Activity Associate, Part-Time Days 10:30a-7p, Bronson Commons, Mattawan

Bronson Healthcare; United States; On-site; USD 21,000 - 29,000; Part time

Job summary

Bronson Healthcare in Mattawan, MI seeks a part-time Activity Associate to support a vibrant activities program for residents. You will assist with creative arts, crafts, recreation, and meaningful education, under supervision of an Activities Director and licensed nurse.

Responsibilities include occasional ADL assistance, resident transport, documenting participation, coordinating volunteers, and initiating new activities while maintaining safety and quality of life for residents.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and completion of an accredited Nurse Aide Training program.
• Experience in Long Term Care, Rehab, or geriatrics preferred; CNA license in Michigan in good standing.
• Basic medical terminology knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining activity and social programs using creative arts, crafts, recreational exercise, and meaningful educational opportunities.
• Assist patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) and patient transport when needed.
• Utilize documentation systems to enter patient data and maintain records.
• Train, direct, and assist volunteers to support program delivery.
• Provide one-to-one programming and visitation for cognitively impaired patients and document responses.
• Initiate and organize new activity programming and ensure resident safety.

Skills

Basic medical terminology

Communication skills

Basic computer skills

Reading data interpretation

Typing skills

Creative arts / recreational activity

Team communication with residents and护

Education

High school diploma or GED

Nurse Aide Training program (accredited)

CNA license in MI (valid)

Job description

Location BCOM Bronson Commons

Title Activity Associate, Part-Time

Days 10:30a-7p, Bronson Commons, Mattawan

Under the direction of an Activities Director Certified, and in accordance with defined policies and procedures of Bronson and under the direction of a licensed nurse the activity associate assists in maintaining an activity and social program by using creative arts, manual crafts, recreational exercise and meaningful educational opportunities. The activity associate may be called upon to assist with patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) and patient transport. Volunteers are used in conjunction with activities associates and are directed and assisted by the associate staff. Basic customer services directions, visitor control, and other functions as needed. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and successful completion of an accredited program for Nurse Aide Training required. Experience in Long Term Care, Rehab, or general Geriatrics preferred. Current CNA license (must be in good standing and valid in the state of Michigan).

• Basic medical terminology knowledge
• Skill and proficiency in oral and written grammar, communication and basic mathematics
• Basic computer skills required
• Ability to read, interpret, and analyze data from various computer systems and equipment
• Basic typing skills
• Skills or experience in a combination of creative arts, music, or recreational activities is preferred
• Ability to recognize and provide patient assistance based on individual needs
• Must be able to communicate effectively both orally and through writing with residents, families, visitors and all members of the healthcare team
• Must be able to comfortably accept delegation and negotiate task priorities and demonstrate positive customer service skills

Work which rarely produces a high level of mental/visual fatigue, i.e., less than 20 percent of the work time. Involves considerable standing or walking, regular lifting of light-weight objects (i.e., 20 pounds or less) and assisting with heavier tasks such as assisting in lifting and moving patients. Minor straining or fatiguing positions must be assumed, and some fatiguing physical motions are required.

• Provides information, direction, and assistance as appropriate to individuals entering the building.
• Answers call lights, bells, or paging system to determine residents' needs.
• Utilizes documentation systems to enter patient data.
• Maintains a clean and orderly environment, ensuring patient safety and comfort at all times.
• Accurately and timely documents patient activity participation records.
• Assist and/or direct daily group projects or activities.
• Train, direct and assist volunteers.
• Provide one to one programming and visitation for cognitively impaired patients and document approach and responses.
• Initiate and organize new activity programming.
• Assist with patient ADLs including feeding, toileting, grooming, transferring and transporting.
• Assumes responsibility for own growth and development.

Shift: First Shift. Time Type: Part time. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 32. Cost Center: 6990 BNRC Activities (BCOM).

Bronson Healthcare is a community-owned, not-for-profit health system that has been serving southwest Michigan since 1900. Today, with a workforce of 9,000 people and 1,500 medical staff members, it is the area's largest employer and leading healthcare system. Bronson provides care in virtually every specialty and offers a full range of services from primary care to critical care at more than 100 locations. Bronson's exceptionally high quality standards enable us to do what's right for our patients and their families. We are empowered as individuals and as teams, to apply our skills and experience so that every patient receives safe, timely and effective treatment. What's more, our state-of-the-art, technology and evidence-based processes give us the tools we need to deliver the right care, at the right time. By putting each patient and their family at the center of our work, we demonstrate the dignity and respect we have for each individual we serve. This unwavering commitment to serving others combined with our unique healing environment helps make the patient experience here an exceptional one. The excellence and Positivity of our employees and medical staff has contributed to Bronson Healthcare being ranked by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers (2022-23), by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023) and by the National Association for Business Resources as one of the 2023 Top 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.