SUMMARY: The Nursing Home Administrator position leads and directs the overall operations of the facility in accordance with resident needs, governmental regulations, and company policies with the main objective of maintaining quality care for the residents and achieving operational and financial stability and excellence for the facility. The Nursing Home Administrator manages, supervises, and coordinates […]
SUMMARY: The Nursing Home Administrator position leads and directs the overall operations of the facility in accordance with resident needs, governmental regulations, and company policies with the main objective of maintaining quality care for the residents and achieving operational and financial stability and excellence for the facility. The Nursing Home Administrator manages, supervises, and coordinates all LRC Nursing Facility departments to ensure regulatory compliance and performance under the direction of the LRC Board and in coordination with the Chief of Operations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: NOTE: Laguna Rainbow Corporation may unilaterally change the requirements of this job description at any time. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
Exercises ethical and sound leadership decision, delegating responsibility to appropriate staff to carry out the work of the facility and hold department heads/leads accountable for the performance of their respective departments.
Ensures that nursing services are planned, implemented, and evaluated to maximize resident quality of life and quality of care with the integration of resident rights with all aspects of resident care.
Ensures that the facility complies with applicable federal, state, and local standards and regulations and that resident and staff information is made available only according to the state or federal regulations.
Coordinates the development and evaluation with the health care team of resident care goals and policies to assure that adequate resources, environments, and services are provided to residents, meeting regularly with health care team to assure highest practicable care is being delivered.
Ensures residents dignity and right to privacy and that residents are free from sexual abuse, physical abuse, mental abuse, corporal punishment, exploitation, neglect, and involuntary seclusion.
Ensures that personnel are present in number and ability to attain or maintain the highest practicable level of physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being for each resident that meets the state and federal regulations.
Coordinates compliance with written LRC personnel policies and procedures to assure procedures are followed in recruitment, hiring, employment and termination of staff and in compliance with necessary laws and regulations.
Establishes and maintains safety rules and procedures that incorporate federal regulations and OSHA requirements to ensure employee health and safety.
Develops, implements, and evaluates fire, emergency and disaster plans to protect the safety and welfare of residents, staff, and property.
Observes, monitors, and evaluates outcomes of all the facility programs, policies and procedures to ensure effectiveness and to fulfill administrative responsibility and professional responsibility. This directly corresponds to the LRC Strategic Plan.
Reports regularly to the Board on ILNHA progress toward goals, on areas of challenge or concern, and needed action. Reports at monthly Board of Director meetings preparing materials in advance of meetings to support collective and timely decision-making, gain the support of the Board, and ensure productive discussion on areas of importance and need.
Serve as preceptor for the LRC Administrator in Training.
Board of Directors
Assists the Board of Directors in meeting the requirements of compliance policies.
Reports to Board regarding overall organizational operations.
Oversees development of annual budget for review and approval of the Board.
Provides professional advice, introduces industry trends, informs required standards, initiates and assists in policy making.
Attends all Board and committee meetings and makes necessary reports to the Board.
Implements Board decisions and policies.
Functions as liaison between Board and staff.
Assists Board in Strategic Plan Development and quarterly review and annual refinement.
Performs special projects and all other duties as assigned.
Organization
Develops and maintains an organizational system including organizational chart and job descriptions, delegating clearly defined authority to staff who are assigned managerial responsibility, and ensuring a supportive HR system of support to staff.
Informs and advances administrative policy and procedure that assures cooperative relationships among departments (across facilities).
Actualizes organizational vision, mission, strategic plan aligned with Pueblo of Laguna Charter and Pueblo of Laguna core values.
Champions quality and risk management activities throughout the organization continuously maintaining and improving the quality of care, while minimizing the risk of loss.
Ensures regulatory compliance and adherence to professional standards.
Serves as an effective spokesperson for the organization.
Initiates and maintains partnerships in support of LRC goals and strategies.
Fiscal Management
Operates within a Board approved budget, identifying and accessing sources of funding and assuring that expenditures are sound and are in accordance with federal, state, and local governmental regulations and the policies of various funders/payers.
Possesses expert knowledge of current and future cost drivers in the industry.
Assures control of business operations that ensures preservation of accounting funds and physical assets both short and long-term including developing and maintaining sound financial practices.
Identifies business opportunities for organizational growth to enhance financial strength and contribution margin as well as create non-operating revenue.
Assures maintenance of official records and ensures compliance with all reporting requirements.
Effectively communicates with, reports to, and develops positive relationships with funding organizations. Implements long-term revenue, cost, and donor strategies that align with LRC objectives.
Oversees grants management. Actively seeks grant opportunities, assisting in preparation, application submission and ensuring program compliance and administration occurs once the grant is received.
Guides fund development activities including grant and funding procurement.
Recommends and enforces appropriate measurement, analysis and evaluation methods to accurately identify and document process improvements and quality service delivery.
Personnel Management
Develops, leads, manages, and evaluates the Nursing Home Administrator and Senior Center Manager.
Ensures that LRC recruits and retains capable, appropriately qualified, and motivated staff overall in coordination with reporting management to deliver high quality services.
Ensures that training is provided that meets regulatory and organizational requirements with the goal of developing staff at all levels to address future current and future industry needs.
Oversees practices which establish sound Human Resource procedures that meet organizational and regulatory requirements. Sees to it that processes are in place to address sound recruitment and selection processes as well as retention and recognition of staff.
Participates in, defines, and implements workforce development goals and metrics that would include training development, certification access, and succession planning.
Ensures the accountability of all staff regarding procedures that are aligned with best practices to produce revenue driven outcomes.
Comply with weekly angel rounds. Angel rounds documents are to be submitted to the Administrator no later than the close of business on Fridays.
Email is to be checked daily throughout the day and respond to email on a timely basis.
The Director is to attend all Mandatory meetings, with no exceptions (unless approved by the Administrator)!! Morning Stand-up is a MUST!!
Submit department QAPI data in a timely manner.
Program Development and Management
Provides leadership in developing organizational plans in cooperation with the Board and reporting management.
Proposes and implements programs across two facilities that meet identified needs and are within budgetary resources and constraints imposed by funding sources. This includes designing and promoting an integrated service delivery model that supports LRC’s continuum of care across the LRC facilities and with associated Pueblo of Laguna entities and programs.
Provides administrative support and direction in coordination with the Nursing Home Administrator and Director of Nursing to medical and clinical supervisors so that the best available quality service is provided.
Along with the knowledge and support of the Board of directors, the executive director will negotiate contracts with medical directors, third-party payers, community health organizations/centers, and other agencies that are beneficial to LRC.
Ensure the LRC is prepared for audits, state surveys, and other reviews or assessments which result in positive findings and thereafter a strategy for a plan of correction, if deemed necessary, in coordination with reporting managers.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS (includes education, skills, and experience): The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Licensed NHA (Nursing Home Administrator) in NM with a minimum of 5-years’ NHA or related management experience in a long-term care facility.
Minimum of two years’ experience in geriatric setting and two years’ experience in a direct supervisory position.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Intermediate to advanced skill level in Microsoft Office or similar software applications.
Ability to use office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax/scan machines.
The ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to organize and be efficient.
Must have patience, tact, cheerful disposition, and enthusiasm as well as be willing to handle personnel based on whatever maturity level at which they are currently functioning.
Experience collaborating with local health care partners.
Experience in labor relations management.
Experience and ability to drive successful financial results.
Possess a strong knowledge of state, federal and local regulations as they pertain to long term care.
Ability to provide supervision and direction to staff while creating a culture of excellence and team service toward quality care.
Ability to take initiative with minimal supervision and work independently.
Must possess leadership ability and the willingness to work harmoniously with and supervise other personnel.
Ability to multi-task, work successfully under pressure, and effectively prioritize and manage time and workload.
Requires well-developed social skills the ability to interact tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel and the general public.
Must have the ability to cope with mental and emotional stress.
The ability to create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the facility.
Willingness and ability to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing Personnel practices.
Must have a good driving record, valid, driver’s license, vehicle insurance and a reliable vehicle.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field.
Rural/tribal setting experience.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL EFFORT: 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Will have some repetitive hand and arm motions and prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; talk, listen, reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
This position requires frequent manual dexterity in combination with eye/hand coordination such as keyboarding and handling of equipment.
Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility, which include a medical and physical examination.
Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet.
May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.
Tasks assigned to this position may involve potential and/or direct exposure to blood, body fluids, infectious diseases, air contaminants and hazardous chemicals.
The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION REQUIREMENTS:
Laguna Rainbow Corporation has a strict policy for background investigation processes. Every position is reviewed and screened. This includes Onsite pre-employment drug screening, criminal background check (includes fingerprint) and license verification.
Type of Background Check
Required
Pre-Employment Drug Screening
X
Background Investigation through Department of Health “DOH” – Fingerprint Verification (Criminal Check, Abuse and Neglect Check, Sex Offender Check, Civil Court Check and Tribal Criminal Check)
