Activity Assistant

All Your Needs. All Our Hearts.

Westmoreland located in beautiful Knoxville, Tennessee is the second largest facility of its kind in the city. This healthcare center offers care for our 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.

The Healthcare Center offers Respite Care, continuing Long-term Care, Memory Care, and Rehabilitation. Westmoreland has been a valuable part of the community for the past 40 years.

Shifts: 9:00am-6:30pm

Days: Monday thru Friday

Weekends: only as needed for activities/events

Location: 5837 Lyons View Pike, Knoxville TN 37919

Compensation: $15-$16 per hour

Your Role in the Company

The primary purpose of your job position is to report to the Activity Director and help to plan, organize, develop, and assist in the overall operation of the Activity Department in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, our established policies and procedures, and as may be directed by the Administrator and/or Activity Consultant, to assure that an on-going program of activities is designed to meet, in accordance with the comprehensive assessment, the interests and the physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being of each resident.

Qualifications:

• Experience working in Activities for a skilled nursing center preferred

Administrative Functions

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the activity programs of this facility.
• Assist the activity director in the development, administering, and coordinating of department policies and procedures.
• Keep abreast of current federal and state regulations, as well as professional standards of practice, and make recommendations on changes in policies and procedures to the Administrator.
• Review department policies and procedures, at least annually, and participate in making recommended changes.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures for the identification of medically related activity needs of the resident.
• Participate in community planning related to the interests of the facility and the services and needs of the resident and family.
• Participate in discharge planning, development and implementation of activity care plans and resident assessments.
• Involve residents and families in planning facility activity programs.
• Assist in arranging transportation to other facilities when necessary.
• Assume the authority, responsibility, and accountability of directing the activity department.
• Maintain a productive working relationship with the medical profession and other health related facilities and organizations.
• Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the Administrator concerning the operation of the activity department.
• Assist in standardizing the methods in which work will be accomplished.
• Review and develop a plan of correction for activity deficiencies noted during survey inspections and provide a written copy of such report to the Administrator.
• Review departmental complaints and grievances from personnel and make written reports to the Administrator of action(s) taken. Follow facility’s established procedures.
• Assist the Quality Assessment & Assurance Committee in developing and implementing appropriate plans of action to correct identified deficiencies.
• Develop, implement, and maintain an ongoing quality assurance program for the activity department.
• Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
• Interview residents or family members to obtain activity information.
• Ensure that all charted activity progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident’s response to the service.
• Maintain a reference library of written material, laws, etc., necessary for complying with current standards and regulations, and that will provide assistance in maintaining a quality activity program.
• Meet with administration, medical and nursing staff, as well as other related departments in planning activity programs.

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.