Nursing Home Adminisrator

How I Got The Job

My Education: BS in Health Care Administration Stonehill College MBA with concentration in Health Care Administration Boston University

My Prior Experience: I worked in the admissions office at Mass General Hospital my first year out of college. I then went to work in the corporate admissions/marketing dept. of a chain of brain injury rehab centers and then became a licensed nursing home administrator.

My Job Profile

My Company: I work for a skilled nursing facility which provides short term, subacute rehabilitative care and long term nursing home care.

Job/Career Overview: I am responsible for the overall management and operations of a 135 bed health care facility.

I ensure the facility is in compliance with both state and federal regulations, ensure that the facility is adequately staffed and that the staff have the appropriate supplies and tools to do their job.

I represent the facility to the external community by attending chamber of commerce, Rotary, and other organization meetings in the community. There are many regulatory reports that I am responsible for compiling on a regular basis.

I am the chairman of many committees and am responsible for continuous quality improvement programming.

I interview and hire the members of the management team and help them problem solve. I meet with family members and patients when they have concerns about the care they or their loved one is receiving.

I meet with and tour prospective family members and educate them on the services the facility provides. I conduct presentations to community organizations about the services the facility provides. I am responsible for establishing budgets for all departments and monitoring the financial performance of the facility and individual departments. I establish operational goals and perform a lot of job coaching and counseling.