Sr Director of Integrated Care at Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board Inc – Rapid City, South Dakota

Job Summary

This position is responsible and accountable for the continued development of a comprehensive and quality health care service delivery system; the fiduciary and leadership responsibilities for primary and urgent care services at the Oyate Health Center (OHC); development, implementation and evaluation of new programs; and, overseeing the development and results of short-term and long-term strategic plans.

Essential Functions

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

• Maintains knowledge of the legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting health service functions and ensures that policies, procedures, and reporting compliance.
• Assists in the OHC operating budget; administers the funds in accordance with established requirements and priorities; modifies as needed;
• Ensures effective compliance, planning, organization, direction, implementation, execution, measurement and correction, by the primary care services programs.
• Ensures primary care service programs are cost effective while improving clinical outcomes; are delivered in a manner consistent with funding agencies requirements, applicable laws and regulations, and tribal policies; and monitors compliance with funding source requirements.
• Assists in the adequacy and soundness of the OHC's financial structure.
• Reviews contracts and grants and recommends action as requested as appropriate and negotiates and updates contracts as necessary.
• Attends or provides representation at meetings known to be of critical importance for the health of the Great Plains Tribal community.
• Reviews operating results of the primary care services at OHC, compares them to established objectives, and takes steps to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to correct unsatisfactory results.
• Prepares regular reports for the OHC and GPTLHB senior leadership as directed.
• Responsible for decisions relating to hiring, personnel evaluation, disciplinary actions, grievance discussions, coaching development and recommendation of actions, demotions, and termination decisions as applicable for supervisors, providers and department support staff.
• Recruits and retains supervisory staff and providers who possess the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to work effectively within the clinical services and uphold its values, and ensures credentialing is complete before providers are allowed to practice.
• Must comply with federal laws and regulations as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Promote and optimize the health care model utilized to provide services to relatives.

Requirements

Proficiency with computer programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other Internet technologies.

.Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

Education/Relevant Experience: Master’s degree and three (3) years of relevant experience, or bachelor’s degree and five (5) years of progressively responsible relevant experience. The experience required for supervisory/management positions will be inclusive of at least three (3) years of supervisory/management experience.

This is a senior professional and/or management position that requires post-secondary education and/or considerable experience or a clinical degree requiring a clinical rotation/internship. Individuals must have applicable education and/or experience applying principles, concepts, and methodology of a professional or administrative occupation to permit the independent performance of recurring assignments or carrying out difficult/complex assignments, operations, and procedures; or applicable education and/or experience applying a wide range of technical methods, principles, and practices similar to a narrow area of a professional field such as the design and planning of difficult, but well-precedented projects.

Preferred Education Requirements

Master's Degree

Preferred Experience Requirements

Six (6) years of progressively responsible experience (if Master's level educated)
Eight (8) years of progressively responsible relevant experience (if Bachelor's level educated)

The GPTLHB is a tribal organization that follows tribal preference laws. Our policy is to give preference to qualified Indian/Tribal candidates over qualified non-native candidates in hiring decisions if all other qualifications are equal.

Employment is contingent upon the outcome of all required criminal background checks.

Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment. Jobs require that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, T-dap (Tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19 vaccination is required.