Robert Taylor
Summary
Healthcare executive with extensive leadership experience in skilled nursing and long-term care operations. Achievements include improving financial performance and occupancy rates, enhancing regulatory compliance, and developing high-performing teams that drive operational excellence and elevate resident outcomes.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Executive Director / Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
Benedictine Living Community
New Brighton
07.2025 - Current
- Serve as Executive Director for a 105-bed skilled nursing community with responsibility for all operational, financial, clinical, regulatory, and strategic functions.
- Improved average daily census through strategic admissions and hospital partnerships.
- Led operational turnaround focused on financial performance and organizational stability.
- Directed multidisciplinary leadership team across nursing, therapy, dining, environmental services, finance, admissions, social services, and human resources.
- Improved operational accountability through leadership development and standardized performance expectations.
- Oversaw annual operating budget and financial performance.
- Led quality improvement initiatives focused on survey readiness, resident outcomes, and employee engagement.
- Successfully managed state survey activity and Plans of Correction.
- Developed strategic partnerships to increase referral opportunities.
Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
Saint Therese of New Hope / Woodlake of New Hope
New Hope
01.2023 - 06.2025
- Provided executive leadership for a 180+ bed post-acute and long-term care campus.
- Directed daily operations for one of Minnesota's largest skilled nursing campuses.
- Managed multimillion-dollar operating budget.
- Led interdisciplinary leadership team to improve quality outcomes and resident satisfaction.
- Oversaw regulatory compliance while maintaining CMS and state standards.
- Implemented operational improvements that enhanced efficiency and service delivery.
- Partnered with physicians, hospitals, and community organizations to strengthen referral relationships.
Operations Consultant / Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
AHI Consulting
Bloomington
01.2023 - 06.2025
- Led operational assessments and turnaround initiatives.
- Assisted organizations in achieving CMS Five-Star Quality ratings.
- Improved operational efficiency through workflow redesign.
- Conducted regulatory audits and compliance reviews.
- Developed infection prevention and quality improvement initiatives.
Project Manager / Facilities Management Coordinator
Covenant Living of Golden Valley
Golden Valley
01.2019 - 12.2023
- Coordinated project timelines and resources for senior living community initiatives, ensuring timely delivery and stakeholder satisfaction.
- Developed and maintained project plans, timelines, and budgets to align with organizational goals and optimize resource allocation.
- Led capital improvement projects to enhance facility functionality and aesthetics.
- Improved operational efficiency through process improvement initiatives.
- Developed capital budgets and managed vendor relationships.
- Coordinated regulatory compliance for Life Safety.
Education
Doctor of Healthcare Administration - Healthcare Administration
Central Michigan University
Michigan08-2030
Master of Health Administration - Health Administration
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ11-2025
Master of Business Administration - Business Analytics
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ11-2025
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Psychology, Applied Biology
Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MNSkills
- Healthcare Operations
- Regulatory Compliance (CMS, State)
- Accreditation Standards
- Quality Improvement
- P&L Management
- Financial Management
- Budget Development
- Strategic Planning
- Operational Excellence
- Census Growth
- Executive Leadership
- Change Management
- Physician & Hospital Relations
- Team Development
- Resident Experience
Affiliations
- American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
- Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) Candidate
- Leading Age Minnesota
Certification
- Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (Minnesota)
- Licensed Assisted Living Director (Minnesota)
- Licensed Nursing Home Administrator (Iowa)
- Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP)
Selected Executive Accomplishments
- Executive leadership of skilled nursing and assisted living operations.
- Extensive experience with CMS regulations and state survey processes.
- Proven success leading organizational change and operational improvement.
- Financial management including budgeting, forecasting, labor management, and performance improvement.
- Development of interdisciplinary leadership teams.
- Experience leading quality initiatives, risk management, and strategic planning.
Timeline
Executive Director / Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
Benedictine Living Community
07.2025 - Current
Operations Consultant / Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
AHI Consulting
01.2023 - 06.2025
Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
Saint Therese of New Hope / Woodlake of New Hope
01.2023 - 06.2025
Project Manager / Facilities Management Coordinator
Covenant Living of Golden Valley
01.2019 - 12.2023
Doctor of Healthcare Administration - Healthcare Administration
Central Michigan University
Master of Health Administration - Health Administration
University of Phoenix
Master of Business Administration - Business Analytics
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science - Organizational Psychology, Applied Biology
Metropolitan State University