Health Department Director

Job Purpose and Objectives:

Assumes the overall direction, supervision, and management of the department, as well as consultative and referral responsibilities.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities:

This position is responsible for the supervision/leadership of employees, which includes making employment-related decisions and/or recommendations, and formally evaluating performance.

People Management: Clearly defines subordinate roles and responsibilities; motivates employees to perform and delegates work effectively; applies consistent performance standards and handles performance problems decisively and objectively; leads by example.

Operations Management – Directs and guides operations in alignment with organizational and departmental overall goals and objectives; ensures the execution of efficient processes to maximize organizational and departmental resources; utilizes operational knowledge to make sound decisions.

Strategic Leadership: Determines the strategic direction of the team or department in alignment with overall organizational goals; effectively communicates strategies internally and externally; creates a culture to support strategies and provides mechanisms to implement them; fosters buy-in and enthusiasm with employees.

Job Competencies: Essential Functions include the following. Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity may be added, deleted, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing. Schedule and shift assignments and work location may be changed at any time, as required by business necessity.

1. Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, addresses employee concerns and problems, directs work, counsels, disciplines and completes employee performance appraisals
2. Develops, establishes, and implements educational, clinical, medical department/outreach public health programs based on the public health needs of Ellis County
3. Educates and provides public service announcements as needed to physicians, citizens and other health care providers regarding public health concerns, threats, and interventions
4. Complies with KDHE guidelines for communicable diseases and other health concerns assuring timely investigation, data collection, and implementation of epidemiological interventions
5. Collaborates with other healthcare providers, businesses, agencies, and state/local government to establish policy, protocol, and/or regulations
6. Provides service to assure timely and appropriate response to public emergencies
7. Assures mandated reporting of diseases in a timely manner
8. Develops and complies with all organizational and department policy and procedures as by the Ellis County Board of Commissioners
9. Prepares and presents the department’s annual operating budget, including revenues
10. Gather and maintain grant funds for state and/or federal public health programs
11. Oversees and evaluates all contracts for services necessary to provide public health programs
12. Prepares and submits all quarterly reports to the State of Kansas for grant specific programs
13. Enforces and maintains compliance with all federal, state, and local laws and ordinances
14. Performs other duties as assigned or deemed necessary
15. Promotes and attends professional development opportunities provided by the county administrators office
16. Reports to the Emergency Operations Center during a disaster event when necessary
17. Attends regularly scheduled county commissioner meetings when available
18. Operates all job-related equipment, medical equipment, tools, and other aids as required or needed
19. Protects and maintains any confidential information you have access to, whether oral, written, or electronic