Job Title: Regional Hospital Administrator- Central State Hospital- Milledgeville
Agency:Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities
Job Requisition ID:Shift:Not Applicable (United States of America)
Compensation Details:BASED ON EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Job Description: Regional Hospital Administrator/Chief Executive Officer Central State Hospital Position Overview The State of Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) is currently seeking a Regional Hospital Administrator (RHA) / Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Central State Hospital (CSH). Located in beautiful, historic Milledgeville. CSH opened in 1842 as Georgia's first public psychiatric hospital. CSH is now the state's preeminent maximum security forensic hospital. Operated by DBHDD, the 182-bed capacity facility serves individuals referred by various segments of the criminal justice system for evaluation, treatment and competency restoration. In addition, CSH operates seven (7) staff-supervised community residential homes serving individuals with behavioral health disorders.
Under administrative direction of DBHDD's Director, Division of Hospital Services the RHA, is responsible for direction of CSH and its community residential homes. This encompasses 24-7 responsibility for inpatient and residential treatment/services, management and administration of 750 direct care, programmatic, operational and support staff, operation/maintenance of the associated facilities and equipment, and budget development and administration.
Duties and Responsibilities - the RHA will lead an Interdisciplinary Team to: - Plan, organize, direct and be accountable for the delivery of healthcare and forensic services within the hospital and associated residential homes. Monitor programs/activities, service delivery and outcomes, and identify opportunities to improve the provision of services. Coordinate with DBHDD Leadership to ensure service delivery and outcomes are effective, efficient and quality in nature, and compliant with departmental, state and federal regulatory agencies and certification bodies.
- Implement and sustain CSH's strategic and operational plan, and develop/modify policies and protocols to enhance/sustain quality service delivery and performance. Establish/monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) for hospital services and assess system performance, identify gaps/issues and propose/drive solutions.
- Establish and ensure that appropriate objectives and priorities are set for CSH; communicate objectives and priorities to leadership; monitor results and adjust as organizational needs/circumstances dictate.
- Oversee a diverse range of direct care, programmatic, operational and support functions, activities and staff.
- Develop and administer departmental policies supportive of CSH objectives, and ensure compliance with applicable departmental, state, federal and regulatory/compliance bodies (TJC, etc.). Maintain and ensure that facilities are attentive to and compliant with departmental and relevant regulatory body requirements/certification.
- Ensure that CSH leadership develops and administers program budgets supportive of quality and contiguous services.
- Create/maintain a high-performance learning environment characterized by positive leadership and team work.
- Collect and analyze information from staff and entities across CSH. Prepare and distribute accountability reporting to include status of services, perceived program/system quality and overall service delivery impact.
- Build and maintain key internal and stakeholder relationships in support of hospital services.
- Other duties and projects as assigned.
Core Competences/Skill Sets - Knowledge of large health care program execution and delivery, including specific experience in the management/administration of 24-7 direct care facilities proving behavioral health and/or forensic services
- Demonstrated commitment to the concepts of recovery and competency restoration
- Ability to professionally challenge the ways things are done and implement improvement
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex organization/system-wide issues
- Fact finding and investigatory skills. Proven ability to anticipate issues, formulate remedial action and manage/oversee remediation through completion
- Demonstrated understanding of the civil rights of institutionalized persons
- Familiarity/expertise with National Healthcare accrediting bodies and related compliance, regulatory and certification matters
- Ability to build relationships, credibility and ultimately trust
- Ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders (individuals/families, legislators, inter and intra-agency staff, providers, advocacy groups, etc.)
- Excellent verbal and written communication/presentation skills
- Monitor, synthesize and report on progress/results
Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in a related field from an accredited college/university
- Six years of healthcare management/supervisory experience OR Two years of experience at the lower level or position equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications - An advanced degree in a related field (Psychology, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, etc.)
- At least five years of behavioral health hospital management experience, with at least three years at the CEO level or equivalent
- Significant experience leading, managing and coordinating forensic behavioral health services
- Demonstrated experience improving behavioral health services at a CEO level in a large complex behavioral health organization
- Familiarity of, and successful experience with, addressing regulatory and compliance issues involving TJC, CMS, etc.
- Demonstrated commitment to competency restoration and the concept of recovery
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