Activities Assistant

INTRODUCTION

The Davis Community is a vibrant senior living neighborhood and has been a proud corporate citizen of Wilmington, NC for over 60 years. Established as a skilled nursing facility in the early 1960s, Davis quickly became the premier healthcare center for senior care, and while they have grown and evolved, adding to services offered, we continue to be highly regarded in the region as a community that emphasizes compassion, care, and show of respect and dignity for residents.

COMMUNITY CULTURE

At The Davis Community, deliberate and diligent efforts are made to emphasize and focus on an underlying culture of respect and service that can be seen and felt by all. Employees, residents, and guests of the community are treated with respect and personalized care to the best of the organization’s ability. The desire to continue to elevate all aspects of services is preeminent so that Davis can provide an empowering and caring retirement atmosphere filled with friends, enjoyment, and a fulfilling sense of community.

• State-of-the-art Facilities
• On-demand Pay
• Benefits begin after 30 days
• Low-cost lunches
• Free Membership to our gym and indoor pool
• Shift differential
• Work-life Balance
• Growth
• Competitive Wages

BASIC PURPOSE :

The Activity Assistant is responsible for assisting the Life Enhancement Mentor with planning and executing resident activities and to provide leadership to the household in quality of life including various approaches as determined via individualized, person-centered care planning. To provide for recreation, social interaction and exercise supporting the psychosocial well-being to all residents.

MAJOR WORK ACTIVITIES

• Assists Life Enhancement Mentor with organizing activities, completing monthly calendars, providing input/ideas for monthly newsletter, setting up and breaking down of activities.
• Promotes and provides diverse opportunities for meaningful pursuits, daily pleasures, recreation, exercise, friendships, social interaction, growth, and learning, fun and enjoyment, personal routines, and household rituals.
• Promotes and provides wellness programming through exercise, recreation, social interaction, and awareness of daily pleasures.
• Place seasonal & special decorations throughout the facility that encourages awareness and interest
• and reflects the overall personality of the residents.
• Perform 1:1 interaction and in-room visits at least monthly.
• Organizes and completes activities in the household and ensures the activities in the household are in compliance with federal and state regulation and professional standards of practice while honoring the values of person-centered, resident-directed practices in tandem with Life Enhancement Mentor.
• Participates in event root cause analysis.
• Completion of all documentation required for RAI documentation with regards to psychosocial well-being, activity, and functional needs.
• Assures that resident rights and responsibilities are honored and met, including the right to refuse or individualize treatment.
• Communicates and works closely with all disciplines (i.e. nursing, therapy, dietary etc.) to encourage and assist residents to participate in activities, as well as relaying any change of behavior, either cognitively or physically to nursing staff.
• Assures regulatory compliance by completing and encouraging appropriate record keeping and documentation in households and by maintaining appropriate professional files in tandem with Household Coordinator.
• Complete all clinical chart documentation according to best practice at time of service rendered, prior to end of current shift and/or by “late entry” with date, time, e-signature or initials where appropriate.
• Provide programming for residents to maintain daily living functions, which include but are not limited to land exercise, aquatics exercise, functional maintenance programming, ambulating, feeding, contracture prevention, bowel and bladder, toileting, etc.
• Completes and facilitates an individualized plan of care to best meet the needs of the resident.
• Attends resident care plans.
• Participates in nutrition care planning in tandem with the Registered Dietician and Nutrition Guide
• Completes and facilitates daily documentation of the functional maintenance and communicates with nurses and administrators.
• Communicate with the therapy department to continue plan of treatment after the resident has been discharged from therapy services, implementing and performing modalities.
• Transports residents as needed to and from activities/houses.
• Acts as a liaison across all disciplines in the completion of the plan of care i.e. recreation, nursing, and nutrition.
• Performs additional duties are required by the Administrator or Life Enhancement mentor.

Requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS WORKING CONDITIONS

• Physical exertion required no more than 60% of the time. Physical exertion also is described as standing, stooping, kneeling and bending.
• Intermittent lifting and carrying of objects weighing between 30-40 pounds and pushing of objects weighing at least 100 pounds.
• Low exposure to infectious disease.
• May be exposed to noisy or busy environment or elements of weather, including heat, cold, and rain.
• Utilize the following equipment including but not limited to telephone, computer & printer, copier, fax, bus lift, fire extinguisher, kitchen appliances and electrical devices.
• Exposure to peculiarities in behavior and reactions of the aged, including combative residents.
• Ability to evaluate and appropriately respond to verbal and non-verbal communication from resident’s diverse stages of development, i.e. adults and geriatrics.
• Ability to effectively communicate with people.
• Sufficiently mobile to push wheelchairs, carts and equipment.
• Experience in the use of patient/ resident care equipment.
• Communicate via telephone and other automation vehicles.
• Visualize equipment and medical record forms.
• Ability to perform mathematical functions
• Physical job demands may be subject to possible modifications to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: High school diploma or equivalency is required.

Licensure/Certification: CPR/First Aid preferred.

Experience: Experience in geriatrics, recreation, or social administration and

experience with dementia care preferred.

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.