ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER III SUPERVISOR

State of Maryland•Baltimore, MD

37d

About The Position

The main purpose of this position is to oversee the daily and long term operations of the Centralized Admissions Office (CAO) within the Office of Court Ordered Evaluations and Placements. The CAO is the single point of contact for all Title 3, Title 8, presentence and sexual offender orders submitted to Maryland Department of Health (MDH) from the Circuit and District Courts for the 24 jurisdictions in Maryland. The CAO is the central entry point for admission to the State psychiatric system of care. The incumbent is responsible for evaluating, developing, monitoring and improving the workflow to ensure all statutory timelines are met by the Department. The incumbent is responsible for the bed management of over 1000 psychiatric hospital beds throughout the MDH system of care and ensuring that MDH resources are used effectively and efficiently. The incumbent supervises the work of the Administrative Officers assigned to the CAO. The employee in this position is responsible for projecting growth and predicting the staffing and resource needs of the CAO. This position is the designee when the CAO manager is not available. This position supports the mission of the Maryland Department of Health by ensuring that court orders for evaluations and admissions are processed properly and within the timeframe that is mandated by legislation.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Three years of administrative staff or professional work.
Candidates may substitute 30 college credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to two years of the required experience.
Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from a college or university for the required experience.
Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer involving staff work that included the regular use of independent judgment and analysis in applying and interpreting complex administrative plans, policies, rules or regulations or analysis of operational programs or procedures with recommendations for improvement on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with the court system.
Experience working in the mental health system.

Responsibilities

Oversee the daily and long term operations of the Centralized Admissions Office (CAO)
Evaluate, develop, monitor and improve the workflow to ensure all statutory timelines are met by the Department.
Responsible for the bed management of over 1000 psychiatric hospital beds throughout the MDH system of care and ensuring that MDH resources are used effectively and efficiently.
Supervises the work of the Administrative Officers assigned to the CAO.
Responsible for projecting growth and predicting the staffing and resource needs of the CAO.
This position is the designee when the CAO manager is not available.
Ensuring that court orders for evaluations and admissions are processed properly and within the timeframe that is mandated by legislation.