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About the Role
The Director of Health Programs and Services will work across the Division of Youth and Family Justice (DYFJ) continuum to ensure youth in ACS care receive optimal medical care. This role involves auditing, monitoring, and providing technical assistance to ensure quality clinical practice standards.
Responsibilities
- Perform audits of health services (medical, dental, mental health) charts of youth in ACS care using agency-developed tools to determine compliance with mandates and standards.
- Conduct random case reviews to monitor and assess triage and referrals for acute and chronic conditions, including screening, assessment, care coordination, and discharge.
- Perform site visits to DYFJ facilities to observe healthcare delivery and provide technical assistance for operational issues.
- Collaborate with DYFJ Health Services and ACS Office of Child and Family Health to analyze data and identify trends and policies affecting health service delivery.
- Work with DYFJ program staff to review health-related incidents and ensure ACS-contracted health services staff meet contractual obligations.
- Participate in developing performance improvement plans for ACS-contracted health services staff.
- Coordinate with other units within DYFJ and the Office of Child and Family Health to provide consultation and technical assistance to contracted providers.
- Prepare and maintain documentation and reports using various sources like forms, case files, site visits, surveys, and databases.
- Organize in-service training programs for DYFJ and ACS-contracted health services staff.
- Attend meetings on behalf of leadership to advance divisional and agency-wide goals.
- Participate in research, proposal development for program funding, and execution of projects to improve service delivery and health care quality standards.
Requirements
- Must be permanent (not provisional) in the Administrative Public Health Nurse title.
- Must be willing to travel and attend meetings and events across ACS detention facilities and contracted residential placement programs.
- Must be willing to work some evenings.
- Candidate must be willing to travel and attend meetings and events across ACS detention facilities and contracted residential placement programs as well as work some evenings.
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Full-time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- 4 years of recent experience in public health or hospital nursing or a related field
- 18 months of experience in an administrative, managerial, executive, consultative or educational capacity, or in supervision of professional public health nursing personnel
Education Level
- Valid New York state license as a Registered Nurse
- Baccalaureate degree in Nursing from an accredited college
- Master's degree in Nursing, Public Health or a related field
Salary/Compensations
- $130,000.00-$140,000.00
- USD 75443 - USD 201607
About the Company
- The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports.
- ACS manages community-based supports and foster care services, and provides subsidized child care vouchers.
- ACS child protection staff respond to allegations of child maltreatment.
- In juvenile justice, ACS oversees detention, placement and programs for youth in the community.
- The Division of Youth and Family Justice (DYFJ) provides a wide range of services and programs for youth at every stage of the juvenile justice process.
- DYFJ goals include building stronger and safer communities, preventing juveniles from entering the New York City's juvenile justice system, providing therapeutic treatment and services to youth in our custody, and helping juveniles access the tools they need to leave the justice system for good.
- NEST Unit ensures that youth served by DYFJ receive comprehensive and consistent medical, mental health, case management, social and educational services.
- NEST organizes family engagement and parent support work, and provides staff training on mental health, trauma, LGBTQ issues and Commercially Sexually Exploited Children.
Equal Opportunity
- Section 424-A of the New York Social Services Law requires an authorized agency to inquire whether a candidate for employment with child-caring responsibilities has been the subject of a child abuse and maltreatment report.
- The Administration for Children's Services is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing access to all individuals.
- If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Simone Campbell at [email protected] or 212-676-6955
- The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.