Activity DIrector

EHG; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

EASTERN HEALTH GROUP seeks an Activity Director for our Virginia skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities. The role focuses on planning, coordinating, and supervising resident activities that address social, emotional, physical, and therapeutic needs.

You will lead the activity program, manage staff, and ensure operations align with budgetary constraints and quality standards while promoting a positive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Must have a degree and certification as a therapeutic recreation specialist or NCCAP-certified activity director.
• Minimum 2 years in a social or recreational program, with at least 1 year full-time in a resident activities program in health care.
• Must ensure fair employment practices under federal, state, and local laws.

Responsibilities

• Meet the physical and sensory requirements to perform duties.
• Identify process improvements to enhance resident experience and workflow.
• Lead management tasks including hiring, training, developing, coaching, counseling, and termination of staff.
• Develop and implement an activity program to meet residents' social, emotional, physical and therapeutic needs within budget.
• Initiate and promote in-house and external activities, ensuring resident safety at all times.
• Coordinate and verify assistance for activities and events as needed.
• Provide in-room activities for residents unable to attend events.
• Create an ongoing activity calendar that meets diverse resident needs.

Skills

Leadership

Staff training

Coaching

Customer experience

Education

Therapeutic recreation degree/certification

Certified Activity Director (NCCAP)

2 years health care activity program experience

State-approved training course

Job description

Activity Director

Eastern Health Group 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!

We are currently seeking an Activity Director to join our team

Eastern Health Group 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 work flow, 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 well being 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


• Prior completion of a state approved training course.