Summary
This position is located at the Mescalero Service Unit in Mescalero, New Mexico. The incumbent oversees and directs the operations of the medical facility to provide quality health care services to the population it serves and reports to the Director of the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service.
Duties
- Develops, evaluates, and adjusts organizational structures and systems to accomplish local goals assuring consistency with Area level and Indian Health Service goals and objectives.
- Responsible for establishing and maintaining effective communication with recognized leaders of tribes served within the service unit.
- Assures that the service unit has a systematic plan to improve, assess and monitor the quality of the organization’s management of clinical and support processes.
- Responsible for the service unit’s Purchased and Referred Care (PRC) Program and evaluates the need for contracted services provided.
- Delegates authority to and provides general program direction to subordinate service unit supervisors on various administrative matters.
- Formulates the budget for the service unit and makes final decision on fund allocations and expenditures.
- Directs the total health care delivery system of the service unit and is fully accountable for managing all aspects of the facility including health care delivery activities…
