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The GEO Group

Operator of private prisons and facilities

Health Services Administrator

Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeHudson, CO, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Master's degree in Healthcare Administration is required.
  • Five years of work experience in healthcare administration or healthcare management in a supervisory capacity, including experience managing clinical staff and clinical operations.
  • Maintain current CPR/Basic Life Support certification.
  • If holding a clinical license, maintain a current, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the state where the facility is located, and keep a current copy on file at the facility.
  • Strong verbal and writing skills to clearly disseminate instructions or training and write clear, concise, and accurate memorandums and reports.
  • Ability to work with computers and necessary software.
  • Experience in healthcare planning, budgeting, and meeting contractual obligations.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and evaluate facility health service activities according to company, contractual, and healthcare policies, procedures, goals, and objectives, and implement all contractually required healthcare services.
  • Manage the department budget and seek to improve operational efficiencies of the facility's health service program.
  • Serve as a liaison between facility staff, contracting agencies, and compliance agencies on healthcare-related matters.
  • Manage the overall operations of a facility's healthcare operations.
  • Work with facility, regional, and corporate management to ensure facility healthcare needs are met and that healthcare operations comply with company contractual policies, procedures, goals, and objectives.
  • Maintain effective working relationships with correctional and nursing staff, contracted providers, and outside provider agencies.
  • Make decisions using established policies and procedures and sound independent judgment.
  • Direct employees and contract providers, including selecting, hiring, evaluating performance, training, promoting, and taking disciplinary action up to and including termination.
  • Ensure adequate staffing to meet detainee or inmate healthcare needs.
  • Ensure appropriate licensure of healthcare personnel.
  • Monitor operational issues and take appropriate action, including addressing overtime, issuing forms, auditing medical files, requesting records, ensuring people with serious health problems receive necessary intervention and treatment, and ensuring compliance with pharmacy laws and physical safety requirements.
  • Ensure medical program accreditation is attained for NCCHC, ACA, and/or TJC as required by the client, and submit regular operational reports, including required client reports.
  • Respond to inquiries and information requests related to the health services unit.
  • Identify and track health services unit budgetary expenses.
  • Evaluate and recommend methods to improve operational efficiency and cost effectiveness.
  • Participate in obtaining outside vendors for ancillary healthcare services.
  • Maintain and foster effective relationships with outside hospitals and agencies.
  • Attend outside educational seminars as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

  • Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
  • Work experience in a correctional or detention setting in an administrative or supervisory capacity.
  • Experience working in an outpatient setting.

About the Company

The GEO Group

Operator of private prisons and facilities

The GEO Group operates, owns, and manages private prisons, detention centers, and mental health facilities, and also runs government-owned facilities under contract. It provides services through facility management, residential treatment, electronic monitoring, and community-based programs, delivered under government contracts. The company differentiates itself by being the largest prison operator in the United States with a diversified portfolio that includes private corrections, mental health services, and monitoring programs, expanded through strategic acquisitions. Its goal is to deliver secure and well-managed correctional and behavioral-health services across a wide geographic footprint by owning, operating, and contracting facilities for government clients.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Boca Raton, FL
Founded
1984

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