Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA)

Salary: $145,000 - $190,000 / Year Overview:

At Elderwood, our Mission is People Caring for People. Our values of Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect & Excellence are at the core of everything we do. We strive to not only be the partner of choice for our residents, their families and community players – but also for our valued employees.

Our Skilled Nursing Community in Cheektowaga, NY – Elderwood at Cheektowaga- has an opportunity for a Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA) who embodies these core values and can lead a team of committed healthcare professionals.

Competitive salary and benefits package including relocation assistance, if necessary.

About Elderwood at Cheektowaga

• Centrally located to the metro-Buffalo region, Elderwood at Cheektowaga is a well-established long-term care community offering round-the-clock skilled nursing care and comprehensive subacute rehab services. Residents with dementia benefit from Elderwood’s Seasons Memory Care program. The community is part of a continuum on the suburban campus that allows seniors to age in place with Elderwood assisted living and independent living communities nearby.

Responsibilities:

Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (LNHA)

• Direct and oversee facility operational activities
• Possess understanding of organizational policies and procedures including DOH regulations
• Promote and guide initiatives to improve facility operations to meet goals and objectives
• Be able to multi task and manage multiple objectives simultaneously
• Possess ability to lead others and inspire them to achieve desired results
• Provide daily management and training of all staff, and the management of services through consultants and other contract arrangements.
• The provision of quality health care and daily living services for residents in conformance with state and federal laws.
• The provision of care and treatment of residents that promotes respect for the individual and the protection of basic rights.
• Maintain a safe, sanitary and pleasant environment for residents, visitors, and volunteers and good working conditions for employees.
• Ensuring resident census remains at capacity, controlling of costs for financial stability, and the safe-keeping of resident account and cash monies.
• The provision of payroll, billing and management information to the central office, Elderwood Administrative Services LLC.
• Encourages staff involvement, customer focus, leadership initiatives and sets standards for all staff.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably with a major in health or related field required.
• Valid state Nursing Home license (LNHA)
• Minimum of three years' experience in management, preferably a Nursing Home operation required.
• Agency reduction experience strongly preferred.
• Qualities of leadership, dependability, integrity, and organizational ability necessary.
• Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing required.
• An interest in the field of health care, particularly the needs of the geriatric population necessary.
• Ability to perform tasks to established standards of excellence required.
• This position requires regular interaction with residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors. In order to ensure a safe work environment for residents, coworkers, visitors, and/or supervisors of the Company, and to permit unfettered communication between the employee and those residents, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors, this position requires that the employee be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language at an intermediate or more advanced level.

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