Job description

Job Description: Administrator in Training

Department: Administration

Supervisor: Nursing Home Administrator, Director of Operations

General Description

• Establishes and directs overall operation of institution’s activities both internal and external, in order to provide excellent care to residents.
• Coordinates these activities to insure compliance with established policies, procedures, and national, state and local standards.
• Promotes public relations
• Arranges and obtains transfer and working agreements with other health facilities and/or providers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Duties

• Establishes policies pertaining to total patient care, personnel, consultants, financial status, public relations, maintenance of building and grounds, under directive from the Administrator
• Explains such policies to staff and other concerned parties.
• Reviews compliance with established policies and procedures by personnel and consultants.
• Periodically reviews policies and makes changes as found necessary with assistance of the Administrator.
• Prepares job descriptions and policy and procedure manuals for all departments with assistance of the Administrator.
• Reviews compliance of institution with national, state, and local standards.
• Selects competent personnel to supervise activities of all departments.
• Meets with department heads at regular intervals.
• Conducts in-service and supervisory training meetings.
• Receives advice from all department heads on matters pertaining to department operation and external relationships.
• Reviews and frequently checks competence of work force.
• Assists personnel in establishing professional atmosphere.
• Regularly checks financial status of facility.
• Maintains efficient accounting system to meet needs of institution.
• Directs that forecast budgets be prepared and changes in fee schedules be made to insure coverage of cost of operation with assistance of the Administrator.
• Maintains liaison with community hospitals and other health facilities in the community and coordinates with their services through working and transfer agreements.
• Represents institution in dealings with outside agencies including governmental and third party payers or sends representative. Includes matters concerning Medicare, Medicaid, etc. with assistance of the Administrator.
• Represents institution at top level meetings and institutes and participates in such meetings with assistance of the Administrator.
• Reviews physical condition of facility. Directs repairs and new construction programs, within the financial capabilities of institution.
• Authorized purchases of major equipment and supplies. Enters into contract required for ordinary operations of business with the exception of major construction capital expenditures.
• Coordinates the identification of social service problems and makes referrals to outside agencies when required.

Responsibility: (Personnel and/or materials)

• Liaison among the governing body, medical staff, and physicians whose patients reside in the facility.
• Financial and Personnel management
• Providing for appropriate resident care
• Maintaining relationships with the community and with other health care facilities, organizations, and services
• Assuring facility and staff compliance with all regulations
• Any responsibilities prescribed by facility policy
• Public relations.
• Reporting to the Administrator.
• Know and adhere to patient’s Bill of Rights.

Working Conditions

• Well-lighted, well-ventilated work area.
• Sits, stands, and walks intermittently during the work day.
• Subject to frequent interruptions.
• Deals with public, personnel, and residents under all conditions.
• Travels to and participates in meetings.
• Expected to work beyond normal working hours when necessary.
• Involvement in community health activities and programs.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• The employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• This position is very active and requires sitting, standing, walking, bending, twisting, kneeling, stooping, crouching, grasping, and carrying.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
• May be required to lift, push, pull and move equipment and supplies in excess of fifty pounds
• This position is very active and requires sitting, standing, walking, bending, twisting, kneeling, stooping, crouching, grasping, finger dexterity, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, carrying, climbing and crawling during working hours.

Personnel Specification

• Experience in supervisory capacity in health facility.
• Advanced training in nursing home administration through workshops and institutes.
• Sound knowledge of personnel administration
• Knowledge of nursing and medical practices and procedures, laws pertaining to nursing home operation.
• Ability to deal with and supervise professional and non-professional personnel.
• Knowledge of local economic conditions and ability to adjust cost of operation to meet community ability to pay for services.
• Ability to keep abreast of changes in nursing home field.

FLORIDA location is currently full at this time. However we do have another location in Sothern Colorado.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Nursing Home: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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