Activities Coordinator - HCA

Beechfield care group- Glengara Park Nursing Home Full time 45 hours available Beechfield Care Group are currently seeking to recruit an activates coordinator to assume responsibility for the care of residents at Glengara Park Nursing Home,

Glenageary Rd Lower, Glasthule, Dublin A96 H242

We are a long-established Nursing Home Group based Dublin, Carlow, Meath, Westmeath & Kildare. Our mission is to provide the best standard of quality care to our residents. Our philosophy places the care of the resident at the heart of the nursing home.

About Glengara Park Nursing Home Glengara Park is set in a distinctive Victorian country house with large gardens. We are fortunate to be close to Sandycove and its amenities including churches, bus routes and the Dart. We are also just a short walk from the sea, close to Dun Laoghaire Harbour and the People's Park. Beautifully maintained and carefully extended over time, we now have accommodation for our residents in 62 single and two double rooms. The tastefully decorated rooms are served by spacious stairwells and lifts and by 24 hour nursing care. Specialised equipment and activities are arranged for each resident to ensure everyone feels at home.

The Role: The Activities Co-Ordinator assesses, plans, implements and evaluates programs for resident activities which are multi-faceted, meet the resident's functional needs, and reflect interests of each resident.

Duties Include:

• Plans, schedules, implements and evaluates a program of individual and/or group activities based on the resident's needs.
• Coordinates and participates in resident activities designed to promote social interaction, reality orientation and intellectual stimulation.
• Provides residents who are confined or choose to remain in their rooms with in-room activities in keeping with lifelong interests.
• Completes the activity assessment and care plan documentation following the gathering of information to reflect the individual resident s functional level, problems, needs and interests.
• Documents activity related information on the residents' charts. Reviews staff s chart entries for completeness.
• Develop monthly calendar of planned activities.
• Develops and reviews continuous quality improvement plans for the Activity Programme