Hospital Operating Officer
Description
The Department of Health and Human Services team contributes to the lives and health of Nebraskans every day. Our mission, "Helping people live better lives," provides the motivation to make a difference. The Lincoln Regional Center (LRC) is an accredited state psychiatric facility by the Joint Commission. If you are interested in joining our team and have a desire to fulfill our mission of "Helping People Live Better Lives", please submit a resume/cv and letter of interest to Human Resources at Attention: Holly Socha to Holly.Socha@nebraska.gov titled, "Hospital Operating Officer Interest". Why Nebraska? Check out why living and working in Nebraska is the best choice for many: https://opportunity.nebraska.gov/why-nebraska/
Hiring rate of position: Dependent on experience
Examples of Work
The Hospital Administrator is responsible for the operations and administration and day-to-day management of planning, direction, and coordination of programs, policies, strategic goals and objectives and initiatives for the Lincoln Regional Center. Responsible for developing organizational excellence through leading and managing change, leading teams, and implementing a culture of safety.
- Directs activities of facility to plan procedures, establish responsibilities, and coordinate functions among departments.
- Analyzes facility operations to evaluate performance to determine areas of program and process improvement related to Joint Commission accreditation licensure and CMS compliance, and cost reduction.
- Develops, plans, and organizes, and administers agency/facility policies and procedures to ensure operational objectives are achieved.
- Assists in preparing the facility budget and directs and monitors expenditures of department funds.
- Directs and conducts studies and research and prepares reports and strategic plans relating to facility operational trends and program objectives and accomplishments.
- Determines and requests staff, material and equipment needs for facility operations.
- Confers with facility managers and other agency program managers to discuss and solve facility problems and issues that impair effectiveness and efficiency of operations.
- Reviews and compares work performance of subordinate staff with established standards to determine employee production levels, training needs and appropriate personnel actions such as promotions, disciplinary actions, status changes, separations and grievance dispositions. Hires facility staff.
- Communicates with and advises subordinate supervisors and staff to exchange information on facility operations, policies, procedures, initiatives and objectives.
- Develops facility procedures to respond to changes in statutes, administrative policy and accreditation standards.
- Chair or direct various facility committees such as safety, labor relations and quality assurance. Represents and promotes the objectives and services of the facility and agency before associations, community groups, federal agencies and other public government agencies. Conducts environmental and safety facility inspections and develops action plans to resolve deficiencies. Attends member/client council meetings, receives and investigates reports of member/client complaints or allegations of abuse.
- Acts on behalf of the Facility Administrator in their absence.
Qualifications / Requirements
REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree in business/public administration or other appropriate discipline and five years of related administrative/managerial experience. The ideal candidate will have Psychiatric hospital experience and/or leadership experience in the mental health field.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of Health and Human Service System organization, programs, services, missions, goals, objectives, rules, administrative regulations, policies and procedures. Knowledge of Joint Commission accreditation regulations, CMS standards and fire code regulations preferred. Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning; coordination and execution such as strategic planning, resource allocation, staffing modeling and leadership; policies and practices involved in Human Resources functions including recruitment, selection, training, labor relations and employee relations; budget formulation and administrative practices.
Ability to: communicate effectively to a variety of individuals; listen and understand information presented by others; apply deductive and inductive reasoning to a variety of situations, apply original solutions to topics or situations and handle sensitive situations. Candidate should be skilled in managing financial resources; evaluating facility operations; identifying problems; gathering information; determining effective solutions, and managing personnel and material resources. Candidate should have excellent verbal and written communication skills essential for communicating vital information to hospital personnel, public officials, and members of the community.