LICENSED NURSING HOME ADMINISTRATOR (LNHA)

Aperion Care; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus

Job summary

Aperion Care in Chicago, IL is seeking a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator to lead daily operations, ensuring compliance with federal and local standards and delivering the highest quality care for residents.

The administrator will supervise departments, develop and enforce policies, monitor safety and infection control, manage budgets, and support staff through training, performance reviews, and corrective actions. A $10,000 sign-on bonus is offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health Administration or Business Administration or health related degree preferred.
• Must possess a current, unencumbered, active Nursing Home Administrator license.
• 2 years experience in a Supervisor role; healthcare experience preferred.
• Knowledge of reimbursement regulations, nursing practices and procedures, and related laws and guidelines for nursing facility administration.
• Ability to make independent decisions when warranted.
• Ability to read and interpret financial records and reports.
• Ability to communicate policies, procedures, regulations, and reports to staff, residents, families, and agencies.

Responsibilities

• Direct the day-to-day operations of the facility in accordance with federal and local standards and regulations to ensure high-quality resident care.
• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the facility’s programs and activities per governing board guidelines.
• Assist in developing departmental policies and procedures and professional standards of practice.
• Ensure adherence to facility policies by employees, residents, visitors, and the public.
• Lead staff meetings during inspections; discuss survey findings and corrective plans.
• Develop and monitor plans of correction to address deficiencies and prevent recurrence.
• Review workforce competence and make necessary adjustments.
• Assist in recruitment and selection of department directors and staff.
• Counsel/discipline personnel as needed and appropriate.
• Consult with department directors to improve services and operations.
• Coordinate in-service training and orientation programs to ensure current materials are provided.
• Create an atmosphere of warmth, safety, and calm throughout the facility.
• Ensure physician compliance with policies; report issues to Medical Director.
• Maintain safety regulations, infection control, and fire safety within the facility.
• Review incident reports and monitor risk management effectiveness.
• Maintain clean, safe resident environments and necessary equipment.

Skills

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Decision making

Financial literacy

Communication

Supervisor experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health Administration or Business Administration or health related degree

Nursing Home Administrator license (current)

Job description

Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (ADMIN) *$10,000 Sign On Bonus*

(Sign-on Bonus subject to terms and conditions and minimum hours worked requirement)

SUMMARY:

The Administrator directs the day to day functions of the facility in accordance with current federal and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern nursing facilities to assure that the highest degree of quality care can be provided to our residents at all times.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (ADMIN) *$10,000 Sign On Bonus*

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the facility’s programs and activities in accordance with guidelines issued by the governing board

• Assist department directors in the development, use, and implementation of departmental policies and procedures and professional standards of practice

• Ensure that all employees, residents, visitors, and the general public follow the facility’s established policies and procedures

• Conduct daily meetings with appropriate staff during facility inspections to discuss survey findings and formulation of plans of action/correction

• Assist in developing plans of correction for cited deficiencies. Ensure such plans incorporate timetables and methods of monitoring to ensure that such deficiencies do no recur.

• Review and check competence of workforce and make necessary adjustments/corrections as required or that may become necessary

• Assist in recruitment and selection of competent department directors, supervisors, facility non-licensed staff, consultants, etc.

• Counsel/discipline personnel as requested or as may become necessary

• Consult with department directors concerning the operation of their departments to assist in eliminating/correcting problem areas, and/or improvement of services

• Assist department directors in the topic selection, planning, conducting, and scheduling of in-service training classes and on-the-job training and orientation programs to assure that current material and programs are continuously provided

• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the facility

• Ensure that physicians are in compliance with facility policies governing the admission, medical treatment, visit requirements, plan of care, orders, etc. Report problem areas to the Medical Director

• Ensure that all facility personnel, residents, and visitors follow established safety regulations to include fire protection/prevention, smoking regulations, infection control etc.

• Review accident/incident reports (e.g., falls, injuries, or an unknown source, abuse, etc.). Monitor to determine the effectiveness of the facility’s risk management program

• Ensure that the facility is maintained in a clean and safe manner for resident comfort and convenience by assuring that necessary equipment and supplies are maintained to perform such duties/services

• Review and interpret monthly financial statements and provide such information to the governing board

• Report suspected or known incidents of fraud relative to false billings, filing of false cost reports, receipt/payment of kickbacks etc., to appropriate agencies

• Ensure that the resident’s rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints, are well established and maintained at all times.

• Review resident complaints and grievances and make written reports of action taken. Discuss such actions with resident and family as appropriate.

• Ensure that resident funds maintained by the facility are managed in accordance with current federal and state regulations and that appropriate accounting records are maintained

• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health Administration or Business Administration or health related degree is preferred

• Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as a Nursing Home Administrator

• 2 years experience in a Supervisor role, healthcare experience preferred

• Must be knowledgeable of reimbursement regulations and nursing practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to nursing facility administration

• Must possess the ability to make independent decision when circumstances warrant such action

• Must be able to read and interpret financial records, reports etc.

• Must be able to communicate policies, procedures, regulations, reports etc., to personnel, residents, family members, visitors, and government agencies.