Mobile Nursing Home Administrator (lnha)

EverCare Skilled Nursing; Swansea (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

EverCare Skilled Nursing seeks a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) to lead daily facility operations and ensure the highest standard of resident care. The LNHA will oversee programs, policies, and staff performance while maintaining compliance with federal and local regulations.

The role involves coordinating with department directors, managing corrective action plans, and supporting recruitment across the portfolio to cover vacancies and vacations as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health Administration or Business Administration or health-related field preferred.
• Active Nursing Home Administrator license required.
• 2+ years' supervisor/healthcare leadership experience.
• Knowledge of reimbursement regulations and nursing practices; relevant laws and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct facility programs.
• Assist in development and implementation of policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with facility policies by staff, residents, and visitors.
• Conduct meetings to discuss survey findings and action plans.
• Develop plans of correction with timetables and monitoring tools.
• Review workforce competence and adjust staffing as needed.
• Assist in recruitment of department leaders and staff.
• Counsel/discipline personnel as appropriate.
• Consult with department directors to improve services and operations.
• Coordinate in-service training and orientation programs.
• Maintain a warm, safe, and calm facility atmosphere.
• Ensure physician compliance with admission and plans of care.
• Enforce safety regulations and infection control.

Skills

Licensing knowledge

Leadership

Regulatory compliance

Policy implementation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Public Health Administration or Business Administration or health-related field

Job description

SUMMARY:

The Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) 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 always provided to our residents. The mobile LNHA will assist the company in covering vacancies, vacations ,etc.. across the portfolio.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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 residents 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:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• 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 decisions 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.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to move intermittently through the workday.