Lifestyle Activities Assistant - Skilled Nursing

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• Tuition Reimbursement and Professional License Renewal Reimbursement
• Free CEUs
• 401k Plan
• Rewards and Recognition via Care Heroes Program (Gift Cards for Great Performance!)
• Flexible Scheduling
• Professional Career Growth

The Lifestyle Activities Assistant assists the Lifestyle Director to provide group and individual activities for the residents. Duties will involve personal contact with a varying resident population for the purpose of Customer Service and individual Lifestyle Assessment. Lifestyle Activities Assistant is expected to work a varied work schedule that may include some weekends, evenings, and holidays. Tasks also will involve record keeping, attention to the environment, use of supplies and equipment, and maintenance of storage areas.

• Assist with activities as directed by the Lifestyle Director and in accordance with each resident's plan of care.
• Group:
  Be sure area to be used for activity is free;
  Set areas up as needed for the type of activity planned;
  Remind nursing staff of activities scheduled and residents who desire to participate;
  Assist with transport of residents to the activity area;
  Follow the instructions for the activity as directed;
  Observe individual resident participation and responses during the activity;
  Assist residents back to living areas at the conclusion of the activity;
  Notify nursing of resident behaviors which may indicate medical problems;
  Do record keeping or documentation tasks.
• Individual:
  Interact appropriately and effectively in one‑to‑one activities according to the resident's strengths and limitations;
  Be aware of individual cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial impairments;
  Keep records of sensory stimulation or other type of activity and resident's response;
  Chaperone scheduled activities away from the facility grounds;
  Help maintain a pleasant and cheerful nursing home environment;
  Help with putting up, taking down, and storing seasonal decorations;
  Help care for plants;
  Assist residents to display calendars, pictures, cards, or other mementos in their rooms;
  Deliver and read mail as needed;
  Assist with other tasks as directed by the Director of Lifestyle.
• Address, stamp, stuff, and mail the monthly calendars.
• File Photos regularly.
• Keep activity closets organized.
• Participate in and promote staff participation in facility‑wide special activities such as dress‑up days and special observances.
• Attend mandatory facility in‑services.
• Attend lifestyle department in‑services or workshops as directed by the Director of Lifestyle.
• Continue the lifestyle program in the absence of the Director of Lifestyle.

• Provides valuable input towards creating new events for the customers.
• Able to carry out scheduled events in the absence of the scheduled facilitator.
• Works a flexible schedule based on scheduled activity times/demands.
• Is a liaison to families to represent the Lifestyle program.
• Continually uses positive energy to encourage participation in activities.
• Provides enthusiastic teamwork to support all activity functions.
• Manages timeliness of activities (start and stop time).
• Lead discussion groups based on customer’s interests.
• Creates relationships to maximize teamwork effort and promote Lifestyle activities.

Pure Health is a high performance environment propelled by collaboration through our Teams of Excellence (T.O.E.) Program. The expectation for each team member is to engage in our complex and dynamic organization by adding value and support to fellow team members.

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