ASST HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR, RN

Responsibilities

• Maintains a good working relationship with correctional personnel, nursing staff, contract providers, and outside provider agencies.
• Utilizes established corporate and correctional policies and procedures in making decisions.
• Responsible for staff scheduling and supervision including:
• Assisting management in recruiting, orienting, supervising and evaluating the performance of nursing and clerical staff.
• Selecting, hiring, evaluating job performance, employee training/development, promoting and any disciplinary action, including termination.
• Staff Scheduling:
• Ensures adequate coverage on all shifts.
• Fills in as needed during periods of short staffing.
• Makes sure staff comply with facility policies and unit directives.
• Counsels employees who violate policies established by the company or the facility, after consultation with management.
• Makes sure relevant information is shared with supervisor and supervised personnel.
• Makes sure staff comply with all applicable pharmacy laws.
• Organizes monthly in-service education.
• Makes sure staff receives in-service as required.
• Arranges for staff participation in off-facility workshops for CEUs and current nursing practice.
• Maintains current licensure on all staff requiring such licensure.
• Makes sure adequate staffing is ensured for daily activities.
• Makes sure shift assignments are maintained.
• Reports any staff problems to management on a regular basis.
• Ensures adequate supplies and pharmaceuticals to meet the needs of the detainee/inmate population.
• Reports any over-usage, vendor problems, needs, recommendations and budgetary concerns to management.
• Ensures that detainees/inmates arriving at the facility are adequately oriented to services available and procedure for obtaining medical services.
• Ensures that all detainees/inmates assigned to work as medical orderlies are trained in the handling of contaminated waste and proper cleaning of contaminated surfaces.
• Makes sure employees or provide in-service for noted errors.
• Makes recommendations for monitoring needs and plans activities for correcting deficiencies.
• Reports problem areas in writing to management.
• Makes sure assignments, review of records, and care plans of the chronic disease clinics are reviewed per policies and procedures.
• Makes recommendations for containment of infections.
• Assists management in monitoring environmental sanitation, safety and health related issues by performing inspections.
• Generates recommendations based on inspections and review of other inspections to management for further management dissemination.
• Responds to informal grievances from inmates to management’s designee.
• Reports any grievance with potential liability to the management for his/her information and consideration of action.
• Makes sure care of serious medical conditions with the potential for life threatening or liability issues is appropriately followed through.
• Assumes on-call status for staff problems.
• Assumes on-call status in absence of direct management.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration or a Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Nursing.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
• Must have a current, unrestricted license to practice as Registered Nurse in the state the facility is located.
• Six (6) years of direct work experience as a Registered Nurse required.
• Have current CPR/BLS certification and must maintain.
• Strong verbal and writing skills.
• Must be able to disseminate verbal instructions or training clearly and in a manner that is understood by the intended audience.
• Must be able to write memorandums and reports in a clear, concise, and accurate manner.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software.
• Experience in healthcare planning, budgeting, and meeting contractual obligations.
• Two (2) years of work experience in healthcare administration or healthcare management in a supervisory capacity, including experience managing clinical staff and clinical operations preferred.
• Work experience in a correctional or detention setting in an administrative or supervisory capacity preferred.
• Experience working in an outpatient setting preferred.