Organization and documentation of detailed programs
• Genuine caring for elderly and disabled people in a nursing facility
• Compliance with Resident' Rights and Facility Policies and Procedures
• Perform essential duties as outlined above

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and direct a program of activities which provides entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and expression for all residents.
• Assist residents and families to explore avocation/leisure pursuits within the facility.
• Coordinate volunteers and develop a volunteer program
• Document and implement detailed activity programs and reports

Skills

Creative communication

Interpersonal skills

Volunteer management

Organization

Elderly care empathy

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Our recruitment goal is to hire long-term care team members who focus on quality care and excellent employee relations.

It requires caring, dedicated employees to minister to the needs of this country's ever growing senior population. We empower our staff to fulfill this mission.

Hillcrest Healthcare employees embrace the concept of socialization for every resident and acknowledge that the healing process and long-term health stability relies on Whole Person Care.

Mission: Everyone Matters! Our mission is to respect, preserve the dignity, and celebrate the lives of those we serve.

Vision: Hillcrest Healthcare will lead the way in innovative approaches to delivering excellence in long-term care and will be the provider of choice.

Value Statement: We will serve with dedication, pride, humility, and integrity.

General Purpose: Plan, organize, and direct a program of activities, which provides opportunity for entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and expression and fulfills basic psychological, social, and spiritual needs, which will be available to all residents of the facility. Assists the physically, emotionally, and cognitively impaired individual and family to explore appropriate avocation/leisure pursuits.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED

• Prior experience in a resident activities program in a health care setting preferred.

• Prior completion of a state-approved training course, or willingness to complete a state approved training course within six months of employment.

• Excellent creative and communication skills

• Skill at working with individuals who have cognitive, physical or sensory disabilities.

• Practical knowledge of how an Activity Department functions in a nursing facility.

• General knowledge of regulatory requirements for an activity program in a long-term care facility.

• Outstanding interpersonal skills with high level of energy and enthusiasm

• Experience in working with volunteers and ability to organize and develop volunteer program.

• Organization, documentation, and implementation of detailed programs.

• Genuine caring for and interest in elderly and disabled people in a nursing facility.

• Comply with the Resident' Rights and Facility Policies and Procedures.

• Perform work tasks within the physical demand requirements as outlined below.

• Perform Essential Duties as outlined above.