Skilled Nursing.
Skilled Nursing Facilities and post-acute centers. Sourcing the licensed Administrators and Directors of Nursing who protect your license and protect your margin.
Skilled nursing is the most heavily regulated operating setting in healthcare.
Skilled nursing is defined by federal mandates. With CMS staffing ratio requirements, MDS accuracy determining PDPM reimbursements, and state surveys that can issue immediate-jeopardy citations, running a SNF is a high-risk operating challenge. The licensed Nursing Home Administrator and the Director of Nursing must work in perfect lockstep to maintain compliance, clinical quality, and P&L performance. The market for these leaders is highly competitive, and the best candidates are rarely looking for work.
Our headhunters locate passive SNF leaders. We map regional facilities, audit state survey records, and run backchannel references on clinical quality before presenting a shortlist. By executing searches under an engaged structure, we dedicate the time required to vet candidates on reimbursement mechanics and state-level compliance records.
We serve national long-term care chains, regional post-acute groups, non-profit nursing facilities, and private-equity sponsors managing SNF portfolio companies.
Where the search lives.
Senior leadership and niche-headhunter roles. The recruiter assigned to your search has spent a decade in this segment.
- SNF CEOs and Presidents
- Regional VPs of Operations
- Licensed Nursing Home Administrators (NHA)
- Assistant Administrators
- Directors of Nursing (DON)
- Assistant Directors of Nursing (ADON)
- VP of Clinical Operations
- Clinical Quality Directors
- MDS Coordinators / Directors
- Restorative Nurse Leads
- Director of Admissions
- Social Services Directors
- Regional NHAs
- Regional Nurse Consultants
- Rehab Program Managers
- Business Office Managers (SNF)
Skilled Nursing,
specifically.
The questions hiring operators send in the first call.
Three paths from here.
You are replacing an Administrator or Director of Nursing at a facility.
We launch a targeted engaged search to map the local market and present a qualified, licensed shortlist within 30 days. Book the scoping call →
You have a critical vacancy in an under-performing or survey-vulnerable site.
We run the search under strict confidentiality, identifying leaders with turnaround experience and clean regulatory histories. Request a confidential search scoping →
You are calculating the cost of an open facility leadership seat.
An empty NHA or DON seat increases reliance on contract nursing agencies and delays admissions. Use our calculator to see the impact. Calculate vacancy costs →
Tell us the facility, the bed count, the seat.
We come back inside one business day with a scoping call, a fee quote, and a market read on candidate availability.