Public Health—Seattle & King County (PHSKC) seeks an outstanding operational leader, strategist, and systems-thinker who is committed to equity and serving vulnerable populations, and who excels at inspiring, supporting and managing people, to serve as a Regional Health Administrator. In this position you will serve as the leader of the PHSKC Health Care for the Homeless Network (HCHN) and be responsible for the oversight, strategic direction, and operational priorities of the Network. HCHN provides critical health care and support services to some of the most vulnerable residents of King County.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES AND HCHN
King County is seeking to fill a Regional Health Administrator position within Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC), Community Health Services (CHS) Division. The purpose of CHS is to strengthen King County’s safety net services and partnerships to deliver equitable and responsive health care for marginalized communities. CHS provides direct services through its Public Health Center system as well as assures access to quality services through partnerships and regional programs The Division’s 2019-20 biennial budget is $274 million, with more than 580 employees. Approximately 80,000 clients are served annually in the Public Health Center system. In addition, our regional partnership programs support service delivery to more than 300,000 people annually.

Health Care for the Homeless Network provides quality, comprehensive health care for people experiencing homelessness in King County. In 2018, HCHN providers delivered care to over 21,000 individuals: single adults, individual members of homeless families, and unaccompanied youth and young adults.  These individuals received over 113,000 visits at clinic and community-based service sites, including outdoor sleeping locations.

HCHN services are tailored to address obstacles to maintaining good health and addressing chronic physical and behavioral health conditions faced by people experiencing homelessness.  HCHN employs a variety of evidence-based and patient-centered strategies to improve outcomes, not only related to health but also to housing and other social services.

Broadly, these strategies include:
 

• Integration of physical health, behavioral health, housing, and social services
• Specialized and far-reaching outreach, engagement, and relationship building
• Intensive and flexible case management and care/service coordination
• Mobile clinical services, including physician, dentist, nurse, behavioral health provider, and social worker
• Technical assistance and education for shelter, housing, and encampment operators related to tuberculosis and other disease prevention
• Delivery of services using best-practices of Trauma Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing, and Harm Reduction approaches to meeting client’s needs.

• Support continued operational success of programs and align work priorities appropriately in the context of responding to COVID-19 impacts on people experiencing homelessness.
• May serve as or supervise staff who serve as the Project Director for the HHS-HRSA-Health Care for the Homeless federal grant. Maintain positive working relationship with federal project office and respond to requests for information.
• Partner with the HCHN Data Manager and other key staff to design and complete periodic community needs assessments.
• Collaborate with the HCHN Governance Council and key HCHN Administrative Team members to conceptualize, develop, and implement annual and long-term strategic plans to address homeless health care needs. Assure strategic plan advances progress in the required clinical and fiscal measures for federal health center grantees.
• Attend the HCHN Governance Council and its Executive and Consumer Advisory Committes and other subcommittees as appropriate.
• Partner with key HCHN Administrative Team members to assure that HCHN maintains compliance with federal health center grant regulations (also known as Federally Qualified Health Center), and other requirements of the program's federal, state, local, and private funders.
• Supervise and evaluate the work of multiple professional and support staff. Manage personnel matters such as monitoring performance, providing feedback, and developing training plans.
• Identify opportunities to align individual staff members’ professional development goals with new/temporary assignments and assure workloads are balanced.
• Oversee subcontract development, negotiation, and monitoring. Assure effective data system for subcontractor reporting. Oversee periodic competitive procurement processes for the program's funds.
• Provide direction and technical expertise to staff for ongoing and grant-driven program evaluation. Provide or assure that program staff has access to appropriate clinical expertise and guidance as needed.
• Develop and monitor a complex budget involving federal, state, local, and private funds. Establish priorities and methodologies to inform increases or decreases; prepare issue papers and budget justifications; ensure the unit's budget is prepared on time and in the required form.
• Pursue opportunities to develop scalable and adaptable clinical programs and initiatives to address the needs of the community.
• Assure that the HCHN program is well-integrated with other services in Public Health-Seattle & King County and in the community. Coordinate with staff of other county and city departments.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with current and prospective partners within the homeless service provider and health safety net community. Represent HCHN on various community groups. Participate in departmental, intergovernmental, and community-based committees, task forces, and work groups.

• Demonstrated commitment to racial and social justice and the opportunity to promote healing and resilience in clients and communities who are underserved, marginalized and/or traumatized.
• Demonstrated effective leadership; one who can assess situations quickly and who views conflict as an opportunity to find common ground and generate cooperation between individuals and agencies.
• Demonstrated skill to set, monitor, and achieve strategic and operational objectives.
• Demonstrated experience with successfully managing a grant(s) from a federal government program, including competing for awards, reporting on project implementation, and maintaining relationships with program officers.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and manage complex budgets with multiple funding sources.
• Demonstrated ability to develop health care programs, services, and or partnerships to provide targeted support to vulnerable populations.
• Demonstrated ability in maintaining cooperative relationships with governing boards.
• Knowledge of the health issues that intersect with homelessness and the services, agencies, and systems that address the health needs of homeless populations.
• Knowledge of public health concepts and their application in a community-based health setting including the ability to evaluate community health needs.
• Demonstrated ability developing competencies and skills in team members; knows how to build a solid team that views challenging tasks and assignments as a way to gain new skills; creates and fosters a sense of "belonging" within the team; demonstrates open dialogue; builds a strong morale and team spirit by helping team members share successes and ownership.
• Demonstrated ability to respect, communicate, and relate well to all kinds of people regardless of their status, position, or background; effective at building relationships; has situational awareness and uses tact to diffuse tense situations through personal rapport and communication skills; appreciates and celebrates differences.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate equity-based conversations and create a safe environment for staff to openly express their thoughts and concerns and an understanding of the impact of words, actions, and decisions on Black, Indigenous and People of Color.
• Ability to travel in a timely manner between multiple locations within King County for meetings and trainings.

• Experience directing a large federal grant.
• Experience leading health care programs or services for people experiencing homelessness.
• A track record managing multifaceted programs with a complex array of stakeholders.

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Required documents to apply

• Resume
• Cover letter describing relevant skills and experiences.
• Supplemental Questions (completed)