Activities Aide

Granite City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC is seeking a part time Activity Aide. Are you creative and looking for a great company to share your creative ideas with? Are you compassionate and want to work with geriatric residents? Then we would like to interview you!

Under the direction of the Activity Director, the Activity Aide assists in carrying out a planned activity program for residents. This position requires knowledge of age specific developmental factors specific to adult and geriatric residents. The Activity Aide will assist in activities for geriatric residents with therapeutic, neurological, and medical needs. Must be able to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends and /or holidays.

About Granite City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC

Granite City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC proudly serves our community's long-term care and rehabilitation needs. We are committed to providing loving excellence in senior care. We offer services speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and dementia/Alzheimer's care. Our goal is to provide dignified care to all of our residents in a well maintained, home-like environment. This is why we work hard to create an excellent work environment for our staff as well.

Our company recognizes the amazing efforts of our staff and values their downtime with a work-life balance that includes two weeks of vacation and sick days for a healthy rejuvenation that all employees supply to our patients.

BENEFITS:

• Same Day Pay- Cash Out When You Clock Out;
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance;
• Paid Vacation, Sick & Personal Time Off;
• Tuition Reimbursement;
• Life, Critical Illness & AD&D Insurance,
• Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Account,
• Employee Assistance Program

We want to hire employees with compassion and a love for long term care. If you possess the following traits, we would love to have you join our team!

• Service-oriented - kind, patient, and helpful to everyone
• Self-motivated - driven by goals and is willing to do whatever needs to be done
• Optimistic - has a positive, can-do attitude
• Dependable - someone coworkers and residents can rely on
• Team-player - cooperative and works easily with others

Essential Duties

• Assists Activity Director with the seasonal décor of the Facility.
• Responsible to invite residents to activity programs as appropriate and as determined in the Care Plan.
• Assists in transporting residents to and from activities.
• Maintains attendance records for resident activities on a daily basis.
• Performs light housekeeping tasks, such as clean-up following parties and programs. Interacts with residents, family members, co-workers, clinical and ancillary staff in a non-judgmental, supportive, and calm manner.
• Addresses family satisfaction issues timely and assists in resolving the matter in a professional manner.

Qualifications Education/Training: Must possess a high school diploma and a valid driver's license.

Experience: No experience required. Prior experience in long-term care preferred.