Activity Director-Skilled Nursing - TEMPORARY

Job Title: Life Enrichment Coordinator Status (Full-time, Part-time, PRN): Temporary; Part-time Up to 29 hours. 

Pay Type (Hourly/Non-Exempt or Salary/Exempt): Non-Exempt

Location: Health Care

Duration: May 2025 – August 2025 (approximately)

Job Overview:

The Life Enrichment Coordinator is responsible for designing activities that enhance the residents’ physical, social and emotional well-being while ensuring compliance with State and Federal regulations. The ideal candidate will have experience in planning and coordinating recreational programs for seniors, strong leadership skills, and a deep commitment to improving the quality of life for our residents.

Responsibilities:

• Must create and maintain an Activity Board visible to all Residents, Team Members and Family members.
• Create and carry out an Activities Program that comply with both Federal and State Regulations.
• participate in Resident Care plans and other appropriate meetings, as necessary.
• Attend daily team meetings.
• Complete activity portion of MDS timely.
• Document resident participation in activities in Matrix Care.
• Plan and carry out quarterly family nights.
• Deliver, and if needed, read mail to residents.
• Assume responsibility for scheduling coordinating social programs for the Skilled Nursing Facility including Resident and Team Member events.
• Work closely with other community personnel, family members and residents to learn residents’ interests, needs and limitations to create personalized activities when needed.
• Must have compassion for and desire to work with the elderly.
• Must demonstrate the ability to work reasonably as a team member as well as an individual.
• Must have exceptional organizational skills.
• Must have experiences in planning, organizing and executing a varied schedule of life enrichment opportunities for all levels of seniors from those who are very active to those more reserved.
• Ability to set up and train volunteers.
• Ability to represent the Community in a positive and professional manner.
• Ability to establish effective relationships with residents, family members, and staff.
• Responsible for the daily activity schedule for all levels of ability seven (7) days a week.
• Educates, trains and encourages team members on life enrichment opportunities to make meaningful connections.
• Develops and pursues a varied program of meaningful activities and events that is balanced in the physical, spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional, vocational, and cognitive elements.
• Meets and greets each person upon move-in to welcome them and their family and friends to the community.
• Arranges for community groups to come into the Community, such as pet therapy, schools, churches, and entertainers.
• Decorates the common areas for special events and holidays.
• Conducts individual and group interactions.
• Maintains inventory of supplies and manages budget.
• Leads and develops family support group meetings.
• Interacts with local media to promote the life enrichment program in the external community.
• Develops a program of outings that encourages the people who will live in Bermuda Village to be involved in their external community.
• Is involved with resident, personnel, and visitors, under all conditions and circumstances.
• Is subject to hostile and emotionally upset residents, family members, staff and visitors.
• Communicates with the medical staff, nursing personnel and other department supervisors and staff.
• Meet and greet visitors in a friendly, helpful manner (visitors include anyone who visits the community, specifically, current residents' families and friends, prospective resident and their families, referral sources, vendors, and regulators).
• Answer phones appropriately, according to company and community standards.
• Communicate professionally and cooperate with supervisor and all community personnel.
• Monitor and evaluate customer satisfaction. Work as a part of the team to develop appropriate actions plans to continually improve satisfaction levels.
• Any other duties assigned by the Executive Director and/or Skilled Nursing Administrator.

Required Qualifications:

• Must pass a criminal background check.
• Must be able to meet all health requirements.
• Must be able to perform duties & responsibilities, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Requires current First Aid and CPR certification.
• Must have valid driver's license.
• Degree in recreation therapy or be eligible for certification as a therapeutic recreation specialist by a recognized accrediting body; or
• Have two years of experience in a social or recreation program within the last five years, one of which was full-time in a patient activities program in a healthcare setting; or
• Be an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant; or
• Be certified by the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals; or
• Have completed an activity training course approved by the State.
• Ensure compliance and understanding of all regulations regarding residents’ rights.

Preferred Qualifications:

Physical Requirements & Work Conditions:

• Is subject to frequent interruptions.
• Works beyond normal working hours, and in other positions temporarily, when necessary.
• Is subject to callback during emergency conditions (e.g., severe weather, evacuation, post-disaster, etc.).
• Is subject to injury from falls, burns from equipment, odors, etc., through the workday, as well as to reactions from dust, disinfectants, and other air contaminants.
• Including but not limited to sitting/standing in place for short/long periods at a time, repetitive use of hands, fingers, wrists, arms, frequent walking, bending, reaching, stooping, squatting, pushing/pulling/lifting 25 lbs. High people interaction, bright and low lighting, loud noises, fluctuating temperatures, exposure to odors communicable illness/disease and other related infectious contagions found in a healthcare/residential setting.