Health Services Administrator; HSA

Job
Agency:
Department of Corrections, Clinical Services, SDWP

Location:

Pierre
Salary: $95,000 to $110,000 depending on experience
Pay Grade: NMII
Closing Date: open until filled

*** $10,000 Hiring Incentive! **
* *** Current or Former State Employees do NOT qualify for the Hiring Incentive ***

*** Full state benefits and SDRS retirement ***

This is a Full-Time 40 Hour Weekly position with the Department of Corrections. For more information on the Department of Corrections, please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). The South Dakota Department of Corrections is hiring! Join the DOC - view DOC Recruitment video here:

This position provides operational and supervisory oversight of multidisciplinary clinical services staff within the Department of Corrections. It is an Administrative Supervisor with direct field influence and accountability on all aspects of medical, dental, and behavioral health.

• Creativity – We are always looking for innovative ideas to help us achieve improved outcomes.
• Making a difference – You will have an opportunity to make a difference in the life of fellow South Dakotans.
• Professional development – We provide valuable trainings to ensure well‑trained staff that are competent, accountable, and empowered and will assist you in reaching your career goals.
• Teamwork – In a team-oriented approach, you will have the ability to work cooperatively with others in a friendly work environment to achieve shared goals.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Ensures operational and administrative compliance with laws, rules, regulations, standards, state licensing/credentialing, etc. affecting the provision of nursing, medical, dental, and mental health services to offenders.
• Preserve offenders' right to legally mandated healthcare by ensuring appropriate and cost-effective utilization of medical resources and personnel.
• Establishes systems for the coordination of care among multi-disciplinary health care providers.
• Protects the general public and ensures the safety of staff and offender rights to healthcare services.
• Provides nursing care to offenders such as medication administration, emergency assessments, etc. during times of emergency.
• Supervises, coaches, and mentors all disciplines of staff by developing performance plans, conducting performance reviews, and completing performance evaluations per SD DOC regulations, and resolves complaints/grievances at the administrative level.
• Ensures staff compliance with the offender grievance process, offender co-pay, electronic data entry, and information systems requirements.
• Ensures that the Chief Medical Officer and Chief of Clinical Operations, are notified of all medical sentinel events, reportable incidents, deaths, and health outbreaks.
• Maintains continuing quality improvement (CQI) plans and processes with accurate and timely reporting.
• Fosters an environment of cohesiveness while managing a multidisciplinary operation.
• Incorporates strong team building strategies to promote partnerships and collaboration with institutional staff.
• Meets routinely with supervisors to ensure understanding of each disciplines operations.
• Attends senior management team meetings at the institution and contributes to operations management of the facility with a clinical component.

• Applicant must possess a current, valid license as a Registered Nurse from the South Dakota Board of Nursing or any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Applicant must have five (5) years of professional experience providing direct patient care.
• Applicant must have two (2) years of nursing supervisory experience. Supervision is exercising span and control over subordinate staff to include coaching, mentoring, daily monitoring, performance management (planning, reviewing, and evaluating), resolving complaints/grievances, responsibility for scheduling and leave approval, and providing input that could affect pay, status, or tenure.

• Ability to supervise and provide staff leadership to include staff development, mentoring, coaching and performance evaluation;
• Excellent verbal and written…