Also called: Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, Skilled Nursing Facility Administrator
Runs a nursing home — staff, care quality, finances, and state inspections.
Walks the halls in the morning checking on residents, meets with the director of nursing about staffing, reviews a budget report, and calms a worried family. State surveyors can show up unannounced any day.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's in health administration plus an administrator-in-training program and state license.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Health Administration, Gerontology, Business.
Growing much faster than average (about 23% over 10 years). Medical and health services managers overall.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps with staffing schedules, billing and compliance reports; leading care quality and facing inspectors stay human.
Classes: Business, Health science CTE, Accounting.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9111.
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