Nursing Home Administrator

June 22, 2023

Do you love what you do, but not where you’re doing it?

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance in your career with a growing organization?
Do you thrive in an environment where meaningful work happens every day?
Interested? Keep reading!

Parkshore, a Transforming Age community, is an exquisite and unique lakefront retirement community located in Seattle’s historic Madison Park neighborhood. Our team is excited to announce we are looking for a talented and experienced full-time Health Services Administrator to join our team!

The Health Services Administrator leads the Nursing Home and Assisted Living in directing day-to-day functions of a 28-bed facility in Skilled Nursing and 28 Apartments in Assisted Living. In this role, you’ll oversee and implement the community’s Quality Assurance, Staff Development and HIPAA Compliance Programs.

Why Parkshore?

Work/Life Balance: We have multiple shifts and flexible schedules
Competitive pay
Excellent benefits: We have the benefits you’re looking for as well as other unique perks for full-time, part-time and on-call team members
A culture of FUN and commitment to the care of our residents, our communities and each other
Your opinion matters: We share ideas, we listen and work together to make great things happen
Primary Purpose:
To lead the Nursing Home and Assisted Living in directing day-to-day functions of a 28-bed facility in
Skilled Nursing and 28 Apartments in Assisted Living in accordance with the current Federal, State,
County and Local standards that regulate long-term care. To oversee and implement the facility’s Quality
Assurance, Staff Development and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
compliance programs.

Principle Responsibilities:

The following duties are normal for this position. This list is not to be construed as exclusive or
all inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Plans, develops, organizes and directs the facility’s Quality Assurance Performance Improvement.
Plans, modifies and maintains the facility’s HIPAA Compliance Program as the HIPAA Compliance Officer.
Develops and maintains written policies and procedures that govern the operation of the facility.
Interprets the facility’s policies and procedures to employees, residents, family members, visitors and government agencies.
Assures that all employees, visitors and the general public follow established policies and take action to correct violations.
Attends committee and board meetings when required.
Represents the facility at, and participates in, management level meetings with the County and outside organizations.
Maintains a good public relations program that serves the best interest of the facility and community alike.
Participates in the facility’s personnel process when necessary. This may include but is not limited to hiring, terminating employment, disciplinary hearings and grievance hearings.
Maintains an excellent relationship with the medical staff and other Professional and Supervisor staff.
Assists Department Directors in the planning, conducting, scheduling of in-service training classes, on-the-job training and orientation programs to assure the current policies and procedures are reviewed and updated as necessary.
Meets with Department Directors on a regularly scheduled basis, and conducts/participates in in-service classes and supervisory level training programs.
Assists in establishing a clinical training program for Nurse Aides to meet all required in-service annual training requirements.
Attends workshops, seminars and educational sessions to keep updated on changes n the long-termclimate and meet bi-annual CEU (Continuing Education Units) requirements for Washington Nursing
Home Administrator license.
Reviews accidents and incidents and makes recommendations for an effective safety program for the residents.
Performs the necessary duties of the facility’s abuse coordinator. This includes, but is not limited to, carrying out the facility’s abuse and prevention protocol by initiating and coordinating abuse and neglect investigations.
Reviews resident complaints and grievances and makes written reports of action taken.
Assists the Admissions Coordinator and Director of Nursing in pre-screening potential new residents.
Develops, maintains, inputs and transmits monthly data to the Centers for Medicare & MedicaidServices in accordance with Electronic Staffing Data Submission Payroll-based Journal requirements.
Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position is delegated the authority, responsibility and accountability necessary to carry out the
assigned duties of the Health Services Administrator. In the absence of the Executive Director, this
incumbent is responsible for the overall operations of the facility.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.

Educational Requirements and Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college/university in health care/business administration or
related field.
Washington State Nursing Home Administrators License, active and in good standing.
Previous successful experience in administering skilled nursing facilities. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Language Ability:

Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills utilizing the English language.
Computer Skills:

Must demonstrate proficiency in computer operation and access to computer tools.
General computer software knowledge, preferably Microsoft Office Suite.
Competencies:

Must demonstrate ability to work independently and display strong team-working skills.
Must demonstrate an interest in working with a senior population.
Must be a person of deep moral integrity with demonstrated maturity and leadership skills.
Must show familiarity with all areas of department operations within a senior housing community.
Must be a self-starter, attentive to detail; must possess excellent organizational and proofreading skills.
Must demonstrate positive client-service attitude.
Must possess good telephone communication skills.
Must have the ability to be flexible, work on multiple tasks and able to work with interruptions.
Must be able to communicate effectively utilizing written/verbal communication skills.
Must be able to speak in public to groups. Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The incumbent will be working in an office area and throughout all locations of the Nursing Home. Participation in continuing education as well as informational meetings involving the County and long-term care will require some travel outside the facility.
This position requires intermittent periods of standing; sitting; walking; and is subject to frequent interruptions. The work schedule is primarily during normal business hours with occasional evening and weekend commitments. The Health Services Administrator will be on-call in accordance is Washington state law, which is 24 hours per day.

Physical Requirements (for essential functions):

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the team member is often required to perform the following
activities:

Stooping. Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
Climbing. Ascending or descending stairs.
Lifting. Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occasionally the team member must lift and/or move up to 30 pounds.
Balancing. Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling.
Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
Pushing. Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
Pulling. Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion. Reaching. Extending hands and arms in any direction.
Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
Fingering. Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand.
Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Feeling. Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Seeing. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Far Acuity: ability to see clearly at 20 feet or more. Near Acuity: ability to see clearly at 20 inches or less.
Depth Perception: ability to judge distance and space relationships.
Field of Vision: ability to see peripherally. Accommodation: ability to adjust vision to bring objects into focus.
Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands,and/or fingers.
While performing the duties of this job, the team member is rarely required to perform the following
activities:

Kneeling. Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
Crouching. Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Crawling. Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the team
member(s) incumbent in this position. Team Members(s) will be required to follow other job-related
instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give
instructions or assignments. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent(s) will possess the skills,
aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals
who pose a direct threat or risk to the health and safety of themselves or others. The requirements in the
document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities. This document does not create an
employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.