Senior Director, Forensic Services Division

State of Oklahoma • Oklahoma City, OK

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) is looking for a dynamic executive leader to establish and oversee the Forensic Services Division, which is responsible for providing forensic competency restoration services to our state’s most vulnerable population. Reporting to the agency Commissioner, the Senior Director of the Forensic Services Division will be responsible for the entirety of the delivery of adult forensic services for the State of Oklahoma. This includes competency to stand trial evaluations, competency restoration, oversight and management of applicable legal requirements, and treatment quality assurance. This position will be responsible for the development and implementation of division policy and practices to ensure timely completion of competency evaluation and restoration treatment services and monitoring operations to meet timeliness standards required by the courts, state law, and the Consent Decree.

Requirements

• Doctoral degree in psychology, board certification in psychiatry, or other relevant advanced degree such as public administration or business administration
• Five (5) years of experience in a forensic mental health organization with successful performance at increasingly challenging levels
• Large-scale budget oversight
• Three years of management experience of complex systems

Nice To Haves

• Strong executive level experience providing oversight and coordination of adult forensic evaluation services on a wide scale
• Ability to navigate and leverage existing relationships with stakeholders while seeking new partnerships to strengthen the forensic competency evaluation process across the state
• Successful experience providing strategic guidance and decision making with long-term impact in changing business and political environments
• Demonstrated ability to assess organizational needs and to develop and implement continuous process improvement measures and activities to meet those needs

Responsibilities

• Establish and oversee the Forensic Services Division.
• Provide forensic competency restoration services.
• Oversee the entirety of the delivery of adult forensic services for the State of Oklahoma.
• Conduct competency to stand trial evaluations.
• Manage competency restoration.
• Oversee and manage applicable legal requirements.
• Ensure treatment quality assurance.
• Develop and implement division policy and practices to ensure timely completion of competency evaluation and restoration treatment services.
• Monitor operations to meet timeliness standards required by the courts, state law, and the Consent Decree.

Benefits

• Generous state-paid benefit allowance to help cover insurance premiums for state employees as well as eligible dependents
• A wide choice of health insurance plans with no pre-existing condition exclusions or limitations
• Flexible spending accounts for pre-tax dollars to be used for health care expenses or dependent care
• 11 paid holidays, 15 days of vacation and 15 days of sick leave the first year
• Retirement Savings Plan with a generous state match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree