Senior Director, Forensic Services Division

About the role

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) is seeking a dynamic executive leader to establish and oversee the Forensic Services Division. This leader will be responsible for providing forensic competency restoration services to the state's most vulnerable population.

Responsibilities

• Establish and oversee the Forensic Services Division
• Provide oversight and management of applicable legal requirements
• Oversight and management of competency evaluation and restoration treatment services
• Develop and implement division policy and practices to ensure timely completion of services
• Maintain operations to meet timeliness standards required by the courts, state law, and the Consent Decree
• Navigate and leverage existing relationships with stakeholders while seeking new partnerships
• Assess organizational needs and develop and implement continuous process improvement measures

Requirements

• Advanced degree in psychology, board certification in psychiatry, or other relevant advanced degree such as public administration or hospital administration
• Five (5) years of experience in a forensic mental health organization with successful performance at increasingly challenging levels
• Large-scale budget oversight and three years of management experience of complex systems

Qualifications

• Strong executive level experience providing oversight and coordination of adult forensic evaluation services on a wide scale
• Successful experience providing strategic guidance and decision making with long-term impact in changing business and political environments
• Demonstrated ability to assess organizational needs and to develop and implement continuous process improvement measures and activities to meet those needs

Skills

• Executive leadership skills
• Strategic planning and decision-making abilities
• Experience in forensic mental health organizations
• Ability to manage large budgets and complex systems
• Effective stakeholder engagement and partnership building
• Process improvement and continuous improvement methodologies

Benefits

ODMHSAS offers a robust and comprehensive benefits package including:

• Generous state-paid benefit allowance for insurance premiums
• A wide choice of health insurance plans with no pre-existing condition exclusions or limitations
• Flexible spending accounts for pre-tax dollars to be used for health care expenses or dependent care
• 11 paid holidays, 15 days of vacation and 15 days of sick leave the first year
• Retirement Savings Plan with a generous state match

Pay

Annual Salary: Commensurate based on education, experience, and overall qualifications

Schedule

Full time