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This position offers a leadership opportunity to help shape the future of rural health across Louisiana. Serving within the Office of Rural Health Transformation and Sustainability, the role oversees programmatic and operational activities to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements while advancing the Office’s strategic goals. The position leads long-range planning, policy development, and operational improvement efforts, provides executive oversight of budget planning and grant administration, and builds strong partnerships through statewide stakeholder engagement and public events. Qualified applicants will have the opportunity to drive meaningful, sustainable change in rural health systems statewide.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties:

Administration of Programs and Activities

· Monitors statewide programmatic implementation of grant strategies to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the activities, with corrective actions taken when issues are identified. As trend are identified, include training for staff and sub-grantees where indicated to assist with ongoing compliance. · Represents the Office in programmatic and budget matters during legislative hearings, public presentations, and regional meetings with the Health and Human Services regional advisory for the Rural Health Transformation Program.

· Directs technical assistance activities to help rural providers adopt new service models, workforce strategies, telehealth capabilities, and financial stabilization plans.

· Coordinates with hospitals, health systems, rural clinics, EMS, behavioral health providers, and other regional stakeholders to support sustainable transformation projects, in conjunction with the Executive Director and individually as directed.

Development of Plans and Policies for Statewide Grant Programs

· Researches, develops, and implements long-range plans, policies and procedures for the operations and management of Office of Rural Health.

· Monitors and updates policies, procedures, and system operations on a routine basis to assure Office compliance with applicable state and federal regulations and to meet guidance from Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services and Health Resources and Services Administration for grant funding.

· Develops processes for tracking of initiatives and strategies for rural health transformation program.

Community and Stakeholder Engagement

· Establishes and maintains partnerships with hospitals, primary care providers, universities, associations, health systems, and community-based organizations to build a unified statewide rural health strategy. This includes convening stakeholders around shared priorities, aligning efforts across rural regions, and fostering collaboration between organizations that operate independently.

· Identifies barriers faced by rural hospitals, clinics, and providers and brings those issues forward to Executive Director to inform policy decisions, funding priorities and strategic planning.

Supervision

· Coordinates with Executive Director and other LDH administrative staff to improve program development, identify staff training needs and provide management and support services required and needed by the Office.

· Responsible for the productivity and quality of staff performance; provides supervision of direct report staff and ensures effective supervision of staff under the chain of command.

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Office of Secretary / Executive / East Baton Rouge Parish

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a Probationary appointment, Promotional appointment, or Job appointment (temporary appointment that may last up to 48 months)

Cost Center: 30710003000010

Position Number(s): 50693112

How To Apply

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

* Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Shambrielle Pooler

Shambrielle.Pooler@la.gov

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

225-342-6477

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