ASSISTANT HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR

The GEO Group•Big Spring, TX

About The Position

The Assistant Health Services Administrator supervises and evaluates nursing and clerical staff and evaluates and provides comprehensive nursing care in a correctional setting while observing security requirements. The role supports healthcare operations, staff management, quality assurance, and delivery of medical services to detainees or inmates. It works closely with correctional personnel, nursing staff, contract providers, outside provider agencies, and management, applying corporate and correctional policies and procedures.

Requirements

Two years of work experience in healthcare administration or healthcare management in a supervisory capacity, including experience managing clinical staff and clinical operations.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the state where the facility is located.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly deliver instructions or training and write clear, concise, and accurate memorandums and reports.
Ability to use computers and necessary software.
Experience in healthcare planning, budgeting, and meeting contractual obligations.
At least 21 years of age.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, or a Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Nursing.
Work experience in a correctional or detention setting in an administrative or supervisory capacity.
Experience working in an outpatient setting.

Responsibilities

Maintain effective working relationships with correctional personnel, nursing staff, contract providers, and outside provider agencies.
Apply established corporate and correctional policies and procedures when making decisions.
Assist management with recruiting, orienting, supervising, and evaluating nursing and clerical staff; direct their work and participate in hiring, training and development, promotion, performance evaluation, and disciplinary actions, including termination.
Ensure adequate staffing coverage across all shifts, fill in during short staffing, monitor call-ins and overtime, organize daily activities, and maintain shift assignments.
Monitor staff compliance with facility policies and unit directives, counsel employees who violate policies after consultation with management, and report staff problems to management.
Ensure relevant information, including policies, procedures, in-service information, and problems, is communicated to supervisors and supervised personnel.
Monitor and ensure staff compliance with applicable pharmacy laws.
Organize monthly in-service education, ensure required training is completed, and arrange staff participation in off-facility workshops for continuing education units and current nursing practice.
Maintain current licensure for staff members who require it.
Ensure adequate supplies and pharmaceuticals for the detainee or inmate population, and report overuse, vendor problems, needs, recommendations, and budget concerns to management.
Ensure arriving detainees or inmates are oriented to available services and procedures for obtaining medical care.
Train and monitor detainees or inmates assigned as medical orderlies in contaminated-waste handling and cleaning contaminated surfaces.
Conduct random audits of medical records, logs, sharps, narcotic counts, outside referrals, and sick call; address identified errors through counseling or in-service training and submit findings to management.
Participate in quality assurance, recommend monitoring needs, plan corrective activities, and report problem areas in writing to management.
Monitor chronic disease clinic assignments, record reviews, and care plans to ensure follow-through under applicable policies and procedures.
Review infection control nurse activities and recommend measures to contain infections.
Assist management with environmental sanitation, safety, and health-related monitoring through inspections and recommendations.
Respond to informal inmate grievances for management’s designee and report grievances with potential liability to management.
Monitor care for serious medical conditions that may pose life-threatening or liability concerns and ensure appropriate follow-through.
Assume on-call status for staff problems and, in the absence of direct management, assume on-call status for management.
Perform other duties as assigned.