Health Services Administrator
New River Valley Regional Jail
44 reviews
108 Baker Rd, Dublin, VA 24084
$85,000 a year - Full-time
New River Valley Regional Jail
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Pay
$85,000 a year
Job Type
Full-time
Shift and Schedule
8 hour shift
Night shift
Evening shift
Day shift
Monday to Friday
On call
 
Benefits
Pulled from the full job description
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance
Full job description
The Health Services Administrator (HSA) is a professional administrator who manages and evaluates the Health Care Delivery Program in accordance with State and Local Regulations; ensures medical, dental, and mental health program activities are based upon goals, objectives, aims, and policies and procedures of the facility; and are compliant with State accreditation standards.
· Monitor the implementation and effectiveness of procedures and programs.
· Evaluate financial and statistical data, program needs, and problems, and makes recommendations for improvements.
· Develop, utilize, revise, interpret, and ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
· Monitor subcontracted services to include pharmacy, lab, x-ray, and specialty providers.
· Maintain communication and a good working relationship with facility administration, nursing employees, correctional personnel, contracted providers, and outside agencies.
· Evaluate and recommend methods of improving operational efficiency and cost effectiveness.
· Oversee recruitment, orientation, and performance evaluations of employees.
· Provide regular staff meetings and ensure effective communication with all staff on all shifts.
· Assume responsibility for planning, providing, and monitoring staff orientation and participation in education and staff development programs.
· Assist in recruitment of contracted professional providers (physicians, dentists, psychologists, etc.).
· Ensure appropriate licensure, credentialing, and insurance coverage on all medical personnel, i.e. – physicians, nurses, dentists, psychologists and social workers.
· Oversee services rendered by contractors and professional staff.
· Ensure reports are submitted as required in a timely and accurate manner.
· Audit weekly logs
· Screen all requests for records and approve/disapprove responses as appropriate.
· Maintain confidentiality and security of health records and medical information.
· Review status of inmates with serious health problems ensuring all necessary intervention and treatment is completed.
· Monitor in-patient hospitalizations closely with utilization management to ensure early release whenever possible.
· Audit referrals to outside consultants.
· Closely monitor all potential catastrophic illnesses
· Monitor pharmacy use to ensure adherence to formulary.
· Oversee the utilization of special housing, infirmary beds, and outside inpatient and outpatient services for appropriateness and quality of services provided.
· Maintain an awareness of overall concepts of managed care and make administrative judgments to ensure care provided is compatible with these concepts.
· Function as a liaison between other professional organizations.
· Ensure proper accreditation of the medical program by ensuring the presence of the required level or organizational efficiency and the provision of approved and appropriate medical services.
· Accept on-call status.
· Attend seminars, workshops, and conferences.
· May be asked to travel overnight for two to four days.
· Promote Quality Improvement standards by actively participating in the quality-of-care screen audits.
· Develop and maintain Post Orders
· Must be able to apply principles of critical thinking to a variety of practical and emergent situations and accurately follow standardized procedures that may call for deviations.
· Must be able to apply sound judgment beyond a specific set of instructions and apply knowledge to different factual situations.
· Must be alert at all times; pay close attention to details.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance
Schedule:
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• On call
Ability to commute/relocate:
• Dublin, VA 24084: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:
• Management: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
 
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