What are the responsibilities and job description for the Activity Aide- Resident Home position at Iroquois Hospital?
What does it mean to be a team member at Iroquois Memorial Hospital? It means that the patient is truly at the center of everything we do. It means that the quest for excellence is not just a goal, but a given. It means building an environment where our providers and our employees can deliver the best in healthcare. It also means that each employee or volunteer is vital to the healing process because we can only achieve the extraordinary together.
IMH offers competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and great work environment. If this sounds like a role that might be a good fit for you, please apply today, and let’s talk more about this opportunity.
Job Title : Activity Aide
Department : Resident Home
Status : Full Time, 40 hours per week
Schedule : 9 : 30am-6 : 00 pm
Summary / Objective
The Activity assistant is responsible for assisting in planning, organizing, and supervising scheduled therapeutic activities for all residents.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Participates and contributes to resident care planning
- Maintains a safe therapeutic environment.
- Coordinates with area churches for religious services.
- Assess, plans and implements activities which are within their capabilities, therapeutic needs which includes one to one activities and community functions.
- Strives to obtain new volunteers and is able to work well with them.
- Constantly strives to implement new activities each month.
- Ensures mail is distributed Monday through Saturday (delegate as needed).
- Implements arts and craft projects.
- Cares and maintains the aviary.
- Contributes to organizational operations by performing other related duties as assigned.
Education / Experience Requirements
Benefits
Iroquois Memorial Hospital is a 25 bed hospital located in Watseka, Illinois. The hospital facility is comprised of clinical and diagnostic services which are dedicated to providing high quality health care services to the community. These services include but are not limited to an Emergency Room, full service OR suites, an inpatient care unit, therapy services, advanced medical imaging, Home Health, and Hospice Care. The hospital operates rural health clinics in Watseka, IL, Gilman, IL, Milford, IL, Saint Anne, IL and Kentland, IN. The hospital also operates a skilled nursing facility, Iroquois Resident Home, which is attached to the hospital property.
