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Hilltop Lodge Healthcare & Rehabilitation · 4 hours ago

Activities Director

Beloit, KS

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

2+ years exp

Hilltop Lodge Healthcare & Rehabilitation is seeking an Activities Director to oversee the development and implementation of recreation services in their nursing center and assisted living facilities. The role involves ensuring compliance with regulations, planning programs that meet patient needs, and fostering community relationships.

Hospitals and Health Care

Responsibilities

Put Customer Service First: Ensures that customers and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere which recognizes the individuals’ needs and rights

Ensures that recreation services are in compliance with Recover-Care policies and procedures and federal/state regulations

Serves as a collaborative member of the center management team and supports practices that focus on improving clinical, customer, staff, and business excellence

Completes comprehensive assessment

Contributes to the development of an interdisciplinary plan of care

Plans individual and group programs in accordance with the patient’s needs, preferences, interests, abilities, and are consistent with treatment goals and interventions

Encourages patient involvement in recreation services planning

Establishes and communicates a schedule of programming in accordance with resident needs and preferences

Ensures implementation of meaningful recreation services for all patients

Ensures that all recreation programs adhere to safety and infection control standards

Documents of patient’s response, involvement, and progress within programs

Maintains records that improve future planning, individualized approach and continual evaluation and revision of programs

Trains and oversees documentation of recreation services staff

Provides information and resources to promote successful engagement

Evaluates the effectiveness of recreation services to:

Enhance quality of life

Meet program goals and performance objectives

Evaluate customer feedback and satisfaction

Reports findings and recommendations to the Center Quality Improvement Committee

Identifies and assigns special projects to enhance recreation services

Provides orientation for new recreation staff and serves as an ongoing mentor

Provides regularly scheduled in-services for the center staff on the benefits and value of recreation involvement

Provides supervision to recreation staff and volunteers to achieve delivery of quality recreation services

Develop positive relationships with members of the patients’ families:

Orients family members to recreation services

Encourages families to participate in programs

Encourages families to make suggestions for the recreation programs

Develop positive relationships with the community:

Utilizes community resources in recreation programs; and

Encourages community organizations to include patients in their events

Provides ongoing communication to families, community organizations, and public officials

Assesses, determines and orders necessary resources, equipment and supplies

Prepares the yearly budget for the recreation department

Monitors the budget monthly and works with Administrator to address budget variances

Establishes and maintains an effective volunteer program through recruiting, screening, orienting, training, supervising, evaluating, and recognizing volunteers

Keeps abreast of Federal, State, and local requirements and guidelines regarding recreation programming

Acts as a resource person to other recreation professionals and community organizations

Ensures confidentiality of all protected information

Is knowledgeable of and upholds resident rights

Ensures all department functions are congruent with vision, mission, core beliefs, corporate values and strategic priorities of the Recover-Care Health Care Corporation

Utilizes technology to support departmental functions for communication, planning, programming, documentation, and evaluation

Performs other duties as requested

Qualification

Recreation program managementTherapeutic recreation certificationBudget managementCommunity engagementStaff trainingSupervisionCustomer serviceVolunteer program managementCommunication skillsDocumentation skillsInterpersonal skills

Required

Certification in accordance with regulatory agencies governing the center, by the National Certification Council of Activity Professionals (ADC) or the National Council of Therapeutic Recreation Certification (CTRS)

Bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation preferred or completion of the NAAP/NCCAP Basic and Advanced Management Course for Activity Professionals

Has 2 years of experience in a social or recreational program within the last 5 years, one of which was full-time in a patient activities program in a health care setting

Must provide verification of TST (tuberculin skin test) as required by state law and in accordance with Company policy. TSTs will be administered at the work site if required

This position requires that the employee is able to read, write, speak and understand the spoken English language to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our patients and visitors at the work site when responding to their medical and physical needs