For skilled nursing, rehab & long-term care
Hire the right leader or administrator the first time.
A wrong leadership or administration hire costs months of turnover, survey risk and agency spend. Whether it is your DON, administrator, social services director or medical director, our ready-to-use hiring kits give your team a clear, structured process from job post to day 90.
The problem
Your leadership seats are the hardest ones to get wrong.
Turnover
When a key leader leaves early, nurse and CNA turnover usually follows. You restart the search with a team that is already stretched.
Survey readiness
An unsettled leadership team shows up in documentation, care plans and survey results. Your leadership team sets the tone for compliance.
Leadership gaps
Interim coverage and agency spend fill the hole, but not the leadership. Department heads, charge nurses and unit managers need a steady hand.
What's inside the kit
Every document you need to run the search, in Word and PDF.
Editable DON and Administrator job descriptions
Written for SNF and rehab settings, ready for your facility name and pay range.
Structured interview questions
12 questions with a scoring guide so every candidate is measured the same way.
Candidate scorecard
One page to compare finalists on clinical leadership, compliance and culture.
Reference-check script
Questions that get past “she was great” to how they actually led a building.
Offer-call checklist
Cover pay, start date, expectations and counteroffers before you hang up.
Onboarding & retention (Complete)
30/60/90-day plan and a 90-day check-in guide to keep your new leader.
Who it's for
Built for the people who own the leadership search.
Administrators & executive directors
Running a leadership search on top of running the building.
Regional directors of operations
Hiring administrators and supporting several facilities that need consistent hiring.
HR leaders
Who want a defensible, repeatable process for clinical leadership roles.
Multi-facility owner/operators
Standardizing leadership hiring across a portfolio.
Serving skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation centers and nursing homes across the Midwest.
Who's behind it
“A career recruiter who built hiring teams at big tech, now a critical care nurse.”
David Ricke
- Recruiting since 2003: in-house at Sierra Health Services and Oriental Trading Company, then founded Ricke Executive Search, built UX Recruiters (acquired) and consulted through Ricke and Associates
- Led talent teams at Atlassian, AWS, Facebook and Amazon
- Bar Raiser — 10,000+ interviews from every side of the table
- Critical Care Registered Nurse — ICU and critical access emergency department
Pricing
One-time price. Yours to keep.
SNF Essentials Kit
The core documents to run a structured, consistent DON or Administrator hire.
$249one-time
- Editable job descriptions: Director of Nursing and Administrator/Executive Director
- 12 structured interview questions per role, with scoring guide
- Candidate scorecard
- Reference-check script
- Offer-call checklist
SNF Complete Kit
Everything in Essentials, plus panel, scenario and onboarding tools.
$499one-time
- Everything in the Essentials Kit
- Panel interview guide
- Clinical and operational leadership scenario questions
- 30/60/90-day onboarding plan
- 90-day retention check-in guide
Multi-Facility License
The Complete Kit licensed across your portfolio, with a live kickoff.
$1,999one-time
- Complete Kit licensed for up to 10 facilities
- 60-minute virtual kickoff with David
- Shared use across your administrator team
Your next leadership search starts with a better process.
Download a kit today, or bring David on-site to run the search alongside your team.