Position: Activity Director
REPORTS TO: Administrator
POSITION SUMMARY: The Activity Director is responsible for the development and implementation of the full scope of activity/recreation services in the nursing center.
RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:
1. Puts Customer Service First: Ensures that residents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere which recognizes the individuals’ needs and rights;
2. Ensures that recreation services are in compliance with Recover-Care policies and procedures and federal/state regulations.
3. Serves as a collaborative member of the center management team and supports practices that focus on improving clinical, customer, staff, and business excellence.
4. Completes comprehensive assessment.
5. Contributes to the development of an interdisciplinary plan of care.
6. Plans individual and group programs in accordance with the patient’s needs, preferences, interests, abilities, and are consistent with treatment goals and interventions.
6.1. Encourages patient involvement in recreation services planning.
6.2. Establishes and communicates a schedule of programming in accordance with resident needs and preferences.
7. Ensures implementation of meaningful recreation services for all patients.
8. Ensures that all recreation programs adhere to safety and infection control standards.
9. Documents patient’s response, involvement, and progress within programs.
9.1. Maintains records that improve future planning, individualized approach and continual evaluation and revision of programs.
10. Provides information and resources to promote successful engagement.
11. Evaluates the effectiveness of recreation services to:
11.1. Enhance quality of life;
11.2. Meet program goals and performance objectives;
11.3. Evaluate customer feedback and satisfaction.
11.4. Reports findings and recommendations to the Center Quality Improvement Committee.
12. Identifies and assigns special projects to enhance recreation services.
13. Provides supervision to other staff and volunteers to achieve delivery of quality recreation services.
14. Develops positive relationships with members of the patients’ families:
14.1. Orients family members to recreation services
14.2. Encourages families to participate in programs.
14.3. Encourages families to make suggestions for the recreation programs.
15. Develops positive relationships with the community:
15.1. Utilizes community resources in recreation programs; and
15.2. Encourages community organizations to include patients in their events.
16. Provides ongoing communication to families, community organizations, and public officials.
17. Assesses, determines and orders necessary resources, equipment and supplies.
18. Monitors the budget on a monthly basis and works with Administrator to address budget variances.
19. Establishes and maintains an effective volunteer program through recruiting, screening, orienting, training, supervising, evaluating, and recognizing volunteers.
20. Keeps abreast of Federal, State, and local requirements and guidelines regarding recreation programming.
21. Acts as a resource person to other recreation professionals and community organizations.
22. Ensures confidentiality of all protected information.
23. Is knowledgeable of and upholds resident rights.
24. Utilizes technology to support departmental functions for communication, planning, programming, documentation, and evaluation.
25. Performs other duties as requested.
JOB SKILLS:
1. Ability to lead others
2. Effective communicator with excellent verbal and written skills
3. Well-developed organizational abilities
4. Excellent customer service & hospitality skills
5. Ability to teach, train, and guide others
6. Confident presentation skills
7. Supervisory capacity to manage team members, assistants, vendors and volunteers
8. Maturity and social skills to interact well with guests
9. Record keeping and documentation skills
10. Evening and weekend availability
11. Computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
12. Proficient in using the internet for research and development
EDUCATIONAL/VOCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Activity Director certification
2. CNA license required. CMA preferred.
3. Must provide verification of TST (tuberculin skin test) as required by state law and in accordance with Company policy. TSTs will be administered at the work site if required.
4. This position requires that the employee is able to read, write, speak and understand the spoken English language to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our patients and visitors at the work site when responding to their medical and physical needs.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
(1) Physical Demands:
(Answer yes or no)
Reaching (overhead) yes
Handling yes
Fingering yes
Feeling yes
Talking or Hearing yes
Seeing yes
(Answer: 0-33% - Rarely/ 34-66% - Occasionally/67-100% - Frequently)
Standing 67-100%
Walking 67-100%
Sitting 0-33%
(Specify Amount of Weight in Pounds: Sedentary [10 lbs]; Light [20
lbs]; Medium [30-50 lbs]; Heavy [100 lbs];Very Heavy [>100 lbs])
Pulling 40