Activity Director

Enjoy a great team environment? Ready to take the next step in a rewarding career? Then here's your start! Join our beautiful Spring Mill Assisted Living & rehabilitation Campus located in heart of Merrillville.

• OPEN INTERVIEWS Monday- Friday 9a-4p*
  
  
  

Our most important goal is to provide the highest standard of care to our residents in an environment that is safe and secure. You will be responsible for improving our residents experience and maintaining a safe, clean, and healthy environment. Your focus will on creating and overseeing the rollout of our activity program which is key in the individualized care.

At Spring Mill, you can expect:

• Dependable, full-time/part-time schedules
• Great support from your Spring Mill team
• Quality, cost-effective health care as well as disability and life insurance after only 60 days of employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid vacations and holidays
• Competitive wages
• Exceptional training and advancement opportunities within and beyond your current role
• Acute Care opportunities to sharpen and grow critical skills
• Daily pay! DailyPay is a voluntary benefit that allows employees to instantly access their earnings on their own schedule. With DailyPay, employees can track their earnings after every shift and get paid instantly for the hours they’ve already worked.
  
  
  

Activity Director's day-to-day will include:

• Collaborating with staff and clinicians to understand the ways in which activities can promote healing and belonging.
• Conducting needs assessments to ascertain physical, cognitive, and emotional abilities.
• Determining individual interests and expectations regarding leisure time.
• Determining and overseeing the use of available finances.
• Developing an activities program that is both sufficiently diverse and sensitive to our occupants' requirements.
• Purchasing or leasing supplies for all activities.
• Sourcing, training, and monitoring the work of Activities Assistants.
• Advertising events well in advance of their scheduled times.
• Supervising and participating in events alongside staff and occupants.
• Compiling periodic reports that outline successes, constraints, and the way forward
• Arrange transportation. Drive the facility bus to transport residents to and from appointments when necessary.
• Make routine visits to residents and provide assistance with crafts, projects, etc.
• Ensure that all charted life enrichment activity progress notes are informative and descriptive of the services provided and of the resident’s response to the service.
• Developing and maintaining a schedule of life enrichment activities. Assist in scheduling movies, planning parties, and providing games/activities for the residents. Encourage residents to participate in hobbies and crafts.
• Greets all internal and external customers, guests, family members, residents, vendors and team members.
  
  
  

What we are looking for:

• Strong interpersonal leadership skills, especially when it comes to delivering sensitive information to patients and/or families.
• Valid Drivers License
• Must be alert and attentive to detail.
• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Possess leadership and supervisory ability and the willingness to work harmoniously with other personnel.
• Be able to make independent decisions concerning above job duties.
• Possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family member, visitors, government agencies/personnel, vendors, and the general public.
• Be knowledgeable of activity practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
  
  
  

Schedule needs:

• 8 hour shifts
• Manager on duty weekends
• Rotating Holiday Schedule
  
  
  

Thank you very much for your interest in working for Spring Mill Health Campus. We appreciate your time and review each and every resume that is submitted to our HR department. You will receive an email within 48 hours that confirms your application has been acknowledged. If you are selected to participate in the interview process, you will receive an email or call within a week.