Executive Director / Administrator-in-Training - Mission Viejo, CA

Cornerstone Healthcare, Inc.; Mission Viejo (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical with HSA

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) with matching contribution

Unlimited vacation plan

Job summary

Cornerstone Healthcare, Inc. is seeking an Executive Director to lead the home health and hospice agency. This role involves overseeing financial operations, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering a quality-focused culture. The ideal candidate will have proven leadership, excellent organizational and communication skills, and a bachelor’s degree.

Additional benefits include medical insurance, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, and an unlimited vacation policy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of healthcare operations management experience.
• Prior experience with budgetary responsibilities including budget development and monitoring.
• Broad knowledge of home health and hospice federal and state regulations.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall financial operations of the home health/hospice agency.
• Ensure compliance with local, state and federal laws, Medicare regulations.
• Partner with Leadership Team to develop comprehensive business development plans.

Skills

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

Interpersonal communication

Problem-solving skills

Decision-making skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent

Job description

• Full-time

Company Description

About Cornerstone Healthcare

Cornerstone is one of the most dynamic and progressive companies in the rapidly expanding home health, hospice, and home care industries. Affiliates of Cornerstone now operate 24 home health, hospice, or home health and hospice agencies across nine Western states and we expect this growth to continue. These agencies have no corporate headquarters or traditional management hierarchy. Instead, they operate independently with support from the “Service Center,” a world‑class service team that provides the centralized clinical, legal, risk management, HR, training, accounting, IT and other resources necessary to allow on‑site leaders and caregivers to focus squarely on day‑to‑day care and business issues in their individual agencies.

About The Ensign Group

We are proud to be affiliated with The Ensign Group, Inc., an organization formed in 1999 with the goal of establishing a new level of quality care within the healthcare industry. The name “Ensign” is synonymous with a “flag” or a “standard,” and refers to a goal of setting the standard by which all others are measured. We share this vision and our core values with other healthcare providers affiliated with The Ensign Group, such as skilled nursing, assisted living, urgent care and mobile diagnostics. We all believe that through our efforts, we can achieve a new level of client care and professional competence and set a new industry standard for quality home health and hospice services.

Job Description

The Executive Director is responsible for the overall leadership, direction, growth and culture of the home health and hospice agency. In addition, he or she is responsible for the employment of qualified home health and hospice personnel; for the provision of home health and hospice services directly, and the delegation to and coordination of home health and hospice personnel evaluations; and for establishing standards of care to comply with federal, state and local standards, guidelines and regulations. The Executive Director establishes, implements, and evaluates goals and objectives for home health and hospice services that meet and promote the standards of quality and contribute to the total organization and philosophy, and is responsible for the overall clinical and financial performance.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall financial operations of the home health/hospice agency.
• Maintain full responsibility of the overall functions of the financial areas and cost controls, adhere to financial and accounting policies and procedure and manage expenditures in a fiscally responsible manner.
• Take action, make decisions and shape team priorities to achieve agency operational goals.
• Ensure effective and on‑going, on‑the‑job training of team members, evaluate, record individual and team performance, provide coaching and counseling and make appropriate developmental recommendations.
• Establish criteria and/or work procedures to achieve a high level of quality, productivity or service.
  Meet or exceed budgeted revenue and EBITDA on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.
• Ensure compliance with local, state and federal laws, Medicare regulations and the agency's policies and procedures.
• Partner with Marketer to develop approaches that best position services or ideas in the marketplace.
• Partner with Leadership Team to develop and implement comprehensive business development plans for the agency.
• Organize information/data to identify/explain major trends, problems and causes; compare and combine information to identify underlying issues. Generate actions to achieve long‑range goals.
• Keep abreast of industry trends and regulatory requirements through activities such as participating in State Associations and reviewing industry publications.
• Support other Executive Directors (Cluster Partners) in peer‑leadership cluster model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or the equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years healthcare operations management (or experience).
• Prior experience with budgetary responsibilities including budget development and monitoring.
• Broad knowledge of home health and hospice federal and state regulations/administration.
• Outstanding leadership, managerial skills, excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills, excellent problem‑solving, decision‑making and assertiveness skills.

Additional Information

Salary: Commensurate with experience
Type: Full-Time
Benefits: Medical with HSA, dental, vision, life & AD&D insurance plans, 401(k) with matching contribution, sick and holiday pay, as well as an unlimited vacation plan.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. Pre‑employment criminal background screening required.