Activities Director

Job Details Level: Experienced

Job Location:

California Park Post Acute - Chico, CA 95928

Position Type:
Full Time Salary Range: $22.00 - $25.00 Hourly Job Shift: AnyPOSITION:

The Activity Director assumes administrative authority, responsibility and accountability for the provision of a program of therapeutic activities designed to meet the interests and enhance the functional abilities and self-esteem of each resident. Manages assistants to provide activities according to the facility policies and consistent with county, state and federal laws and regulations, as applicable. In collaboration with the Nursing Home Administrator, allocates resources in an efficient and economic manner to ensure each resident achieves the highest practicable physical, mental and psycho-social well being.

This position is responsible to the Administrator.

Non-Exempt

• Conducts assessments and gathers information to design activities program that meets the functional levels, needs and interests of each resident
• Completes minimum data sets assessments according to schedule developed by MDS Coordinator
• Interviews residents, interested family members, legal representatives and significant others to obtain and update information needed to develop individualized activities programs, to accommodate individual needs and preferences and to protect and promote residents’ rights
• Works cooperatively with members of the interdisciplinary team to develop, implement and evaluate plan of care. Attends care plan conferences. Develops activity interventions as part of the comprehensive plan of care. Communicates resident concerns and responses to interventions to interdisciplinary team members and to direct care staff
• Develops and provides individual, group and bedside activities for residents that reflect interests of residents, are offered at hours convenient to residents (morning, afternoon, evening, weekend), that appeal to all age groups, both men and women, take place in a variety of locations and include special and seasonal events. Develops and posts monthly activities calendar
• Provides activities to residents confined to their rooms that reflect life/long interests such as music, reading, visits with people of shared interests and in-room projects that the resident can work on independently or with staff assistance
• Provides structured activities to meet the needs of cognitively impaired residents such as music events, gross motor games or outdoor walks. Seeks ways to adapt activities so that all residents can participate such as segmenting activities into simple steps, providing verbal prompts, physical support, demonstration and hand-over-hand assistance when the resident is unable to complete a task independently
• Identifies ways to accommodate resident choices, preferences, functional capacity and customary routines in activities program. Includes these approaches in plan of care and gives this information to direct care staff
• Develops and implements effective procedures to ensure that all residents are informed that activities are occurring, that staff encourage participation and that transportation is provided
• Record progress notes in the clinical record including resident response, observed symptoms and behavior, interventions provided to resident and resident’s responses to activity interventions. Audits chart entries written by activities staff for completeness, accuracy
• Performs quality assessment and assurance functions, including daily regulatory compliance rounds, observation of activities in progress on units, record reviews and interviews with staff members, residents, families and Administration. Identifies problems in activity staff performance and institutes…