Activity Director - Nursing Home plans, implements, and evaluates activities for nursing home residents. Designs programs to encourage socialization, provide entertainment, relaxation, and fulfillment, and improve daily living skills. Being an Activity Director - Nursing Home may also manage the facility's volunteer program. Requires a bachelor's degree. Additionally, Activity Director - Nursing Home may require certification as Activity Director. Typically reports to a department head. The Activity Director - Nursing Home manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. True first level manager. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions. To be an Activity Director - Nursing Home typically requires 5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. 1 - 3 years supervisory experience may be required. Extensive knowledge of the function and department processes. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Activity Director
Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC is seeking a full time Activity Director. Are you creative and looking for a great company to share your creative ideas with? Are you compassionate and want to work with geriatric residents? Then we would like to interview you!
About Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC
Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, LLC proudly serves our community's long-term care and rehabilitation needs. We are committed to providing loving excellence in senior care. We offer services speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and dementia/Alzheimer's care. Our goal is to provide dignified care to all of our residents in a well maintained, home-like environment. This is why we work hard to create an excellent work environment for our staff as well.
Our company recognizes the amazing efforts of our staff and values their downtime with a work-life balance that includes two weeks of vacation and sick days for a healthy rejuvenation that all employees supply to our patients.
BENEFITS:
We want to hire employees with compassion and a love for long term care. The ideal candidate is someone who is energetic, creative and has an outgoing personality. Most importantly the ideal candidate must love bringing excitement on daily basis to our residents. The Activity Director will be well spoken and interact in a professional manner with the community. If you possess the following traits, we would love to have you join our team!
Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Activity Director is responsible for planning and directing a program of diversified activities for residents of the Facility. The activity program must meet the interests and the physical, mental, and psychosocial needs and well-being of each resident.
The goal of the activity program is to provide mental and physical stimulation as well as to create an invigorating social atmosphere for the residents.
Essential Duties:
QUALIFICATIONS: One year experience in geriatric care providing or developing recreational or activity programs is required or two years experience in a geriatric health care setting.