Health Service Administrator
Roadrunner Health Services
- Las Vegas, NM
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Bachelor's degree in Hospital Administration, Health Care Administration, Health and Human Services, Business Administration, Public Administration, Nursing or related field
- Experience as healthcare, nursing home or mental health administrator, nurse manager, or in multi-specialty healthcare clinic
- Experience in correctional environment preferred
- Must have ability to effectively communicate in writing and orally with staff and institutional administration
- Must maintain current tuberculosis screening documentation and active CPR certification
- Directs, supervises, and evaluates work activities of multidisciplinary team including medical, dental, mental health, nursing, technical, clerical, and support services as relevant
- Serves as liaison to facility security administration in collaboration with the Regional Administrator, Vice President of Operations, and/or Program Manager
- Ensures that clinical practices are consistent with NCCHC/ACA medical and mental health standards
- Maintains communication and responds to inquiries and concerns between on-site staff and regional/statewide staff
- Provides written and verbal communication to staff regarding facility clinical operations through regular staff meetings. Coordinates completion of meeting minutes, review, and distribution to clinical staff
- Provides technical and administrative oversight to on-site staff, addressing and resolving problems or conflicts
- Participates in recruitment and retention of staff by conducting interviews, recommending hires, and ensuring training of staff
- Ensures completion of staff performance reviews based on defined responsibilities and staff roles
- Conducts and administers fiscal operations, including managing within defined budget, authorizing expenditures, and analyzing projected to actual financial performance of designated program
- Assists in formulation and/or communication and implementation of contract and site-specific policies and procedures
- Updates regional management on designated program's progress and issues related to contract performance, compliance, and fiscal management
- Manages changes in healthcare delivery systems or changes in contractual requirements impacting clinical program to include work restructuring, technological advancements and/or innovations, and shifts in the focus of care
- Coordinates and delegates responsibility for patient clinical program based on contractual requirements and patient movement throughout and outside of designated facility or Department of Corrections
- Serves as member of site Continuous Quality Improvement (CQl) Committee. Ensures that recommendations from CQl and performance audits are implemented and the results of the corrective actions are monitored
- Coordinates and participates in the grievance and informal complaint process ensuring complaints received through the process are reviewed and responded to in compliance with policy
- Ensures compliance with all facility and Company policies, Federal and State laws, regulations, and guidelines including HIPAA
- Ensures that on-site staff coordinate care closely with security staff while maintaining a positive, collaborative relationship
- Maintains an ethical commitment to ensure confidentiality within the limits of a correctional environment
- Ensures that care is delivered in a nonjudgmental/nondiscriminatory manner to protect the autonomy, dignity, and rights of the patient
- Understands and complies with safety and security rules and regulations of the institution
- Other duties as assigned