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Activity Director

Activity Director

Eden Senior CareCannon Falls, MN, US
4 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Vista Senior Living Management is a dedicated branch tailored specifically for senior communities. Specializing in Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Independent Living services, Vista ensures unparalleled personalized care and 24-hour assistance for our residents, assuring a consistent and exceptional experience. Our unwavering mission is to provide an outstanding care experience rooted in genuine compassion and humble dedication to our senior’s well-being.

Cannon Rivers Senior Living is a proud member of the Vista Senior Living Management network, where compassionate care meets exceptional living. With 16 communities spanning across multiple states, Vista Senior Living specializes in Assisted Living and Memory Care services. Our dedicated team ensures a nurturing environment where seniors thrive and find joy in every moment.

Responsible to plan, organize, and implement a program of therapeutic activities designed to meet the social, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, educational and physical needs and interests of patients in accordance with the comprehensive patient care plan.

Essential Job Functions

Every effort has been made to make our job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is a logical assignment to the position.

Resident Rights

  • Knows and respects patients’ rights.
  • Ensures protected health information is kept confidential.
  • Reports complaints made by patients to supervisor.
  • Reports allegations of patient abuse, neglect, and / or misappropriation of patient property.

Safety and Sanitation

  • Follows established safety policies and procedures.
  • Observes the safety needs of patients as indicated in the care plan.
  • Wears and / or uses safety equipment and supplies when indicated and properly trained to use.
  • Demonstrates job-specific knowledge of fire and disaster preparedness during drills or actual situations.

    • Staff Development

  • Attends and participates in scheduled in-service training, educational classes and meetings to maintain current certification as applicable and as managed by regulatory agencies and company policies.
  • Participates in QA process as needed.

    • Activity Director Responsibilities :

  • Develops and delivers therapeutic recreational services to promote the patients’ opportunities for engaging in normal life enhancement pursuits and to increase and / or maintain functioning levels.
  • Completes a monthly calendar of available recreational services and posts it in the center.
  • Plans community activities that jointly include the community, staff, families and patients.
  • Charts individual patient’s attendance and participation in group, individual and one-on-one recreational pursuits daily.
  • Provides patients with opportunities and support for involvement in group and individual leisure pursuits (i.e. arts / crafts, community outings, religious activities, intellectual / educational activities, community / center services activities) based upon individual interests and needs. Invites / encourages patients’ participation
  • Supports each patient’s right to self-determination; Documents patient refusal of activity serves offered; Outlines consequences of the refusal for the patient, and informs patient of any therapeutic alternative to the refused service.
  • Assists patients in the organization and implementation of Patient Council Meetings.
  • Assists in the development of a center newsletter.
  • Coordinates an effective Volunteer Program

    • Supervisory / People Management Responsibilities :

  • Assists in planning, coordinating, and conducting continuing education programs and special in-service training sessions relevant to the needs of the department personnel.
  • Staffs the department with capable people.
  • Ensured that employees are adequately oriented and trained to perform their duties.
  • Reviews employee performance annually and makes recommendations for pay increases, promotions or performance improvement plans as deemed appropriate.
  • Counsels / Disciplines personnel as necessary up to and including termination.
  • Establishes and maintains effective two-way communication to understand the needs and concerns of employees.
  • Properly manages employees’ personal information.
  • Devotes adequate time and attention to personal development and training, particularly in the management of people resources.
  • Receives, investigates and responds to employee complaints.

    • Administrative Responsibilities :

  • Attends and participates in staff meetings, departmental head meetings, and other center meetings and sits on required committees.
  • Coordinates work of department with work of other departments.
  • Assists in developing and updating departmental procedures and policies.
  • Participates in department budget planning and supplies monthly report to Administrator.
  • Performs any miscellaneous work assignments as may be required.

    • Education

    To be qualified, must meet one of the following criteria :

  • Eligible for certification as an Activity Director Professional or as a Therapeutic Recreational Specialist by a recognized accrediting body on or after October 1, 1990.

    • Experience

  • Two years of experience working with geriatric clients in a senior living setting.
  • Preferred : Two years of experience conducting social / recreational programs within the past five years, one of which was full-time in a patient activities program in a health care setting.

    • Physical Demands

  • Lifting up to 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and / or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds; Standing, walking, talking, hearing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, handling, feeling

    • Working Conditions

  • Inside and outside

    • Principal Contacts

  • Works closely with patients, family members, legal representatives, center staff.

    • General Requirement

  • Must be able to execute the terms and conditions set forth in the employee handbook, including, but not limited to :
  • Works in a safety-conscious manner which ensures that safe work practices are used in order not to pose a risk to self or others in the workplace. Reports any safety violations or hazards to supervisor.
  • Complies with company policies and procedures and local, state, and federal regulations.
  • Adheres to policy on Drug-Free Workplace
  • Interacts in a tactful, diplomatic, and humanistic manner with patients, families, visitors, and co-workers to provide a safe, efficient, and therapeutically effective caring environment which ensures the self-respect, personal dignity, rights and physical safety of each patient and facility guest.
  • Maintains a dependable attendance record and adheres to standards of cleanliness, grooming, hygiene, and dress code.
  • Takes positive action on ensure equal opportunity in the conduct of business activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex / gender, age, national origin, disability, citizenship, veteran status or any other legally protected category
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