Activities Director

PACS • Sarasota, FL

2d • $26 - $30

About The Position

The Activities Director plans, organizes, develops, and directs the facility’s Activity Department in accordance with applicable federal, state, local, and corporate standards and regulations. The role ensures an ongoing, resident-centered activities program designed around each resident’s assessed interests and physical, mental, and psychosocial needs.

The position communicates with employees, residents, families, support personnel, government representatives, and the public; participates in facility and community planning, surveys, quality assurance, meetings, resident assessments, and care planning; and assists with supervision and management of activity staff. The Director develops monthly activity schedules, supports resident participation in individual and group activities, arranges transportation when necessary, and ensures activity documentation accurately describes services and resident responses.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Activity Director certification.
• Ability to read technical procedures and comprehend policy and procedure manuals.
• Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.
• Ability to meet the position’s physical demands, including frequent standing or walking, reaching, pushing or pulling, talking or hearing, tasting or smelling, and lifting up to 50 pounds frequently; occasional sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; and specified visual abilities.

Nice To Haves

• One year of experience in a long-term care facility is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct resident-centered activities for the facility.
• Keep current with applicable federal and state regulations and professional standards.
• Communicate with employees at all levels, residents, families, support personnel, government agencies and personnel, and the public to help meet the needs and best interests of residents, the community, and the facility.
• Participate in community planning related to the facility, its services, and the needs of residents and families.
• Participate in surveys conducted by authorized government agencies.
• Assist in reviewing and developing plans of correction for activity deficiencies identified during survey inspections, and provide a written report to the Administrator.
• Participate in regular staff, department head, quality improvement, quality assurance, infection control, safety committee, marketing, family, and resident council meetings.
• Assist the Quality Assurance and Assessment Committee with developing and implementing action plans to address identified quality deficiencies.
• Participate in discharge planning and in developing and implementing activity care plans and resident assessments.
• Assist with arranging transportation for residents, including for outings, appointments, and discharge, when necessary.
• Develop a monthly resident activity schedule that includes outings, regularly scheduled group activities, and in-room activities for bed-bound or isolated residents.
• Encourage residents to participate in self-initiated activities such as hobbies, crafts, and reading, and provide materials as needed, including Braille reading materials or audiobooks when appropriate.
• Ensure activity progress notes are informative and describe the services provided and the resident’s response.
• Assist with overall supervision and management of activity staff.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED