EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

About the role

At UConn Health, this executive level position is responsible for a state-operated adolescent behavioral health inpatient hospital. Incumbents in this class provide executive leadership and strategic direction for all clinical, operational, administrative, financial, regulatory, and support services while ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, trauma-informed behavioral healthcare for adolescents with complex behavioral health needs.

The position reports to the Chief Operating Officer of John Dempsey Hospital and directs, supervises, and evaluates executive, managerial, clinical, professional, supervisory, technical, and administrative staff.

Working conditions may include exposure to disagreeable conditions, stress, and demands for critical or urgent actions. Work is performed primarily in a professional office environment requiring use of computer systems and standard office equipment, with periods of prolonged sitting, standing, walking, and detailed screen review. The role may require work beyond normal business hours to meet operational needs.

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center entering an era of unprecedented growth in academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been central since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Building on groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, UConn Health has expanded its missions over the decades to encompass more research endeavors, broader access to superior care, and innovation in practical medicine and practitioner education.

Responsibilities

• Directs the overall administration, operation, and strategic planning of a state-operated adolescent behavioral health hospital
• Establishes organizational goals, policies, and operational priorities consistent with institutional and state objectives
• Provides executive leadership for clinical, medical, nursing, behavioral health, educational, administrative, security, facilities, and support services
• Develops and maintains a safe, trauma-informed, patient-centered environment that promotes recovery and quality care
• Oversees hospital quality improvement, patient safety, risk management, infection prevention, and performance improvement initiatives
• Ensures compliance with