Director, Community Health Initiatives

Overview

BJC HealthCare is a large nonprofit health care organization serving the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois, and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and over 30,000 employees, BJC operates 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health, and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care, and hospice. BJC provides significant community benefits, including $785.9 million annually in charity care and other financial assistance.

Role Purpose

The Director, Community Health Partnerships and Collaboration is based in the Office of Community Health Improvement at BJC HealthCare and reports to the Vice President of Community Health Improvement. This role involves co-designing community health solutions that reflect and respond to the lived experiences of impacted community members, evaluating their effectiveness, and supporting and scaling these activities across the BJC system. The director also manages BJC's participation in collaborative community efforts addressing social needs and social determinants of health.

Responsibilities

• Manages individual(s) including onboarding and hiring, training, workload management & performance evaluations, and developing professional development plans as needed.
• Ensures that the productivity and actions of the group meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department leadership.
• Develops and adheres to departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets.
• Manages the co-design, implementation, and evaluation of solutions tailored to reflect the lived experience and meet the needs of impacted community members by maintaining meaningful and sustained connections to community stakeholders.
• Informs executive leadership and other internal stakeholders of regional and national community health trends, emerging issues, and innovative opportunities to intervene, and supports community health improvement efforts of HSOs and other units within BJC.
• Directs the collection, analysis, and reporting of data that aids in targeting effective interventions towards populations in greatest need and uses data to guide selection of new areas of work.
• Supports the participation of BJC HealthCare in regional and national collaborative efforts focused on community health improvement, addressing social needs, and the social determinants of health.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Social Work, or related field.
• Experience: 5-10 years of relevant experience, including 2-5 years of supervisor experience.

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Master's Degree in Public Health, Social Work, or related field.

Benefits And Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date.
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC.
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution.
• 401(k) plan with BJC match.
• Tuition Assistance available on first day.
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development.
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid Time Off benefit combining vacation, sick days, holidays, and personal time.
• Adoption assistance.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

BJC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.