Activities Aide (Part-Time)

About the Role

Edenbrook of Yeadon, a skilled nursing facility and proud member of the Eden East network, is seeking a dedicated Activity Aide. The Activity Aide supports the efforts of the Activity Director in assessing, selecting, organizing, and implementing recreational services to address the individualized needs and interests of the patient population within the center.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development and delivery of therapeutic recreational services to promote patients' opportunities for engaging in normal life enhancement pursuits and to increase and/or maintain functioning levels.
• Maintain precautions/limitations list on each patient.
• Encourage patient participation in group and individual activities including arts/crafts, community outings, religious activities, intellectual/educational activities, community/center service activities, and recreational activities.
• Assist in completing activity documentation, when needed, in conjunction with regulatory requirements and company policies.
• Copy forms for activities, as needed.
• Submit supply list to Activity Director and submit receipt for activity expenditures.
• Assist Activity Director in the organization and supervision of the volunteer program, including recruiting and training volunteers.
• Assist with patient Council Meetings when necessary.
• Assist in planning community activities that jointly include the community, staff, families, and patients.
• Assist in the completion of a monthly calendar of available recreational services and post it in the center.
• Perform any miscellaneous work assignments as may be required.

Resident Rights

• Know and respect patients' rights.
• Ensure protected health information is kept confidential.
• Report complaints made by patients to supervisor.
• Report allegations of patient abuse, neglect, and/or misappropriation of patient property.

Safety and Sanitation

• Follow established safety policies and procedures.
• Observe safety needs of patients as indicated in care plan; participate in restraint reduction program.
• Follow established infection control precautions and procedures.
• Wear and/or use safety equipment and supplies when indicated and properly trained to use.
• Demonstrate job-specific knowledge of fire and disaster preparedness during drills or actual situations.

Staff Development

• Attend and participate in scheduled in-service training, educational classes, and meetings to maintain current certification as managed by regulatory agencies and company policies.
• Participate in QAA process as needed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma with course work in recreation is desirable; completion of state-approved activity-training course is preferred but not required.
• Previous experience in leading recreational activities, arts/crafts, intellectual/educational activities, community outings, etc., desired.

Physical Demands

Lifting 20 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds; standing, walking, talking, hearing, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching, handling, feeling, pushing, fingering, and exerting force to move objects.

Working Conditions

Both inside and outside with some exposure to disagreeable conditions including odor and infection.

Principal Contacts

Work closely with patients, family members, volunteers, center staff, and community representatives.

General Requirements

• Must be able to work in a safety-conscious manner, ensuring safe work practices to avoid risk to self or others; report any safety violations or hazards to supervisor.
• Comply with company policies and procedures and local, state, and federal regulations.
• Adhere to a Drug-Free Workplace.
• Interact in a tactful, diplomatic, and humanistic manner with patients, families, visitors, and co-workers to provide a safe, efficient, and therapeutically effective caring environment ensuring self-respect, personal dignity, rights, and physical safety of each patient and facility guest.
• Maintain a dependable attendance record and adhere to standards of cleanliness, grooming, hygiene, and dress code.
• Take positive action to ensure equal opportunity in the conduct of all business activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, age, national origin, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or any other legally protected category.