Licensed Nursing Home Administrator - The Pearl at Kruse Way

Licensed Nursing Home Administrator

Setting:  Skilled Nursing Facility

Status: Full-Time

Shift:  Monday-Friday, 8am - 5pm

Position Type: Salaried 

Location:  The Pearl at Kruse Way, 4550 Carman Drive, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035

Apply at www.TeamAvamere.com

Job Summary

The Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) is a healthcare professional who manages the day-to-day operations of a nursing home facility. The LNHA is responsible for ensuring that patients/residents receive high-quality care while also adhering to state and federal regulations. This involves a wide range of duties, including financial management, staff supervision, and maintaining a safe and comfortable environment for patients/residents. 

Essential Duties and Job Responsibilities

Personnel Management:

• Responsible for hiring, orientation, training, and retaining appropriate number of qualified staff to carry out facility programs and healthcare services.
• Ensure employee performance meets or exceeds expectations and periodic performance appraisals are conducted on a timely basis.
• Responsible for building and maintaining a collaborative and positive work environment across all departments.
• Work timely and directly with the home office HR Department on all employee relations, performance improvement and Union related issues to follow policies and procedures.
• Ensure all HR policies and programs are implemented and followed in facility.
• Ensure the development and implementation of employee health and safety programs to provide safe work environment.

Financial Management:

• Prepare the annual budget for the facility. Monitor the monthly financial performance of the facility in relation to budget and make corrective financial changes at facility as needed.

• Monitor accounts payable, accounts receivable, and all medical billing activities.
• Manage all provider agreements and reimbursements.
• Manage all labor, overtime and other staffing expenditures. 

Marketing/Patient/Resident Census:

• Management of patient/resident census, admissions, assessments, care planning and discharge process ensuring all patients/residents receive appropriate care and support.
• Responsible for marketing SNF Services to hospitals, physicians and other healthcare organizations in the community.

Patient/Resident Quality Care:

• Ensure the quality and appropriateness of resident/patient care meets or exceeds company and regulatory standards.
• Ensure that nursing services are planned, implemented and evaluated to maximize patient/resident quality of life and quality of care.
• Ensure that social services programs are planned, implemented and evaluated to meet the patient/resident psychological and social needs and preferences to maximize patient/resident quality of life and quality of care.
• Ensure that culinary service programs are planned, implemented and evaluated to meet the patient/resident nutritional needs to maximize patient/resident quality of life and quality of care.
• Ensure that medical services are planned, implemented and evaluated to meet the patient/resident medical care needs and preferences to maximize patient/resident quality of life and quality of care.
• Ensure that therapeutic recreation/activities are planned, implemented and evaluated to meet the needs and interests of patient/resident to maximize patient/resident quality of life and quality of care.
• Ensure that rehabilitation programs are planned, implemented and evaluated to maximize patient/resident optimal level of functioning.

Facility Operations:

• Supervises the purchase of supplies and equipment and maintains appropriate inventories.

• Supervises the physical operation of the nursing home including the direction of maintenance and repairs.
• Acts as liaison between patients/residents.
• Ensure facility is a safe, clean, comfortable, and appealing environment for residents, patients, visitors and staff in accordance with company guidelines.
• Complete required forms and documents in accordance with company policy and state and/or federal regulations.
• Manage all aspects of state, federal and local standards and regulations (for example, ADA, OSHA, CMA, etc.).

Compliance:

• Act as main facility representative during state/federal surveys.
• Assign appropriate staff to work with survey personnel, conducting