CDOC (Health Professional VI) - Health Service Administrator - (STERLING).

State of Colorado; Sterling (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement benefits (PERA)

Health and dental plans

Disability coverage

Paid holidays and leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

State of Colorado in Sterling, CO seeks an Administrative Supervisor to oversee medical and dental services at Sterling Correctional Facility. You will manage multi-disciplinary clinical staff, ensure regulatory compliance, and coordinate care while safeguarding public safety and offender health rights.

The role requires substantial nursing or healthcare administration experience, strong leadership, and excellent communication to drive improvements in a fast-paced corrections environment.

Qualifications

• Nine (9) years of professional experience providing direct patient care or managing patient care in a clinic that provided medical services.
• OR
• A combination of education in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Management, Health Management and Policy, Health Services Administration, or Hospital Administration AND nine years of related clinical management experience.
• Transcripts showing degree details must be attached as part of the application.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and supervisory oversight of multi-disciplinary clinical services staff.
• Ensure compliance with laws, rules, regulations, standards, and licensing for medical, dental, mental health, and rehabilitation services.
• Coordinate care among multi-disciplinary health care providers and protect public and staff safety.
• Oversee fiscal and budgetary activities including requisitions and on-call remuneration.
• Supervise staff with performance plans, reviews, and evaluations per CDOC regulations.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Direct patient care

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

English fluency

Education

Nursing or Healthcare Administration degree

Job description

Department Information

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference and build greater public confidence in good government, consider joining the dedicated people of the State of Colorado. Our professionals strive to support state government and the citizens of Colorado. Customer service is a key component for every position in state government as is the focus on ideas and ways to redesign the delivery of services in making state government more effective and efficient.

In addition to a great agency and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:

• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the state system;
• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined
• Contribution Plan plus 401K and 457 plans. Member Contribution Rates .
• Medical and dental health plans;
• Short and long term disability coverage;
• Paid life insurance;
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave;
• Wellness program, tuition reimbursement, training opportunities and more;
• Visit State of Colorado Employee Benefits. for more information.
• This position is compensated on a bi-weekly pay cycle.

Who May Apply:

The primary duties of this position are located within 30 miles of the state border; therefore, this position is exempt from the residency requirements. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.

Location:

This position is located in STERLING, CO. This posting may be used to fill future vacancies at this location.

Description Of Job

This position provides operational and supervisory oversight of multi-disciplinary clinical services staff working at the Sterling Correctional Facility. This position is an Administrative Supervisor with direct field of influence and accountability on all aspects of medical and dental services.

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 medical, dental, mental health and rehabilitation 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 fiscal and budgetary oversight which includes approving purchase requisitions, P-Card purchases, mid-level provider on-call remuneration, and operating supplies;
• Supervises, coaches, and mentors staff by developing performance plans, conducting performance reviews, and completing performance evaluations per CDOC regulations, and resolves complaints/grievances at the informal level;
• Ensures staff compliance with the offender grievance process, offender co-pay, electronic data entry, and information systems requirements;
• Serves as the single point of contact for all inquires from the Regional HSA, DOC Public Information Officer, family members, attorneys, and other offender collateral parties;
• Ensures that the Chief Medical Officer, Chief of Clinical Services, and Regional Health Services Administrator are notified of all medical sentinel events, reportable incidents, deaths, and health outbreaks;
• Ensures subpoenas and other court orders are referred to the DOC Medical Records Administrator within the appropriate time-frames;
• Develops and/or implements quality management program consistent with department policy guidelines;
• This position may be required to participate in restraining an offender primarily for medical reasons.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions Of Employment & Appeal Rights

ONLY APPLICANTS WHO MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS PROCESS.

Minimum Qualifications

EXPERIENCE ONLY:

• Applicant must have at least nine (9) years of professional experience providing direct patient care or managing patient care in a clinic that provided medical services. Experience must be thoroughly detailed in the Work Experience section of the application.
• OR

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Applicant must have a combination of education from an accredited institution in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Management, Health Management and Policy, Health Services Administration, or Hospital Administration AND professional experience providing direct patient care or managing patient care in a clinic that provided medical services equal to nine (9) years. You must attach a copy of your transcripts that include the name of the accredited institution, your name, type of degree received and date degree was awarded.

Ensure that the 'Work Experience" section of the application is complete and contains all relevant work experience related to the position. This information will be used to help determine compensation for the position. "See resume" statements cannot be accepted in lieu of the "work experience" section of the application. Additional work experience will not be accepted after the job announcement close date for compensation purposes.

Required Competencies

• Ability to supervise and provide staff leadership to include staff development, mentoring, coaching and performance evaluation;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Ability to provide direct patient care to offenders;
• Ability to adapt, innovate and lead in a fast paced environment with competing priorities and excellent organizational skills;
• Ability to problem solve and think critically to effectively resolve issues;
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across facility programs and with internal and external stakeholders;
• Leadership: ambitious, operationally-focused and results-driven leader;
• Ability to effectively manage clinical operations while ensuring health-care measures are met;
• Advanced clinical skills;
• Ability to ensure operational and administrative compliance with regulations, standards, procedures, laws, rules and statutes;
• Ability to read and comprehend the English language;
• Ability to effectively communicate fluently in English both verbally and in writing;
• Ability to create accessible documents and technical content that follows plain language guidelines with accessibility in mind.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A current, valid license as a Registered Nurse from the Colorado Board of Nursing, or any state participating in the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• At least one year of nursing supervisory experience at a level which provided oversight of a