Activities Assistant

Life Care Center of Auburn • Auburn, MA

3d

About The Position

The Activities Assistant helps the Director of Activities plan, organize, develop, direct, implement, and evaluate quality activity programs for patients. Programs may include entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and education, and should meet patients’ recreational, physical, intellectual, spiritual, and social needs in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and Life Care standards. The role includes documenting patient progress and behavior, escorting patients to activities, and visiting patients who are unable or uninterested in participating in group activities.

The Activities Assistant supports patient safety, including assisting with evacuations, and works productively with an interdisciplinary team. The role requires dependable attendance, sound judgment, professional relationships, confidentiality, compliance with company policies and training, and a positive, customer-service-oriented approach. The position involves intermittent sitting, standing, bending, lifting, pushing, pulling, stooping, walking, reaching, and moving during working hours, as well as reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license in the current state and a satisfactory driving record per Life Care standards.
• Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
• Knowledge of practices and procedures, laws, regulations, and guidelines governing functions in a post-acute care facility.
• Ability to implement and interpret department programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures.
• Proficiency in competency areas including patient rights, safety, and sanitation.
• Ability to maintain professional working relationships with associates, vendors, and others.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of proprietary and confidential information.
• Ability to adhere to company policies, harassment and compliance procedures, and Life Care’s Code of Conduct.
• Ability to concentrate and use reasoning skills and good judgment.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift, push, pull, stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with geriatrics.
• Demonstrated proficiency in arts, crafts, or music.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, and evaluating quality activity programs, including entertainment, exercise, relaxation, and education.
• Chart patient progress and behavior appropriately and descriptively.
• Escort patients to and from activities.
• Make regular in-room visits to patients who are uninterested or unable to participate in group activities.
• Exhibit excellent customer service and a positive attitude toward patients.
• Assist in the evacuation of patients.
• Demonstrate dependable, regular attendance.
• Communicate and function productively on an interdisciplinary team.
• Follow company policies, maintain confidentiality, and complete mandatory Code of Conduct and other appropriate compliance training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED