Assistant Executive Director

At Danbury, you don’t just clock in at a job. You walk in the door to a work family who wants to make the day count. We truly believe our employees and residents are a family that comes together to enjoy the good things in life, including one another. When our employees feel special, so do our residents. That’s the Danbury Difference.

Job Summary: 

The primary purpose of your position is to assist the Executive Director in overseeing the 
operation of the community by directing policies, procedures, and programs in accordance with organization 
standards as well as federal, state, and local guidelines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: (Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.)• Represent the community in dealings with outside agencies, including governmental agencies and 
third-party payers.
• Make written and oral reports/recommendations to management concerning the operation of the 
community.
• Assist in developing plans of correction for cited deficiencies. Ensure such plans incorporate 
timetables and methods of monitoring to ensure that such deficiencies do not recur as directed by 
the Executive Director.
• Assist in providing survey team members with additional information during the survey that may aid in
preventing deficiency citations as directed by the Executive Director.
• Ensure that all staff who have access to protected health information receive appropriate and timely 
training of the community’s policies and procedures governing the management and control of such 
information.
• Assist the Executive Director in ensuring that all community staff, residents, visitors, etc., follow 
established safety regulations.
• Assist in the recruitment and training of competent department directors, team leaders, supervisors, 
community non-licensed staff, consultants, etc.
• Consult with department directors concerning the operation of their departments to assist in 
eliminating/correcting problem areas, and/or improvement of services.
• Ensure that the residents’ rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, 
privacy, property, and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints, are well established, and 
maintained at all times.
• Immediately act on reports of allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident 
property by following protocol and reporting as appropriate.
• Review resident complaints and grievances with the Executive Director and discuss such actions with 
resident and family as directed.
• Assist residents in establishing and implementing a Resident/Group Council/Support Group.
• Maintain a relationship with residents, their families, support staff, etc. to assure that the residents’ 
needs are continually met.
• Ensure that policies governing the timely notice for resident discharges and/or room or roommate 
changes are strictly followed by all staff.
• Report suspected or known incidents of fraud relative to false billings, filing of false cost reports, 
receipt/