AHEC Director

Description

SUMMARY:

The South Central Idaho AHEC Director is responsible for the day-to-day operations and leadership of the South Central Area Health Education Center (SCID-SHEC). This position is responsible for the full spectrum of SCID-AHEC leadership, finances, planning, reporting, and programming to ensure that the program meets all grant deliverables.

$70,000 - $80,000 annually DOE

Employee's can receive up to $520 on the quarterly bonus.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in any field or at least four years of equivalent work experience in the following fields: Higher education and health related programs. Work experience includes a paid job, an internship, or a volunteer position. Master’s degree preferred

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities Required

• Superior skills in written and verbal communications, interpersonal interactions,
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Minimum one-year supervisory experience.
• One year of experience engaging in outreach and the development of organizational relationships preferred.
  
  

Description Of Duties

• Engage a variety of disciplines in health delivery for SCID-AHEC activities
• Direct, implement, coordinate, and supervise operations for SCID-AHEC.
• Organize all meetings, including agendas, action items, minutes, etc.
• Oversee all aspects of Center operations.
• Analyze, investigate, and resolve situations. Inform IRH Director of the situation and resolution or provide IRH Director with a solution.
• Direct tasks and projects to others to meet deadlines and monitor outcomes to ensure deadlines are met.
• Coordinate and supervise the maintenance of SCID-AHEC webpages
• Represent SCID -AHEC with external entities to maintain relationships that facilitate fieldwork operations.
• Oversee the identification of internships and other appropriate professional development opportunities for SCID-AHEC students.
• Compose and maintain SCID-AHEC planning documents including annual strategic plan, communications plans, budgets, and policies and procedures.
• Direct, coordinate, and supervise all SCID-AHEC pipeline activities, including delivering presentations on healthcare careers to high school students and participating in student recruitment events both on and off campus.
• Identify, coordinate, and/or publicize all SCID-AHEC continuing education offerings
• Serve on the Northwest Rural Health Conference planning committee by attending monthly conference calls, scoring abstracts, and moderating panels at the conference.
• Build partnerships with academic health professions programs at colleges and healthcare organizations throughout south central Idaho to develop interprofessional and community-based classes and field experiences
• Participate in evaluation activities as needed
• Attend the annual National AHEC Conference
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Safety

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

Family Health Services enforces a safety culture where all employees are responsible for continuously developing and maintaining a safe working environment. Each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements, participating in emergency response tasks as requested, and serving on safety committees and teams as requested. In addition, employees must accept the responsibility for maintaining the safety of themselves and others by adhering to all written and verbal instructions, promptly reporting and/or correcting all hazards or unsafe conditions and providing feedback to supervisors and management on all safety issues.

Compliance (medicare)

Family Health Services is committed to the very highest standards of ethics and integrity. It is our policy to properly determine the accuracy of reporting and billing our services in accordance with the rules, laws and regulations of FHS, the state government, and the federal government. FHS employees will do their part to ensure accurate documenting and billing practices, participate in compliance training and will identify and report any concerns or activities that may violate these standards.

Each employee will be trained on the FHS Medicare Compliance Plan and the Standards of Conduct and asked to sign a Conflict of Interest Statement at hire and annually thereafter. A copy of the Medicare Compliance Plan and the FHS Standards of Conduct are available on the FHS home page under the Compliance tab.

Patient Centered Medical Home (pcmh)

Family Health Services is committed to providing our patients with the highest standards of care by becoming recognized as a patient centered medical home. FHS staff are expected to participate in this process by being active and willing PCMH team members. Specific duties and expectations may vary and will be identified by position and site.

Procedure Compliance

Employee must read and understand the general and specific operational, safety, and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures, and policies pertaining to this job.

Working Conditions

Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment. No or very limited physical effort required. No or very limited exposure to physical risk.