Location Director

Position Overview

The Location Director reports to the Governing Body, Area Vice President AVP, and/or Area Director (AD) and exercises management principles to ensure profitability, control assets and communicate the company's philosophy and objective to the community. Responsible for day to day functioning of the branch location. Provide direction and supervision to ensure adherence to policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. Initiate and monitor IOP Plan to assure quality of services provided.

Essential Job Functions

• Initiate appropriate actions on reports and recommendations provided by authorized inspection agencies

• Program operational planning

• Staff development including orientation, in-service education and continuing education.

• Develop marketing/budget plan prior to each fiscal year

• Take appropriate action to assure the location/agency complies with applicable laws and regulations

• Ensures the accuracy of public information, material and activities

• Monitor marketing plan and budget; includes results in quarterly report

• Forecast sales goals as part of the budget process annually and monitor results monthly

• Establish goals and monitor results of marketing based upon approved marketing plan

• Establish A/R goals during budget process, in conjunction with Divisional Vice President

• Maintain ongoing liaison with staff, regional management, corporate staff, and governing body as required

• Conduct meetings with other line managers/supervisors

• Meet with supervisors at routine intervals; participate in regional meetings as requested

• Oversee acceptable turnaround on POT's and CMN's

• Work or monitor the A/R aging report to attain A/R goals

• Manage materials procurement and distribution as appropriate. Ensure company standard of inventory level is met or exceeded

• Conduct physical inventory as required

• Monitor and control the company assets at the branch location and the assets in the patient's home

• Be knowledgeable regarding Medicare, Medicaid and insurance regulations

• Oversee product recalls and ensure appropriate follow-up with Materials management/Purchasing

• Interview and hire competent staff as needed and approved by supervisor with emphasis on recruiting the best qualified candidates

• Company policy implementation

• Conduct in-services at routine intervals on clinical issues, products, service techniques, reimbursement procedures or other relevant topics based upon employee and organization needs

• Assure evaluation of each employee annually and establish goals for the upcoming year

• Monitor employee progress toward these goals, regularly

• Monitor branch operational expenses to comply with established percentage to revenue

• Assure appropriate staff supervision during all service hours

• Participates in location administrative and clinical call as needed

• Implement and direct IOP Plan to comply with company and accrediting body standards

• Supervise and evaluate client satisfaction survey report on client served

• Ability to organize, plan and delegate properly in accordance with the size and services of location

Requirements

• Professional health related credential or license within the state of practice

• CPR Certified

• Health Requirements as per Company policies and state law and regulation

• Criminal Background check completed and results within parameters as per Aveanna policy

• Valid Driver's License and Acceptable MVR

Preferred

• Two years of related health care experience, home health management experience preferred

• Pediatric experience preferred

• Home health industry preferred

• Bachelor's degree in health related field

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to speak, write, read and understand English

• Must be able to travel; company does not provide vehicles or transportation

• Frequent lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of 25 pounds

• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of 50 pounds

• Prolonged walking, standing, bending, kneeling, reaching, twisting

• Must be able to sit and climb stairs

• Must have visual and hearing acuity

• Must have strong sense of smell and touch

• Must be able to sufficiently reposition patients and move equipment without assistance

• Must be able to appropriately respond physically and mentally to emergency situations in the home or during transport

• Occasional rapid movement and physical agility in response to the spontaneity of children and those patients with neurological impairment

Environment

• Must be able to function in a wide variety of environments which may involve exposure to allergens and other various conditions

Other Duties

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.