Activities Director

Overview

Solaris Healthcare Charlotte Harbor is a full-time Activities Director position in a 180-bed Skilled Nursing Facility located in Port Charlotte, Florida. Address: 4000 Kings Hwy, Port Charlotte, FL 33980.

• Affordable Health, Dental & Vision Insurance (family options included)
• Advanced Pay - get paid when you want
• 401k with Company Match - plan for your future
• Generous PTO, Holidays & Sick Time - we value work life balance
• Tuition Reimbursement - invest in your growth
• Life Insurance & Disability Coverage - peace of mind for you & your family
• Uniforms Provided & Perks Programs - we’ve got you covered

Join a team that invests in you – your health, future & your success!

This role requires Florida AHCA Clearinghouse background screening.

AHCA Clearinghouse:

The primary purpose of your job position is to plan, organize, and implement a program of therapeutic activities designed to meet the social, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, educational and physical needs and interests of residents in accordance with the comprehensive resident care plan, and in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines and regulations, Solaris Health Care’s established policies and procedures, and as may be directed by the Administrator.

• Administrative Functions
• Develops and delivers therapeutic recreational services to promote opportunities for engaging in normal life enhancement pursuits and to increase and/or maintain functioning levels.
• Assures physician’s approval for involvement in recreational services; maintains precautions/limitations list on each resident.
• Provides residents with opportunities for involvement in group and individual leisure pursuits (arts/crafts, outings, religious activities, intellectual/educational activities, community/service activities) based on interests and needs; invites/encourages participation.
• Assists residents in organizing and implementing Resident Council Meetings.
• Plans community activities including residents, staff, families, and the community.
• Completes a monthly calendar of available recreational services and posts it in the center.
• Assists in the development of the Center Newsletter.
• Coordinates an effective Volunteer Program.
• Charts attendance and participation in group, individual and one-on-one recreational pursuits daily.
• Supports each resident’s right to self-determination; documents refusals of activity services and informs residents of alternatives.
• Coordinates work of department with other departments.
• Assists in developing preliminary and comprehensive assessments of activities needs for each resident.
• Ensures activities personnel are aware of the care plan and that care plans are used in daily activities.
• Develops and maintains a good rapport with all services involved with the care plan to ensure team collaboration.
• Maintain and monitor safety, sanitation, and equipment/supply functions; plan budget and future needs.
• Other duties as assigned under Resident Rights and Miscellaneous.

To be qualified, must meet one of the following criteria:

• Completion of a state-approved training course
• Qualification as Occupational Therapist or Therapist Assistant and/or Qualification as an Activity Professional or Recreational Therapist who is licensed/registered nationally or by the state and eligible for certification as an Activity Professional or Therapeutic Recreational Specialist by a recognized accrediting body on or after October 1, 1990

Two years of experience conducting social/recreational programs within the past five years, including at least one year full-time in a patient activities program in a healthcare setting, is preferred.