Activities Assistant - Healthcare Center
Homewood Retirement Centers
- Hanover, PA
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Shift: Evening
- Status: Part-Time
- Paid time off, with an opportunity to cash out each year
- Assistance for new LPNs/RNs – we pay up to 50% of your student loans
- Christmas bonus totaling 1% of your annual earnings
- Shift and weekend differentials
- Referral bonus of up to $600
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
- Retirement contributions
- Professional licensure reimbursement
- Treats all information about residents, their condition, and family as confidential information.
- Complies with established Corporate and Departmental policies and procedures, and maintains established standards and practices.
- Helps develop, coordinate and assist residents to programs and activities.
- Develops and guides Reality Orientation activities (daily announcement, current events, large calendars, visual aides, seasonal decorations,...)
- Schedules regular use of Homewood’s van to include scenic drives, shopping trips, transportation to community events, etc.
- Assists in assigning volunteers to specific job responsibilities in activities, making sure the volunteer has adequate materials and supervision.
- Participates in resident care planning when pertinent information can be helpful.
- Facilitates in special functions from outside groups and special activities on weekends and evenings.
- Documents and charts attendance of all activities and reports observed changes in resident’s physical and emotional status to the licensed nurse.
- Performs other functions as directed by the supervisor.
- Ability to read, write and understand English well.
- Has compassion, understanding and empathy for older persons.
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability to listen and to communicate to residents at a level they can understand.
- Ability to and enjoys encouraging and motivating older persons.
- Qualities of creativity, resourcefulness and imagination in planning resident activities.
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Ability to drive Homewood’s van and has a valid driver’s license.
- Experience working with elderly preferred.