Director - Activities AVH

Location: Avera Granite Falls Health Care Center

Worker Type: Regular

Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Accountable for planning, directing and carrying out, with their staff and volunteers, a schedule of meaningful activities which reflect resident preferences for social, intellectual, physical and spiritual desires.

What you will do

• Ensure that recreational activities incorporate physical, social, religious, intellectual, physical, cognitive, and creative components and plan and implement individual and group based programs based on individual needs.
• Manage revising/reviewing departmental policies, procedures and goals and hold self and subordinates accountable to uphold established standards and/or criteria in policies, procedures, guidelines and regulations.
• Coordinate and lead the resident council meetings and ensure quality communication with resident families.
• Manage and maintain an annual budget and communicate with leadership regarding this.
• Facilitate training or provide information about facility-wide trainings required for staff/volunteers.
• Communicate with volunteers about opportunities to assist with programs, and coordinate background checks with payroll/personnel.
• Understand state and federal regulatory requirements.
• Assure accurate and complete documentation of activities in the medical record, including Minimum Data Set (MDS) portions related to activities.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and care conferences.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily, including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or

Work Experience:

• Activity Director Certified - Certification Board within 1 Year

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call or send an email to talent.