Nursing Home Administrator

Director of Nursing / Nursing Home Administrator — Dual Leadership Opportunity

Location: Luna County or Grant County, New Mexico
Position Type: Full-Time Leadership Opportunity
Opportunity Structure: DON / Administrator Dual Role or Leadership Package Arrangement

We are seeking experienced, mission-driven long-term care leaders for a unique Director of Nursing / Nursing Home Administrator dual leadership opportunity in Luna County or Grant County, New Mexico.

This opportunity is designed for either:

• qualified individual who is licensed and experienced to serve in a combined Director of Nursing and Nursing Home Administrator capacity, where permitted by applicable law and facility needs;
• proven leadership team or “package” consisting of a qualified Director of Nursing and a qualified Nursing Home Administrator who are interested in joining together to provide strong, aligned clinical and operational leadership.

This is an excellent opportunity for leaders who understand that successful skilled nursing operations require both clinical excellence and disciplined administrative execution. We are looking for individuals who can build trust, stabilize teams, strengthen systems, improve outcomes, and create a resident-centered culture of accountability, compassion, and performance.

The ideal candidate or leadership team will bring deep experience in skilled nursing, survey readiness, staff development, quality improvement, census support, financial stewardship, and resident and family engagement.

Depending on licensure, role structure, and facility needs, responsibilities may include:

Provide overall operational leadership for the facility, ensuring strong performance across resident care, staffing, compliance, financial management, census development, customer service, and employee engagement.

Maintain a strong culture of regulatory compliance, survey readiness, accountability, and ethical leadership.

Oversee or support budgeting, expense control, revenue performance, resource allocation, vendor relationships, and operational planning.

Serve as a key liaison with residents, families, employees, providers, referral partners, regulators, ownership, and the local community.

Lead department heads and support effective communication across nursing, admissions, business office, dietary, housekeeping, maintenance, activities, social services, therapy, and other facility departments.

Provide clinical leadership for the nursing department, ensuring the delivery of safe, compassionate, resident-centered care.

Oversee nursing operations, clinical systems, resident care planning, medication management practices, infection prevention, documentation standards, quality measures, risk management, and staff competency.

Support strong clinical outcomes through consistent coaching, accountability, education, follow-up, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Partner with the medical director, physicians, nurse practitioners, therapy, pharmacy, and other clinical partners to ensure residents’ needs are appropriately assessed and addressed.

Promote a culture where quality care, resident dignity, staff professionalism, and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable priorities.

Recruit, retain, mentor, and develop a strong multidisciplinary team.

Build a workplace culture rooted in professionalism, respect, consistency, transparency, and shared responsibility.

Establish clear expectations for performance, communication, resident care, documentation, customer service, and regulatory compliance.

Support staff engagement, leadership development, and a positive work environment where employees feel valued and empowered to succeed.

Develop trusted relationships with residents and families through responsive communication, compassion, and timely concern resolution.

Represent the facility professionally in the community and help strengthen relationships with hospitals, referral sources, providers, civic partners, and other stakeholders.

Promote the facility as a trusted provider of quality long-term care and skilled nursing services.

• Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in New Mexico, or eligibility for New Mexico licensure.
• Prior nursing leadership experience in a skilled nursing, long-term care, rehabilitation, or comparable healthcare setting strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of nursing operations, care planning, documentation, infection prevention, survey readiness, quality measures, staff development, and regulatory compliance.
• Ability to lead nursing teams with clarity, compassion, accountability, and professionalism.

• Current Nursing Home Administrator license in New Mexico, or ability to obtain required licensure prior to assuming administrator duties.
• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business…