Activities Director

Eastern Healthcare Group; Stanardsville (VA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Greene Acres Rehabilitation and Nursing in Stanardsville, VA, is seeking an Activity Director to lead resident activities and program development. You will supervise staff, plan engaging, therapeutic activities, and ensure safe, compliant operations throughout the facility.

The ideal candidate has a degree and certification in therapeutic recreation or equivalent, plus NC-certified Activity Director credentials.

Qualifications

• Degree and certification as a therapeutic recreation specialist.
• Certified Activity Director by the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals.
• Two years’ experience in a social or recreational program with one year full-time in a resident activities program in a health care setting.

Responsibilities

• Meet physical and sensory requirements and work in the described environment.
• Identify and participate in process improvement initiatives that improve the customer experience, enhance workflow, and/or improve the work environment.
• Management duties including hiring, training and developing, coaching, counseling, and terminating department staff as deemed necessary.
• Ensure that all employment practices are administered fairly and in accordance with laws.
• Develop, organize, and implement a program of activities to meet residents' social, emotional, physical and other therapeutic needs within budget.
• Initiate and promote activities inside and outside the facility, as weather permits, ensuring safety and wellbeing of each resident.
• Coordinate and verify that assistance is provided to residents for activities and events as necessary.
• Provide in room activities for residents who are unable to attend daily events.
• Create an ongoing calendar of activities, accessible and appealing to all residents.

Skills

Therapeutic recreation

Activity programming

Staff supervision

Education

Degree and certification as therapeutic recreation specialist

Certified Activity Director - NC Certification Council

Job description

Greene Acres Rehabilitation and Nursing is a family of skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers. We are resident-centered and quality-focused! Our workplace culture is all about uplifting people. If you are looking for a healthcare organization where you can bring your best \"you\" to work, where you can make a difference, and where you can team-up with like-minded co-workers, then we are also looking for you. Join us!

Essential Duties & Responsibilities Of The Activity Director

• Meet physical and sensory requirements stated below and be able to work in the described environment.


• Identify and participate in process improvement initiatives that improve the customer experience, enhance workflow, and/or improve the work environment.


• Management duties including, but not limited to, hiring, training and developing, coaching and counseling, and terminating department staff as deemed necessary.


• Ensure that all employment practices are administered fairly and without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.


• Develop, organize, and implement a program of activities to meet the social, emotional, physical and other therapeutic needs of residents as identified on the residents’ plan of care and within the specified budget.


• Initiate and promote activities both within the facility and outside the facility, as weather permits, insuring the safety and wellbeing of each resident at all times.


• Coordinate and verify that assistance is provided to residents for activities and events as necessary.


• Provide in room activities for residents who are unable to attend daily events.


• Create an ongoing calendar of activities, which creatively meets multiple needs and is accessible and appealing to both men and women of all ages and abilities.
  

Job Requirements Of The Activity Director

• Meet at least one (1) of the following criteria:


• Degree and certification as a therapeutic recreation specialist; or


• Certified Activity Director by the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals; or


• Two (2) years’ experience in a social or recreational program within the past five (5) years, in which one (1) year was full time in a resident activities program in a health care setting; or