Director of Children's Transitional Care Homes

KCS KenCrest Services; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

KenCrest seeks an exceptional healthcare leader to oversee its Children’s Transitional Care Homes and Home Health Agency in the Philadelphia area, directing strategic and operational efforts for a highly specialized residential program serving medically fragile children.

The Director will shape innovative services, ensure regulatory excellence, build strong clinical and operational teams, and partner with families and clinicians to drive outcomes and quality of life.

Qualifications

• Current Pennsylvania RN license is required.
• Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• At least five years of progressive leadership in pediatric or residential healthcare settings.
• Experience with medically fragile children and complex care.
• Experience with ventilator care and tracheostomy management.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, risk management, and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for KenCrest's Children's Transitional Care Homes and Home Health Agency.
• Oversee home health services to ensure high-quality, coordinated care in homes and communities.
• Ensure delivery of person-centered services that promote health, safety, dignity, independence, and quality of life.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, accreditation, licensing, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead preparation for audits, surveys, inspections, and regulatory reviews.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams supporting medically fragile children with complex medical, developmental, and behavioral healthcare needs.
• Partner with nursing and clinical leadership to advance clinical excellence and outcomes.
• Oversee program performance, quality metrics, and continuous improvement across locations.
• Develop, monitor, and manage operational budgets while ensuring efficient use of resources.
• Drive workforce planning including recruitment, retention, staff development, succession planning, and staffing optimization.
• Ensure staffing models support census, acuity, operational demands, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical protocols, procedures, and best-practice standards.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and employee engagement.
• Build partnerships with families, healthcare providers, regulatory agencies, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Utilize data, outcomes, and performance indicators to evaluate program effectiveness and drive improvements.
• Serve as a visible ambassador for the programs and KenCrest's mission.

Skills

Leadership

Healthcare leadership

Regulatory compliance

Quality improvement

Communication

Staff development

Education

RN license

Nursing or Healthcare Administration degree

Job description

Some leadership roles focus primarily on operations. Others emphasize clinical excellence. This role offers the rare opportunity to lead both. KenCrest is seeking an exceptional healthcare leader to oversee a highly specialized residential healthcare program serving medically fragile children. This position provides a unique opportunity to shape innovative services that transform lives by helping children achieve developmental milestones in a transitional care setting. As the Director of Children's Transitional Care Homes, you will provide strategic and operational leadership for KenCrest's Children's Transitional Care Homes and Home Health Agency. You will oversee programs that blend advanced clinical care with a deeply person-centered philosophy, ensuring high-quality services across residential and community-based settings. This role is responsible for strengthening clinical and operational performance, ensuring regulatory excellence, and fostering environments where individuals receive outstanding care in places they proudly call home. This is a highly visible leadership role with broad responsibility and significant organizational impact. You will work alongside dedicated clinicians, caregivers, families, and leaders who are united by a shared commitment to excellence, innovation, and compassionate service. For the right leader, this is an extraordinary opportunity to build exceptional teams, influence meaningful outcomes, and make a lasting difference in the lives of children and families every day.

Who Will Thrive in This Role We recognize that success in this position requires a unique blend of clinical expertise, operational leadership, business acumen, and compassion. The ideal candidate is a collaborative and emotionally intelligent leader who thrives in complex healthcare environments and has a passion for developing people and programs. They are equally comfortable discussing clinical quality and outcomes, regulatory strategy, financial performance, workforce development, and long-term program growth. They bring the confidence to navigate complexity, the ability to build trusted relationships, and the vision to drive continuous improvement while maintaining a steadfast focus on the individuals and families served. Most importantly, they believe that every person deserves the opportunity to live, grow, and thrive in a supportive home and community where they are valued, respected, and empowered to achieve their fullest potential.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for KenCrest's Children's Transitional Care Homes and Home Health Agency.
• Oversee home health services to ensure the delivery of high-quality, coordinated care that supports individuals living safely and successfully in their homes and communities.
• Ensure the delivery of high-quality, person-centered services that promote health, safety, dignity, independence, and quality of life.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, accreditation, licensing, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead preparation for and response to audits, surveys, inspections, and regulatory reviews.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams supporting medically fragile children with complex medical, developmental, and behavioral healthcare needs.
• Partner with nursing and clinical leadership to advance clinical excellence, evidence-based practice, and positive health outcomes.
• Oversee program performance, quality metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives across multiple locations.
• Develop, monitor, and manage operational budgets while ensuring efficient and effective use of resources.
• Drive workforce planning initiatives, including recruitment, retention, staff development, succession planning, and staffing optimization.
• Ensure staffing models appropriately support census, clinical acuity, operational demands, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee the development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical protocols, operational procedures, and best-practice standards.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, professional growth, and employee engagement.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with families, healthcare providers, regulatory agencies, community organizations, and other key stakeholders.
• Utilize data, outcomes, and performance indicators to evaluate program effectiveness and drive ongoing improvements.
• Serve as a visible ambassador for the programs and KenCrest's mission, both internally and externally.

Qualifications

• Current Pennsylvania Registered Nurse (RN) license required.
• Degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, or a related field required.
• Minimum of five years of progressive leadership experience in pediatric healthcare, residential healthcare, complex care, home health agency or related healthcare settings.
• Demonstrated experience serving medically fragile children, intellectual and developmental disabilities, or other medically complex populations.
• Experience supporting individuals requiring ventilator care, tracheostomy management, respiratory support, and other advanced clinical interventions required.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare regulations, accreditation standards, risk management practices, quality improvement methodologies, and compliance requirements.
• Proven success leading clinical, operational, financial, and workforce initiatives across multiple sites or programs.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, relationship-building, and problem-solving skills.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel between program locations required

Why KenCrest

At KenCrest, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to live their best life. Our mission-driven work supports children and families through innovative services that promote choice, inclusion, wellness, and community connection. As Director of Children's Transitional Care Homes, you will have the opportunity to lead programs that are nationally recognized for their innovation and impact while helping to shape the future of complex medical residential services. If you are a passionate healthcare leader who is inspired by purpose, driven by excellence, and committed to making a meaningful difference, we invite you to join our team.

KenCrest is an equal opportunity employer. IND125 Annual Why KenCrest? As an equal opportunity employer (EOE), our dedicated staff of over 2,100 employees and independent contractors are knowledgeable and qualified, with extensive experience helping children, youth, and adults reach their goals in service of our mission: to support community development by exploring possibilities, mobilizing resources, and championing dreams.

Contractor Positions

Looking for more freedom and a chance to create your own schedule? Check out our flexible full-time and part-time opportunities, in a community near you! KenCrest offers contractor positions throughout our Early Intervention and Clinical programs.