Licensed Nursing Home Administrator

Licensed Nursing Home Administrator Berlin VT 05602 Middlebury VT 05753
3 vacancies

Salary - $127795 to $191692/ year
Negotiable sign on bonus partial relocation

Must-Haves

• Must have an active Nursing Home Administrator License
• Previous experience either as a LNHA and Assistant Administrator
• Minimum 2-5 years administrator experience

Nice-To-Haves

• Ideally 10 years of LNHA experience

Job Description
The Skilled Nursing Center Site Administrator (SA) is responsible for creating and maintaining an environment providing high-quality clinical care in a homelike setting while assuring operations meet applicable policies and procedures and the federal and state regulations that govern long-term care facilities. This individual is a champion for long-term and post-acute care services combining expertise with compassion in service to the needs of residents families and the staff who work within the center. The SA is a key contributor to UVM Healths strategic priorities for access affordability and providing high-quality care for our community. Specifically the SA will assist in the continuous improvement and evolution of post-acute and long-term care services within UVM Health Continuing Care in response to new or unmet community needs.

This position requires demonstrated skills in program planning a creative and solutions-oriented approach to problem solving excellent verbal and written skills and the ability to be self-directed while fostering collaboration.

Success Criteria:

• Inclusive Leadership: Values and respects the diversity of individuals and seeks to create an environment where everyone feels valued respected and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives and talents each day in service to our clients.
• Effective Oversight: Demonstrated by a standard process for development integration and execution of policies contracts and strategic initiatives for skilled nursing centers.
• Leadership and Support: Evidenced by the identification and bridging of systemic gaps policy inconsistencies and contractual issues alongside facilitating problem-solving strategies that promote interdepartmental and partner coordination.
• Executive Project Management: Success shown through collaborative efforts leading to tangible organizational changes and improvements.
• Representation and Communication: Measured by the ability to effectively represent the center at various platforms articulating the organizations vision impact and requirements clearly and persuasively.
• Liaison Work: The successful management and alignment of policies contracts and initiatives with the UVM Health system leaderships goals ensuring that external relationships are nurtured to support the organizations objectives and key results.
• Strategic Advisory: Recognized through the provision of informed guidance on policy priorities and the coordination of initiatives that bolster these priorities.
• Stakeholder Engagement: The convening of stakeholders to guarantee the integration and efficacy of policy contracting and strategic initiatives fostering awareness and consensus to facilitate necessary organizational changes.
• Professional Development and Education: Investing in the ongoing professional development and training of staff staying abreast of industry trends best practices and advancements to maintain a high level of expertise and competence.

Professional Accountability:

• Demonstrates integrity compassion and respect when working with patients families visitors and staff
• Protects the privacy and confidentiality of patients families staff and proprietary business and/or financial information of CC by creating and maintaining a secure respectful and trusting environment
• Demonstrates a commitment to patients families and staff by meeting attendance expectations as outlined in the employee handbook (reports to work on time manages unscheduled time off etc.)
• Adheres to organizational standards and expectations for dress code and appearance and maintains a neat and well-organized work area
• Appropriately wears an identification badge at all times
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of job responsibilities focuses on customer needs and strives to do the job right the first time
• Demonstrates appropriate use of resources (phones e-mails Internet photocopies supplies etc.)
• Supports and contributes to a culture that allows staff to feel appreciated included and valued
• Displays a positive attitude and image to our patients visitors co-workers and community
• Promotes diversity and respects coworkers patients and their families regardless of race color sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression ancestry place of birth HIV status national origin religion marital status age language socioeconomic status physical or mental disability protected veteran status or obligation for service in the armed forces.
• Promotes and maintains a safe environment for patients and staff including identifying and reporting safety concerns.

May experience:

• Hostile and emotionally upset clients family members visitors and staff.
• Stress due to a demanding profession.
• An exposure to blood-borne pathogens
• A variety of environmental exposures such as inclement weather animals firearms tobacco use dust and other client-based activities and preferences

Education
Education Licensure and Certification:

• Vermont and/or New York Nursing Home Administrator License.
• Bachelors degree in Healthcare Administration Business Administration or a related field required from an accredited educational institution Masters degree preferred.

Experience:

• Expected Experience Skills and Attributes
• Minimum five or more years of management experience with increasing responsibilities or a combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills are acquired

Management experiences in at least one of the following settings is required:
Skilled nursing centers
Residential care setting
Assisted Living setting

Proven track record of leadership within post-acute and/or long-term care services coupled with experience and skills for achieving clinical business and organizational success.
Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships built on mutual respect vision trust collaboration and accountability; sense of urgency and commitment to a clear set of priorities with the ability to adapt to changing circumstances in a challenging fast-paced complex environment; a high level of initiative energy and follow-through with a results-orientation and drive for success.
Excellent leadership skills and the tenacity to deal with complex structures and tasks. S/he must be able to influence others without direct lines of authority.
Understanding of short- and long-term planning and development health care systems payer requirements employee/labor relations operations current trends in long-term care case management cost management and productivity.

Knowledge/Special Skills:

• Proven track record of leadership within post-acute and/or long-term care services coupled with experience and skills for achieving clinical business and organizational success.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships built on mutual respect vision trust collaboration and accountability; sense of urgency and commitment to a clear set of priorities with the ability to adapt to changing circumstances in a challenging fast-paced complex environment; a high level of initiative energy and follow-through with a results-orientation and drive for success.
• Excellent leadership skills and the tenacity to deal with complex structures and tasks. S/he must be able to influence others without direct lines of authority.
• Understanding of short- and long-term planning and development health care systems payer requirements employee/labor relations operations current trends in long-term care case management cost management and productivity.