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Resident Aide - Smoke Room Monitor, Full Time - Iowa Veterans Home
State of Iowa
671 Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs - Veterans Home
Job Description
Summary
This full-time job at the Iowa Veterans Home involves monitoring a smoke room to ensure residents smoke safely, distributing materials, documenting behaviors, and alerting nurses as needed, while also helping with activities like escorting residents to events, cleaning spaces, and interacting with staff and families.
It's a supportive role in a team-oriented environment focused on veteran care.
A good fit would be someone patient, reliable, and comfortable working with elderly residents, especially those with potential health or behavioral needs, who enjoys hands-on assistance without needing prior experience.
Key Requirements
- Ability to ensure safety protocols are followed in the smoke room for residents
- Skill in supervising residents during smoking and documenting behaviors or unsafe practices
- Experience or willingness to escort residents to activities like gym, chapel, or events
- Comfort interacting with residents, families, staff, and volunteers
- Capability to clean and organize activity and storage areas
- Ability to maintain communication with nursing, social work, and recreation staff about resident concerns
- Pass criminal background check, dependent adult abuse check, and child abuse check
Full Job Description
The Iowa Veterans Home is hiring a full time Resident Aide, Smoke Room Monitor. Hours for this position are Sunday-Wednesday 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.This Resident Aide position will act as a smoke room monitor and will aid activities during non-smoke room monitoring hours.
Smoke room:
Will make sure safety interventions are in place prior to the residents entering the room.
Will provide a safe and supervised setting for residents to smoke and will follow the safety plan for each individual resident and the smoke room.
Will pass out smoking materials to the residents as needed.
Will document resident behaviors and unsafe smoking practices and contact the unit charge nurse in a timely manner.
Activities:
Assist with escorting residents to and from various activities such as the gym, smoking, chapel and other facility events.
Interacts with residents, families, staff and volunteers.
Clean and organize activity and storage areas.
Maintain contact with unit staff (Nursing, Social Work, and Recreation) regarding any issues or concerns with residents.
What we offer as a full time Iowa Veterans Home employee:
- Team oriented, positive work environment
- Opportunity for professional growth and development
- Paid time off (sick leave and vacation) plus nine paid holidays per year
- Medical and Dental Insurance Benefits:
Monthly optional Medical Insurance Premium (Iowa Choice*) for 2026:
Single: $64/mo = employee share; $836/mo = state share
Family: $210/mo = employee share; $1,896/mo = state share
* National Choice option also available
Monthly optional Dental Insurance Premium for 2026:
Single: Free
Family: $48
- Optional flexible spending accounts for health and dental expenses, and dependent care
- $20,000 basic life insurance at no cost
- Exceptional retirement package: IPERS (Iowa Public Employee Retirement System)
- Optional 401(a) Plan with employee contribution: The State makes match contributions into the employee’s selection of investments in a 401(a) employer match account. The match is $1 for every $1 contributed up to a $75 monthly maximum.
- Lactation rooms throughout our campus
- Wellness Program: Onsite fitness center available to staff 24/7 for only $36 per year
**All applicants are subject to a Criminal Background Check Dependent Adult Abuse and Child Abuse Check.
E-Verify and Right to Work
The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov.
Qualifications
No specific education or experience is required.For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description.
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