Waynesboro Health and Rehabilitation Center is seeking an Activity Assistant to join our family!

All Your Needs. All Our Hearts.

Waynesboro Health and Rehab Center located in the quaint little city of Waynesboro, Tennessee offers Respite Care, Long term care, and Palliative and Hospice. This campus offers care for 109 residents and patients who rely on us for life enrichment and quality of care.

We offer an array of employment opportunities for all types of professional interests. We offer competitive wages and benefits, tuition assistance and professional advancement programs.

We are currently seeking an Activity Assistant for our 109-bed skilled nursing center. The community describes Waynesboro Health and Rehab as ‘family’, and we’re honored to serve every one of our 109 residents with the most compassionate care for over 50 years.

Come join our enthusiastic team! It’s not just our promise, it’s our passion.

Flexible Schedule: Monday-Friday 8a-5p: Every other Saturday is required (Flex a week day off during rotation)

Your Role in the Company

Assist in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of recreational, social, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual programs, in accordance with the resident’s assessment and care plan, and as may be directed by your supervisors.

Essential Elements of the Role

• Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, and evaluating the activity programs of this facility.
• Observe resident attendance, mood, behavior, and degree of involvement so that facility activities and resident progress are evaluated, by noting, reporting, and charting resident behavior.
• Participate in community planning related to the interests of the facility and the services and needs of the resident and family.
• Interview residents or family members to obtain activity information.
• Involve the resident/family in planning objectives and goals for the resident.
• Assist in developing, implementing, and maintaining an ongoing quality assurance program for the activity department.
• Ensure that all charted activity progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and indicate the resident’s response to the service.
• Arrange transportation for field trips when necessary.
• Assist in developing volunteer activity assignments.
• Implement activity procedures as directed by the Activity Director by creating decorations, setting up necessary equipment, creating ceramics, needlework, woodwork and other crafts, escorting residents to and from activity area, and awarding prizes.
• Assist in scheduling movies, planning parties, and providing games/activities for residents.
• Encourage residents to participate in recreational social activities so that all residents are involved in activities by engaging in and organizing games, crafts, religious services, parties, etc.
• Oversee residents engaged in scheduled activities to promote the physical, social, and mental well-being of residents by applying experience in activities and knowledge of diagnoses and conditions of residents.
• Befriend residents to encourage resident self-esteem by visiting and conversing with residents on a regular basis.
• Make routine visits to residents and perform assistance with crafts, projects, etc., as necessary.
• Assist in-room residents by visiting with them, writing letters, running errands, making appointments, etc., as necessary.
• Oversee the residents engaged in scheduled activities to promote the physical, social, and mental well being of residents by applying experience in activities and knowledge of diagnoses and conditions of residents.

Education

Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Experience

None required. On-the-job training provided.

Specific Requirements

• Must possess class C driver’s license.
• Experience in Activities Department preferred

C ourage and Commitment to Exceed Expectations

O ptimistic about our Future

M otivate Yourself and Others

P atient Hearts Giving Passionate Care

A chieve Success with Integrity

S ervant Leadership, Valued Employees

S trength Through Perseverance

I nspired Excellence

O neness with Teamwork

N urture with Loving Kindness

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.