LTC Resident Activities Assistant (AA) - Hillstone Healthcare NWO
Toledo, OH 43620
About the Job
Hillstone Healthcare NWO -
Activity Assistant's Job Purpose:
An Activity Assistat supports long-term care patients by developing and administering comprehensive activity, educational, social, and spiritual programs; arranging special events.
Activity Assistant's Duties:
- Analyzes patient needs, interests, and past lifestyles by interviewing patients; recording their current participation; attending patient evaluation conferences; gathering information from other health professionals and patient families.
- Keeps patients informed of activity and personal services opportunities by telling them about the availability of leisure programs and recreational activities; preparing and distributing monthly and weekly schedules of activities and their locations; providing request slips for assistance in attending activities and events or for personal services.
- Keeps other health professionals informed by conducting in-service training; posting bulletins, including information in the hospital newsletter; involving outside agencies.
- Plans and implements programs by assessing needs; designing programs to promote socialization, provide educational opportunities, entertain, raise spirits, and increase spirituality.
- Plans and promotes special events by surveying patient interests; involving the community; giving presentations to community organizations; gathering support from external social agencies, using community resources.
- Trains health care professionals and volunteers by conducting in-service programs on social, recreational, educational, and spiritual programs available; gathering their ideas for new programs.
- Improves quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing programs; implementing changes.
- Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
- Serves and protects the long-term care and hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital and long-term care policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and jcaho standards.
- Enhances long-term care and hospital reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Activity Assistant Qualifications:
- High School Diploma/ or GED required
- Some College education preferred
- Minimum one year of work experience in the healthcare field
Activity Assistant Benefits:
- Union Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (available after 30 days of employment)
- Sick, Personal, and Floating Holiday available for use after 90 day probationary period
- Nuring Program Tuition Reimbursement
- DailyPay Available (access up to 80% of you pay check before pay day!)
{LTC Activity Assistant, Activties Assistant, LTC AA, CAA}
Source : Hillstone Healthcare NWO