The Living Center at Sunny Vista, a non-profit skilled nursing facility, is Colorado Springs’ state-of-the-art healthcare campus with a 100+ year history of Best-In-Care services, including rehabilitation, long-term care and independent living.

We are looking for compassionate staff who have a heart for working with the elderly. With new management, we are looking to build a team of caring individuals who are dedicated to making the lives of others better each day. We have a new wage scale, generous shift differentials, and new benefits available to staff with flexible scheduling options. Please see below and apply to our team!

Position Summary

The Social Services Assistant provides assistance to the Director of Social Services to include but not limited to admission of residents, scheduling family meetings, MDS’s, Care Plans, and room changes for residents.  Process ULTC 100’s for transition to Long Term/ALF/Community, PASRR's and PETI’s for residents in-house in a timely manner.  This is a part-time position working 25-29 hours per week.

Essential Duties

• Process admissions and MDS’s for residents.
• Participates in Care Plans for residents.
• Participates in resident family meetings.
• Discharge planning for all short-term residents/family meetings.
• Handle PETI’s for all residents in-house.
• Process room changes.
• Process ULTC 100’s for transition to Long Term/ALF/Community.
• Supports Director of Social Services with all tasks for residents.

Basic Qualifications & Experience

• Must possess basic knowledge of social service needs/systems.
• Must be knowledgeable of Medicare/Medicaid programs and regulations.
• Must possess effective communication skills.
• Must be familiar with a patient’s rights and responsibilities.
• Must be able to plan and coordinate resources to meet residents’ needs.
• Must be able to work a varied schedule including holidays and weekends if needed.
• Must have the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with physicians, residents’ families, community resources and all employees in the facility.
• Must possess knowledge of Transportation procedures for emergency transport situations.

EOE

The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act requires employers in the state of Colorado to disclose the following information. If the position applied to is not located in Colorado, the following information may not apply. Pay Range Minimum: $16.00 per hour; Maximum:$18.00 per hour. The base range represents the low and high end of the pay range for this position. Actual pay will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. We provide a variety of benefits to employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, disability insurance, 401(k) with match, paid time off (PTO), Flexible hours for better work-life balance, Employee assistance program.

This position will be accepting applications until December 12, 2024.    

To reduce risk to our residents and co-workers, we recommend all employees to receive the COVID19 vaccine and any required booster shots.