Activity Assistant - Spring Mill Health Campus : Job Details

Enjoy a great team environment? Ready to take the next step in a rewarding career? Then here's your start! Join our beautiful Spring Mill Assisted Living & rehabilitation Campus located in heart of Merrillville.

OPEN INTERVIEWS Monday- Friday 9a-4p

Our most important goal is to provide the highest standard of care to our residents in an environment that is safe and secure. You will be responsible for improving our residents experience and maintaining a safe, clean, and healthy environment. Your focus will be the basic quality-of-life for our residents, so duties such as recording vitals, providing ambulatory assistance, and seeing to hygiene needs will be key in the individualized care.

At Spring Mill, you can expect:

• Dependable, full-time/part-time schedules
• Great support from your Spring Mill team
• Perfect Attendance Incentive
• Quality, cost-effective health care as well as disability and life insurance after only 60 days of employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid vacations and holidays
• Competitive wages
• Exceptional training and advancement opportunities within and beyond your current role
• Acute Care opportunities to sharpen and grow critical skills
• Daily pay! DailyPay is a voluntary benefit that allows employees to instantly access their earnings on their own schedule. With DailyPay, employees can track their earnings after every shift and get paid instantly for the hours they've already worked.

Activity Aide's day-to-day will include:

• Arrange transportation. Drive the facility bus to transport residents to and from appointments when necessary.
• Assist in organizing, implementing and evaluating the life enrichment programs of the health campus.
• Make routine visits to residents and provide assistance with crafts, projects, etc., as necessary. Assist bed residents by visiting with them, writing letters, running errands, etc., as necessary.
• Ensure that all charted life enrichment activity progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident's response to the service.

• Assist in developing and maintaining a schedule of life enrichment activities. Assist in scheduling movies, planning parties, and providing games/activities for the residents. Encourage residents to participate in hobbies and crafts. Provide material as necessary.
• Greets and assists all internal and external customers, guests, family members, residents, vendors and team members.

What we are looking for:

Fresh out of school? Come learn the trade from experienced staff willing to share their skills.

Years of experience? Join our team who will appreciate your expertise.

• Strong interpersonal skills, especially when it comes to delivering sensitive information to patients and/or families.
• Valid Drivers License
• Must be alert and attentive to detail.
• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Possess leadership and supervisory ability and the willingness to work harmoniously with other personnel.
• Be able to make independent decisions concerning above job duties.
• Possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family member, visitors, government agencies/personnel, vendors, and the general public.
• Be knowledgeable of activity practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.

Schedule needs:

• PRN scheduled status: 2-3 days/week, PRN Bus Driver
• Rotating Holiday Schedule
• Every other weekend

Thank you very much for your interest in working for Spring Mill Health Campus. We appreciate your time and review each and every resume that is submitted to our HR department. You will receive an email within 48 hours that confirms your application has been acknowledged. If you are selected to participate in the interview process, you will receive an email or call within a week.