Activity Coordinator

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 ourIndependent 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:

Models a servant attitude towards others

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

Is friendly and courteous to residents, patients, and co-workers

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

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

Ensure bulletin boards are current and attractively decorated with seasonal and appropriate decor

Complete admission quality activities assessments as scheduled/needed

Lead activities, book entertainment, speakers, and coordinate volunteers for your floor

Provide group or one-on-one activities as required per residents needs

Encourage all residents to attend activities and participate

Deliver activity calendars to designated areas

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

Maintain all pets and pet environments, as assigned

Assist with transportation (in-house and outside) during activities

Assist with purchasing supplies for your residents as needed for events

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

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

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

High School graduate

Bachelors Degree preferred

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

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

Preferred: a working knowledge of activities for senior adults

Preferred: experience working in memory care

Ability to lead therapeutic activities for varying resident levels

Ability to organize, document and implement detailed programs

Outstanding interpersonal skills with high level of energy and enthusiasm

Ability to read and write the English language

Ability to follow State and Federal regulations pertaining to activities