Director of Administration

KVC Health Systems•St. Louis, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Administration is responsible for providing respectful and inclusive leadership to KVC’s inpatient and residential programs. They will oversee interdepartmental coordination and manage workflows for the entire facility and/or campus under their purview, and are accountable for the outcomes focused on coordination of departments, project completion, fiscal stability, supply optimization, timely reporting, and maintaining licensing and accreditation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare administration, Business Administration, Psychology, Social Work, or another related field.
Valid drivers license and auto insurance.
At least 21 years of age.
Three or more years in leadership and/or managerial experience in a health care setting; behavioral health setting preferred.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook email.

Responsibilities

Accountable for creating and maintaining a safe work environment by providing respectful and inclusive leadership to all employees regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, or ethnic background.
Interview, hire, and train employees; plan, assign, and direct work and appraise performance.
Maintain current knowledge of KVC’s operating systems including, but not limited to, EHR and HRIS tools.
Administrative responsibility for operations of programs to include areas such as policies, procedures, staffing, budgets, equipment and supplies procurement, program compliance and quality assurance.
Develop and maintain efficient, effective systems for quality client care, records keeping, and safety assurance.
Manage site’s budget and ensure their compliance with all KVC policies, procedures, and best practices.
Collaborate with KVC’s hospitals, Inc. team to ensure facility meets or exceeds KDADS, TJC, COA, and other accrediting bodies.
Oversee their site’s performance improvement and quality assurance activities; obtain, review and maintain reports pertaining to all agency licensing, program audits and subcontractor/contractor audits.
Collaborates with all management staff to identify and deliver the required administrative support operations for the program.
Researches major agency purchases for quality performance and competitive rates and participates in vendor negotiations.
Provides leadership and coordination of strategic plans and identified projects.
Participates in Medical Management Committee meetings.
Responsible for coordination with all cooperate departments.
Oversight of appropriate staffing and training for programs.
Provides on-call, crisis support.
Participates in subsidiary meetings as required.
Participate in community and/or stakeholder forums as needed.