Bonita M. Powers

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Liberty Lake, Washington 99019

509-***-****

Experience:

Extensive knowledge in nursing services.

Extensive knowledge of Nursing Home/Residential Care rules &

regulations

Excellent budgeting, P & L, cost containment skills

Strong team building skills with multi-disciplinary team

Excellent personnel management

Excellent survey compliance

Labor relations with union contracts

Work Experience:

Pacifica Senior Living of Coeur d’Alene

Executive Director August 2013 to Present

Overall management of a 56 unit Memory Care Assisted Living. Oversee and ensure

resident care, survey compliance, quality assurance, ensure staffing, occupancy and costs

stay within company goals. Work with families & residents to problem solve and ensure

customer satisfaction. Implement company polices & procedures. Meet & exceed

company goals & standards. Recruit, hire, and train new staff. Work with Marketing to

build occupancy, promotional events, and build community relationships. Ensured

compliance with state and federal regulations for a Residential Care Facility for a varied

(dementia) resident population. Managed a facility budget including; developing

spending plans, evaluating expenditures, identifying inefficiencies, and making necessary

changes to meet budget constraints. Reviewed budgets with Departmental Managers

monthly.

Royal Vista Nursing and Rehab, Prestige Care Inc.

Interim Administrator February 2012 to January 2013

Overall management of a 67 bed Medicare/Medicaid Skilled Nursing Facility with

extensive rehabilitation focus. Oversee and ensure resident care, survey compliance,

quality assurance, ensure staffing, occupancy and costs stay within company goals. Work

in a fast paced environment. Work with families & residents to problem solve and ensure

customer satisfaction. Develop, improve, and implement, new systems, policies &

procedures, state & federal regulations. Meet & exceed company budgeted goals with a

5+ million dollar budget. Increased occupancy in Medicare & private pay areas.

Supervise a multi-disciplinary team. Recruited, interviewed, hired, and implemented

corrective action & terminations with regard to the union requirements.

Lakeland Village RHC, State of Washington

Developmental Disabilities Director

Intermediate Care Facility & Nursing Facility Program Area Team Director

December 2001 to February 2011

Director of a Program Area Team (PAT) as a Developmental Disabilities Director in two

Program Area’s at Lakeland Village a Residential Habilitation Center (RHC). Managed,

administered, supervised, directed and lead all assigned staff (approximately 150) in the

provision of habilitation services and health care for all clients (approximately 85)

residing within the Program Area. Extensive experience at budgeting, managed a 6.5

million dollar annual budget. Manage a budget including developing spending plans,

evaluating expenditures, identifying inefficiencies, and making necessary changes to

meet budget constraints. Report directly to the Superintendent. Serve on the

Superintendent’s Cabinet in addressing agency policies and procedures, overall budget,

labor relations within a collective bargaining unit and facility operations. Extensive

experience working in the Intermediate Care and Nursing Facility Areas. Ensured the use

of concepts, principles and methods in providing active treatment and habilitation

services to persons with developmental disabilities and mental illness. This included

residents with autism, cerebral palsy, hearing and vision deficits, central nervous

dysfunction, dual diagnosis and mental retardation. In addition, providing support

services to their guardians and family members.

Ensure compliance with federal regulations for Intermediate Care Facilities/Nursing

Home for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR), and state and local laws and procedures

related to providing services the developmentally disabled. Carry out personnel actions,

including hiring, training, promoting, evaluating, corrective actions, employee

motivation, and labor relations for a diverse staff, including functioning as a first and

second level supervisor. Conduct thorough investigations and carrying out plans of

correction. Established and maintained a good working relationship with

parents/guardians, other facilities and the public. Developed plans to meet futures goals

and lead the team towards the achievement of these goals. Represented management on

facility wide committees, and special projects. Presented information from management

to the Program Area Team. Excellent abilities in; communication, multi-tasking, and

computer skills.

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