Resident Aide, Smoke Room Monitor - Part Time - Iowa Veterans Home

This position starts at $12.67 per hour.

The Iowa Veterans Home is hiring a part-time Resident Aide, Smoke Room Monitor. Hours will be 1:30 pm-7:00 pm. Wednesday through Saturday.

This Resident Aide position will act as a secondary smoke room monitor and will be engaging residents in activities.

Smoke room: Will be responsible for providing secondary smoke room monitor coverage up to 3 hours a day. Will provide a safe and supervised setting for residents to smoke and follow safety plan for each individual resident and smoke room.

Activities: Will provide 1:1 intervention with residents per resident preference to meet resident’s social, emotional, physical, intellectual and spiritual needs. Will provide informal small group activities (games, discussion, trivia, music, entertainment, arts/crafts etc.) Will communicate frequently with Activities Assistant weekly regarding plans for activities to implement in person, on phone or email. Will provide set-up as needed and will disassemble equipment as activity is completed

Benefits

As an employee of the Iowa Veterans Home, you are a State of Iowa employee and eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes

• IPERS (Iowa Public Employee Retirement System)
• Insurance--Health, Dental
• Paid Time Off—Sick Leave, Vacation, and Family Leave
• All applicants are subject to a Criminal Background Check Dependent Adult Abuse and Child Abuse Check.
• Wellness Program

Under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS’s) new vaccine mandate for healthcare workers (published on November 5, 2021 and affirmed by the United States Supreme Court on January 13, 2022), all potential employees of this facility must have received, at a minimum, the first dose of a primary series or a single dose vaccine OR have an approved religious or medical exemption (as determined by the Iowa Veterans Home) OR have documentation reflecting a temporary delay in vaccination (as determined by the agency in accordance with CDC allowances), prior to the start date. Candidates shall coordinate with agency staff to ensure all requirements are met before the individual provides any care, treatment, or other services for the facility and/or its residents.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

No specific education or experience is required.

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