Director of Planning Level 1 - Maternal Child Health

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Purpose of Position:

Under general supervision with wide latitude for independent initiative and judgement, the Director of Planning is responsible for the daily operations of Maternal/Child Health, Child Life and Regional Perinatal Center. Working collaboratively with clinical leadership, ensures the optimization of the services and supports safety, staff and patient engagement initiatives.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provides administrative supervision and oversees the day-to-day operations for Inpatient Pediatrics, Maternal Child Health and the Regional Perinatal Center.
• Assumes the proper implementation of hospital, department and corporate policies and procedures.
• Develops and implements procedures and systems to promote operation efficiency.
• Responsible for coordinating Senior-level program activities with other departments.
• Submits annual budget requests and monitors expenditures to ensure compliance with budgetary guidelines.
• Coordinates the collection of data and submission of reports in a timely fashion requested by the Department, Central Office and regulatory agencies.
• Oversees NYS Newborn Screening program as Coordinator.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by Supervisor and/or designee.

Minimum Qualifications
1. A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Public Administration, Hospital Administration, Social Sciences, Management, Health Care Administration or an approved related field; and,
2. Eight* or six** years of progressively responsible planning, design and program development experience pertaining to the operation of a major segment or all of a hospital or health care facility including substantial exposure in meeting community health needs, health care planning, design and program implementation, independent analysis review and study of health care facility operations and functions with at least three years of responsible level administrative experience coordinating the analysis of health care planning, design, development and public policy programs or approved related programs; or,
3. A Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in Social Science, Hospital Administration, Public Administration, Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Administrative Medicine in Public Health or approved related field; and,
4. Seven* or five** years of progressively responsible experience as described in (2), with at least three years of responsible managerial and highly responsible level administrative experience coordinating the analysis of health care planning, design development or public policy programs or approved related programs; or,
5. A satisfactory equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs