A. Content of the
Program:
1. The Multi-Level Long Term Care
Facility Administrator shall have skills and expertise in the following domains
of practice:
Resident Care Management, Personnel Management, Financial
Management, Environmental Management, Organizational Management, Laws,
Regulations, Codes and Governing Boards.
2. Every program submitted to the Board shall
address a program of training in all of these domains of practice.
3. The AIT shall select as the primary
training site for his/her AIT program a Nursing Home, ICF/MR (intermediate care
facility for people with mental retardation), or a Residential Care Facility.
The two types of facilities not selected as the primary training site shall be
designated as alternative training sites for that AIT program.
4. Every AIT program shall include at least a
clinical rotation beyond the primary training site for a period of not fewer
than forty (40) hours in each of the alternative training sites.
5. The prior experience and training of the
trainee may be considered in the development and duration and/or depth of
training in certain domains. If the AIT is currently, or has been within the
previous two (2) years, employed in a professional capacity in a long term care
facility, a maximum of forty (40) hours of AIT work shall be devoted to that
field. (If, for example, the trainee has worked as a Director of Nursing
Services, it is reasonable to devote less time to this domain in order to
devote more time to an area where the trainee is inexperienced.)
B. Length of the Program
The program length shall be 1,040 hours devoted solely to the
training of the AIT. The AIT program may be conducted as full-time forty (40)
hours during normal working hours for a period of six (6) months or with prior
approval of the Board, part-time twenty (20) hours during usual working hours
for a period of twelve (12) months.
Normal working hours shall be 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The AIT
shall be able to demonstrate that AIT training hours are exclusive of any
worked time.
C. Progress
Reports
The AIT shall submit a monthly progress report, which shall
provide the Board with a summary of the previous month's activities, including
dates and times of the activities. The Preceptor shall review and sign this
report, which shall be submitted to the Board by the 10th of the following
month.
D. Dual Roles
No person may simultaneously be an AIT and a temporary
license holder.
E.
Supervision
The AIT program shall be supervised by a Preceptor as defined
in Chapter 1, Section H.
F.
Qualifications of the Preceptor
A Preceptor shall:
1. Currently hold a license in good standing,
from the Board to practice as a Nursing Home Administrator, and shall have held
such a license in good standing for at least three (3) years immediately
preceding the commencement of the AIT program, and throughout its
duration.
2. Have had a total of at
least five (5) years of full-time employment as a Nursing Home Administrator in
Maine and/or some other state, all pursuant to the appropriate licensure in
good standing.
3. Have completed a
Board-approved Preceptor training program within the three (3) years preceding
the commencement of the AIT program.
G. Preceptor Responsibilities for
Administrator-in-Training Programs
The Preceptor shall be responsible for the following:
1. The development, in conjunction with the
AIT, of a personalized training program;
2. The selection of the training
site;
3. The development of
specific assignments within the scope of the training program;
4. The review, with the AIT, of the previous
week's experiences;
5. The
development of specific question and answer sessions during the Preceptor's
on-site weekly visits;
6. The
development of a plan for the coming week's training;
7. The review of the AIT's monthly report to
ensure accuracy and completeness;
8. To ensure that the reports are submitted
to the Board in a timely fashion;
9. To ensure that all preparation materials
(training manuals, rules, etc.) are available and that they represent the most
current information available; and
10. Notification to the Board of any program
changes.
