Activity Director

Job Description

Activity Director | Priority Management

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Priority Management. The company is dedicated to putting the care in healthcare, valuing true caregivers who serve patients with unwavering dedication and compassion. These care teams are recognized as the heart of our patients’ care and recovery journey. Priority Management is actively seeking individuals who share this profound commitment to providing excellent care to both patients and residents. Our patients are the ultimate passion, and joining the team means contributing directly to their well-being.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person
• Mission: The primary mission of this role is to meticulously plan, organize, and implement a diverse range of activity and leisure pursuits, ensuring they meet the comprehensive social, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, educational, and physical needs and interests of all residents.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Program Planning: Meticulously plan and design comprehensive programs of activity and leisure pursuits tailored to cater to the diverse needs and interests of all residents.
• Program Organization: Strategically organize a variety of activities structured to address residents’ social, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, educational, and physical needs.
• Program Implementation: Actively implement and facilitate engaging activity and leisure pursuits, bringing designed programs to life for the benefit of residents.
• Resident-Centered Approach: Develop and adapt pursuits specifically designed to meet the unique social, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, educational, and physical needs and interests of each resident.
• Care Plan Integration: Ensure all activities and leisure pursuits are delivered and documented in strict accordance with each resident’s individualized comprehensive care plan.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Accreditation as a Certified Activity Director, demonstrating a professional standard in the field; Completion of a state-approved Activity Director training course, ensuring foundational knowledge and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Skills: Proficiency in planning, organizing, and implementing a diverse range of activity and leisure programs; Ability to assess and address the social, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, educational, and physical needs of residents; Competence in adhering to and integrating activities with comprehensive resident care plans.
• Bonus: One year of preferred experience specifically as an Activity Director within a long-term care setting; Additionally, two years of preferred experience in conducting social or recreational programs within the past five years, with at least one of those years being full-time in a resident activities program within a health care setting.