Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA)

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 not 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 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.

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 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.