Nursing Home Administrator

The purpose of the Nursing Home Administrator is to supervise clinical and administrative affairs of nursing homes and related facilities. Typical duties of nursing home administrators include overseeing staff and personnel, financial matters, medical care, medical supplies, facilities, and other duties as specific positions demand.

QUALIFICATION STANDARDS:

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: strong attention to detail and ability to effectively communicate residents, visitors and staff. Position requires full range of body motion; physical dexterity; eye-hand coordination; sitting, standing and walking for extended periods; corrected vision and hearing to normal range; effective verbal and written English communication; lift and carry up to 30 pounds.
• Education, Experience & Certificate/Licenses: Bachelor's degree in health services administration, public administration or long-term care administration from an accredited institution, MBA strongly preferred.

• Bachelor's degree in health services administration, public administration or long-term care administration from an accredited institution, MBA strongly preferred.
• Active state NHA license required.
• Minimum of 3-5 years previous experience in the NHA preferred.

• Physical Demands: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job). While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position requires a variety of activity levels including frequent sitting at a workstation, occasional standing, walking, rarely bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing. The employee may be required to occasionally lift items up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Explain the facility's policies and procedures to employees, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies as necessary and assist departments in the use of policy and procedure.
• Assure that all employees, residents, and visitors follow established policies and procedures while creating and maintaining an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, serenity and positivity throughout the facility.
• Meet with departments on a regular basis, and conduct in-service classes and staff meetings.
• Review and interpret monthly financial statements and provide information to management as directed.
• Keep abreast of economic and regulatory conditions to assure continuity of compliant quality care.
• Represent the facility in a positive professional manner when dealing with outside agencies and ensure that public information describing the services provided at the facility are accurate and transparent.
• Assure that the facility is properly maintained clean and safe for resident comfort and convenience; maintain all equipment and supplies necessary to that end.
• Assure that adequate numbers of properly trained personnel are on duty at all times to meet the needs of the residents and comply with all regulations. • Make written and oral reports to facility.
• Assure that bank deposits are made on a timely basis.
• Assure that the building and grounds are maintained in first class condition.
• Review Accident/Incident Reports and implement an effective accident prevention program and assure that all facility personnel, residents, and visitors follow established safety regulations including fire protection/prevention, smoking regulations, and infection control protocols
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the facility.
• Follow instructions and take suggestions (constructive criticism).
• Attend and participate in annual facility in-service training programs as scheduled (e.g., OSHA, TB, HIPAA, Abuse Prevention, Safety, etc.).
• Report all hazardous conditions or equipment to the administrator.
• Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information.
• Knock before entering a resident's room.
• Serve as HIPPA Privacy Officer and maintain CONFIDENTIALITY of all resident information.
• Review and develop a plan of correction for deficiencies noted during survey inspections and provide a written copy to facility.
• Review complaints and make written reports of action taken.
• Make routine inspections of the facility to assure that established policies and procedures are being implemented and followed.
• Make daily rounds to ensure that performance of the staff, the cleanliness of the facility, and the well- being of the residents is maintained.
• Counsel/discipline personnel as required; evaluate department heads annually.
• Implement a positive Marketing Plan and maintain a solid public relations program that serves the best interest of the facility and the community.
• Participate in the interviewing and selection of residents for admission to the facility. Provide a tour of the facility and an explanation of the admission procedure when necessary.
• Demonstrate professional and effective verbal and written communication.

COMPETENCIES:

• Customer/Client Focus
• Ethical Conduct
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
• Stress Management/Composure
• Teamwork Orientation
• Technical Capacity - ability to evaluate and resolve complex and sometimes contradictory situations

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position directly supervises all staff positions and indirectly all building personnel through management staff team.