Activity Coordinator - Independent Living

Job Description

Job Description

Position Description : Join our team!Come Grow With Us!Come Join the Activities with our Seniors!Presbyterian Village North has an immediate, amazing opportunity to be our a FT Community Life - Activity Coordinator with our Independent Seniors in our Senior Living Community! Engage the lives of our residents and join our team - we are growing!

Schedule - 5 days a week including occasional evening and Saturday; 9 : 00 am - 5 : 30 pm

With a shared legacy in business and healthcare innovation, our family of care-oriented organizations blends values built on compassion and faith with high-quality senior care - long-term care, Alzheimer's and memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation therapies, hospice, and palliative care.

These senior care services, along with the celebration of independent living at our senior lifestyle communities, combine to bring deeper meaning to every phase of life for people of all faiths, regardless of race, gender, color, religion, national origin, or disability. We're the not-for-profit, faith-based parent of Presbyterian Village North, Faith Presbyterian Hospice, and the T. Boone Pickens Hospice and Palliative Care Center.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES :

\tModels a servant attitude towards others

\tTakes ownership in solving problems and takes the initiative to make things better

\tIs friendly and courteous to residents, patients, and co-workers

\tEnsure resident / patient, visitor, and co-worker safety by remaining aware of and reporting any new or existing safety hazards

\tAssist with the development of activity programs that meet the social, emotional, physical, and other therapeutic needs of the residents within specified budget

\tEnsure bulletin boards are current and attractively decorated with seasonal and appropriate decor

\tComplete admission quality activities assessments as scheduled / needed

\tLead activities, book entertainment, speakers, and coordinate volunteers for your floor

\tProvide group or one-on-one activities as required per residents needs

\tEncourage all residents to attend activities and participate

\tDeliver activity calendars to designated areas

\tCoordinate activity events (i.e., set-up, food) with other departments

\tMaintain all pets and pet environments, as assigned

\tAssist with transportation (in-house and outside) during activities

\tAssist with purchasing supplies for your residents as needed for events

\tEnhance and develop regular programming, including music programming, on specific floors as assigned by Life Enrichment Manager

\tFollow expectations of the dementia training program, in partnership with the cooperation of the nursing staff and Patient Care Coordinator

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

\tHigh School graduate

\tBachelors Degree preferred

\tPreferred : activity certification from an approved course as required by State of Texas

\tPreferred : one or more years working with the elderly in providing group activities

\tPreferred : a working knowledge of activities for senior adults

\tPreferred : experience working in memory care

\tAbility to lead therapeutic activities for varying resident levels

\tAbility to organize, document and implement detailed programs

\tOutstanding interpersonal skills with high level of energy and enthusiasm

\tAbility to read and write the English language

\tAbility to follow State and Federal regulations pertaining to activities