Hospital Program Director

The Hospital Program Director provides overall leadership and management of the facility's services, departments, budgets, and daily functions under the guidance of the Chief Executive Officer. This role ensures the hospital's mission and philosophy of care are carried out by fostering innovation, demonstrating vision and foresight, and maintaining a strong focus on patient and community needs. The Program Director is responsible for ensuring adequate staffing levels, maintaining programming standards, and securing resources to support the populations served. In addition, this position oversees financial performance, directs departmental and committee activities, and leads strategic planning, performance improvement, marketing, and community relations efforts. The Program Director ensures compliance with facility policies and procedures, the organization's compliance plan, and all applicable Joint Commission, Federal, and State regulations, while consistently promoting Oceans Behavioral Healthcare's mission and commitment to quality care.

Essential Functions :

• Managing the overall operation of the Behavioral Health Unit, with responsibility to the Governing Board, including control, utilization, and conservation of its physical and financial assets.
• Review and advise in the preparation of annual budget showing the unit's expected receipts and expenditures; responsible for the supervision of all business affairs and to ensure that all expenditures are controlled to the best possible advantage.
• Managing the ongoing functions of the unit by recruiting and directing adequate numbers of appropriate trained professional and auxiliary personnel, including delegating duties appropriately;
• Submits monthly reports showing the professional service and financial activities of the unit and prepares and submits such special reports as may be required by the Governing Body.
• Assisting the Governing Body in formulating policy by preparing and presenting to and reviewing with the Governing Body (i) long-term and short-term plans of the unit, (ii) reports on the nature and extent of funding and other available resources, (iii) reports describing the unit's operations, (iv) reports evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of the unit or its program activity, and (v) budgets and financial statements.
• To attend, or have his designated representative attend, all meetings of the Medical Staff; name unit departmental representatives to Medical Staff committees, when appropriate, and when requested by the Medical Staff. Cooperates with the Medical Staff and to secure like cooperation on the part of all those concerned with the rendering of professional service to the end that the best possible care may be rendered to all patients.
• Complies with Federal and State statutes and regulations in the performance of his / her duties; Assures that appropriate policies, plans and goals are effectively communicated to all staff members.
• Determine which care, treatment or services are provided directly and which are provided through consultation, contract or other agreement.
• Assures that leadership assesses patient flow issues within the host hospital, the impact on patient safety and mitigation of that impact.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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