Job Code:	1291
Job Title:	Playroom Assistant
Creation Date:	06/28/08
Revision Date:
FLSA Status:	Exempt

JOB SUMMARY:  

To assist in providing opportunities for children to gain a sense of mastery, through play and learning experiences, and encouraging family and peer interaction.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Routinely provides age appropriate care for various age groups.
• Facilitates planned and spontaneous activity.
• Encourages socialization and interaction between patients
• Encourages caregiver involvement in patient daily activities by extending invitations to activity rooms and informing caregivers of resources available.
• Delivers developmentally appropriate toys/activities to patients’ rooms as requested by Child Life Specialist, Nursing, or self-referrals.
• Maintains a safe, clean, and well organized activity room environment.
• Assesses inventory of supplies, restocks daily, and reports supplies that need to be ordered as needed and evidenced by appropriate supplies levels.
• Safely assists patients to and from activity room/special events.
• Trains and provides ongoing supervision of volunteers in activity rooms.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

MARGINAL OR PERIODIC JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Performs related duties as required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

High school or equivalent and one year related experience. 

EQUIPMENT:

Standard office equipment.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT/LOCATION OF POSITION:

Standard hospital and office environments. 

OTHER:

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code.