Life Enrichment Assistant​/Healthcare

Job Details

Job Location:

Lititz, PA 17543

Position Type:
Part Time

Job Shift: Day

Plans, leads and assists in recreational activities, including large and small groups, special events and one-to-one visits. Serves as an active participant in the household model for Healthcare.

• Assists with planning and carrying out activities for residents in the Healthcare houses in collaboration with other household team members.
• Assists in charting resident activity in the house. Completes MDS/QR interviews and paperwork for new admissions, follow-up assessments, and progress notes, as directed by RNAC.
• Works with other Life Enrichment Assistants and household team to develop new programs and activities that may interest residents.
• Leads or assists in therapeutic recreational activities.
• Assists with serving meals as needed, with dining for those residents who are unable to eat independently.
• Escorts residents in wheelchairs to and from activities and occasionally escorts family members living in another household to visit resident in the household.
• Relates well with residents, clients, family members, staff and the community.
• Works alongside and directs volunteers assigned to the Life Enrichment department.
• Views self as part of team and models honoring lives principles.
• Joins with other team members in performing household functions.
• Views the care setting as the resident's home and works to create attributes of home.
• Responds to resident call bells and alarms and supports the residents within their scope of practice.
• Participates in interdisciplinary care plan meetings for assigned house, as needed.
• Participates in planning monthly calendar.
• Is acquainted with the scope of all house programs in order to cover absence of other Life Enrichment Assistants.

• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• High school diploma/GED or demonstrated proficiency in reading and writing skills required.
• Prior experience in related role preferred.
• Prior experience in long term care facility preferred.
• Proficient in use of computer and related technology required for the role.
• Possesses good verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills.