Nursing Home Administrator Gracedale Nursing Home

In order to be considered for this position applicants must successfully submit a completed application prior to the posting deadline. Applications submitted with incomplete or missing education and/or work experience sections will be considered incomplete and will not be reviewed. These applicants will be disqualified from consideration. The attachment of a resume to the application does not fulfill this requirement and will not prevent incomplete applications from being rejected. Education and work experience fields must be completed regardless of the presence of an attached resume.

Once the posting closes all applications will be reviewed. The information provided on the application will be utilized to determine whether or not each applicant meets the Minimum Requirements for this position as noted in the Job Description. We encourage all applicants to provide a comprehensive concise history of their education certification licensing and employment history. Please read the Minimum Requirements thoroughly and then demonstrate that you meet these requirements on your application.

For questions regarding this posting please contact Sherry Christman Human Resources Analyst at or .

GENERAL PURPOSE
This is professional nursing home administration work directing all programs functions and operations of the County inpatient nursing facility. The position in this class plans directs and controls the organization and management of administrative patient care ancillary and service functions and ensures the facilitys compliance with State Federal and other regulations governing facility licensing reimbursement and other issues. Work includes representing the facility to other County State and Federal agencies and authorities and to community and public interest organizations and groups. This class is differentiated from related classes by the level of accountability for the facility the impact of decisions made and the specialization in the nursing home administration field.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED
This position reports directly to an administrative position at the cabinet level.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED
This position is responsible for supervision of the Director of Nursing and Assistant Nursing Home Administrator.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE POSITION
Organizes and directs the functions of the facility; delegates responsibility for assignments to management staff and line department heads; develops reviews and implements policies and procedures relating to patient care personnel administration financial operations plant and maintenance and related elements insuring compliance with regulations governing the operations of the facility; reviews and acts upon reports of authorized inspecting agencies; responds to questions and complaints from patients their relatives members of the public and other interested parties; represents the facility to outside agencies institutions and groups.

Plans and administers effective utilization of the physical financial and personnel resources of the facility; administers all elements of personnel function in accordance with County personnel system and applicable negotiated contracts; directs and controls development and subsequent administration of the budget; conducts meetings with management and line staff; inspects departments and operations; reviews reports of operations and their outcomes to maintain total control over the operation of the facility; identifies sources for negotiates and administers service agreements and contracts for the operation of the facility and its programs; insures development maintenance and reporting of patient care employment financial and other statistical and evaluative records.

Reports to and confers with the County appointed and elected management officials regarding the facilitys programs plans operations and their outcomes; develops and recommends specific proposals to County management officials concerning responses to changes in operational needs funding source regulations inspection results or other governing criteria; projects needs for staffing equipage capital program and program development for both short and long-term goals and plans; maintains liaison with other divisions of the County government and applicable State and Federal agencies; reviews proposed and actual ordinances and regulations from a variety of sources determining impact on facility concerns and need for further attention.

Performs related work as required.

*An employee assigned to this title shall perform a majority but may not perform all of the duties listed in this job description. Conversely minor level duties performed on the job may not be listed. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar related or a logical assignment to the position.

REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE Education equivalent to completion of a bachelors degree program; AND

Extensive experience in hospital or nursing home administration. Possession of a masters degree in health care administration or a related field may be substituted for up to two (2) years of the experience requirement; AND

Possession of a valid license as a Nursing Home Administrator as issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

All employees of Gracedale Nursing Home will be required to attend Feeding Program training.