Center Administrator

Description

About LIFE Pittsburgh

LIFE Pittsburgh, a growing nonprofit organization with approximately 400 employees, is a community-based alternative to nursing home care and assisted living. Through the LIFE Pittsburgh program, frail older adults can remain in their own home and receive a coordinated plan of care that enables them to maintain their independence and enjoy a safe and active life in the community. Our health teams of geriatric physicians and nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, rehabilitation specialists and other health care professionals assess our Participants' needs and desires, plan and approve services with them and their family or caregiver, monitor for changes and provide timely interventions. Primary care and community services are provided through our Day Health Centers and through our in-home program according to an individual Participant's needs.

What We Offer

Rich Benefits Package including Medical, Dental, and Vision

401(k) with Company Match, vested immediately.

Life Insurance

Want to further your education? We offer Tuition Reimbursement!

Paid Time Off – Grows every pay period and rolls over into new year!

Job Summary 

The Center Administrator is responsible for the day to day operations, administration and coordination of care delivered as described in the individual Plan of Care for each LIFE Pittsburgh Participant. The Center Administrator will facilitate, coordinate and manage the IDT care process to ensure decisions are guided by the Participant’s goals of care and are consistent with the PACE model concepts. The care provided per the PACE model of care is not confined to a location but extended to the Participant in whatever setting in which the Participant resides (i.e.: home, nursing facility, hospital or other location.) The PACE model calls for the program to not relinquish the care of the Participant while enrolled in LIFE Pittsburgh.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates and reflects a commitment to the mission and core values of LIFE Pittsburgh to support the elderly in maintaining their dignity and independence in the community.
• Ensures the coordination, implementation and evaluation of the plan of care through the interdisciplinary team. Provides direct leadership by facilitation and scheduling of the IDT and Plan of care meetings and ensure that the documentation of the team meetings and the POC are accurate and meeting professional and regulatory standards.
• Provides leadership for the IDT members for both their personal and professional development in the work provided by LIFE Pittsburgh. Provides continuous direction and development for the PACE team decision making process as well as the discipline specific approaches consistent with the philosophy of well inform participant self-determination and decision making. (via one on mentoring, utilization of the LP education department for supportive education, HR for appropriate mentoring, and seeks external support for discipline specific education when appropriate with support of organization).
• Requires the members of the IDT to provide the highest standard of care possible adhering to the professional quality standards set by LIFE Pittsburgh, regulatory agencies, and licensure. Ensures direct leadership and mentoring / training when deficits noted with regard to the above. (both for direct reports and otherwise).
• Ensures individual accountability toward follow through of assessment, implementation and evaluation of the Plan of care to ensure appropriate assessment-based resource allocation in collaboration with the administrative and management teams, participates in the development and maintenance of policies and procedures of operations. (ie, setting clear expectations with staff, monitoring work performed via care plan interventions and individual follow up, soliciting participant and caregiver feedback, soliciting feedback from staff and co- workers).
• Monitors center based budgetary spending throughout the fiscal year via departmental financial statements and reporting. Investigates and reports to the various noted trends and variances in the budget. (ie, stock and food supplies, participant allocated needs, inpatient utilization, nursing home costs). Provides analytical and insightful contributions to budgeting processes and demonstrates and acute awareness of the financial impact of team based allocations by always focusing on the need of the participant (and provides one on one and team education via the PACE model regarding allocations and noted trends to focus on participant need and appropriate allocation).
• Participates in the quality program collaboratively to measure operational quality, participant satisfaction and team performanc