Vice President - Long Term Care And Senior Living

Location:

Avera at Home Sioux Falls

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Avera's long-term care operations (including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, and independent living), including strategic planning, quality assurance, financial management, clinical operations, and regulatory compliance, ensuring high-quality care delivery to residents while aligning with Avera's overall healthcare strategy. Collaborates under shared accountability model to ensure LTC operations meets the needs of the regional continuum of care. Must be willing to travel to other Avera Long-Term care facilities.

What you will do

• Provide leadership to Avera long term care facilities, including assisted living and independent living, in accordance with the mission and philosophy of Avera.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive long-term care strategy to achieve best practice performance aligned with Avera's vision and goals.
• Collaborate with each local leadership team (regional facility or non-regional facility) under shared accountability model to ensure LTC operations meet the needs of the regional continuum of care.
• Ensure high-quality patient care delivery across all long-term care facilities, adhering to clinical standards and best practices.
• Monitor and evaluate clinical outcomes, identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary changes.
• Collaborate with medical directors and clinical leadership teams to optimize care delivery.
• Develop and manage the long-term care budget, ensuring operational efficiency and profitability.
• Monitor financial performance against budget and identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Ensure all long-term care facilities comply with relevant state and federal regulations, including CMS guidelines.
• Foster a positive work environment and promote staff engagement and retention across long-term care facilities.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, developing, training, and retaining employees; planning, assigning, and leading work; appraising performance; rewarding and coaching employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Bachelor's in Business, Nursing or related field
• Prior long-term care administrator experience.

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Master's
• Multi-facility leadership experience for long-term care, assisted living and/or independent living.

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera's mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera's values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera's standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.

• Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan

• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement

• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to talent@avera.org.