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Recreation Assistant
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
On-site Sioux Falls, SD $45K – $59K Apply by Jun 16, 2026 Recreation Aid And Assistant ENFPESFJESFPISFP Healthcare
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The employee will be assigned as a Recreation Assistant at the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System, Sioux Falls, SD. The position is for the Hospice Cottage where your duties would be to protect, to nurture and to sustain the elderly, to maintain the safety and cleanliness of the environment and for providing high quality care.
What You'll Do
- →***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Leads activities, encourages patient participation and documents in the medical record.
- →Sets up and tears down food station and equipment management to include sterilization.
- →Prepares and serves food to include dietary restrictions and modifications.
- →Answers phones, the door and residents or family questions.
- →Orders supplies for recreational activities and food service.
- →Performs light housekeeping in all areas including: emptying trash, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming and wiping all surfaces.
- →Collaborates with dietitian, recreational therapist, nursing, providers and other team members to carry out resident activities and care.
- →Monitors food consumption for documentation and reports to nursing.
- →Discusses dietary modifications with the patient and family to aid in preparation of food.
- →Places work orders and logs temperatures and cleaning schedules.
- →Performs other related duties as required.
- →Work Schedule: Rotating 12-hour shifts, day and night shifts, as well as weekends, holidays, evenings.
- →Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Required Documents" below for details.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓NOTE: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 79302b51-d984-4a18-a38f-c16539344b9c
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