HOSPITAL CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO)
Alton, IL, US, 62002
Job Requisition ID: 50416
Opening Date: 10/15/2025
Closing Date: 10/28/2025
Agency: Department of Human Services
Class Title: SENIOR PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTR - 40070
Skill Option: Health and Human Services
Bilingual Option: None
Salary: Anticipated Salary: $10,158 - $11,435 per month ($121,896 - $137,220 per year)
Job Type: Salaried
Category: Full Time
County: Madison
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: None
Merit Comp Code: Term Appointment/ Agency
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Posting Identification Number 50416
Why Work for Illinois?
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Position Overview
The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is seeking to hire a Hospital Chief Operating Officer for the Alton Mental Health Center located in Alton, Illinois. The incumbent will plan, direct and manage administrators of assigned areas. Performs highly responsible administrative, clinical, programmatic and operational duties. Assists in the direction, development and supervision of recipient care and treatment program areas. Coordinates hospital services based on the identified needs of the patient populations. The Alton Mental Health Center strives to provide equitable access to social/human services, supports, programs and resources to enhance the lives of all who we serve.
Essential Functions
- Serves as Hospital Chief Operating Officer for the Alton Mental Health Center.
- Serves as full-line supervisor.
- Serves as the Hospital Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in their absence with full range authority over the entire Hospital.
- Supports and supervises the business services processes for monitoring and evaluating the quality of facility fiscal and material conditions, for identifying and resolving problems and for identifying opportunities to improve physical plant issues resulting in better patient care.
- Participates in meetings and serves as chairperson or member of various committees.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college.
- Requires four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience working with individuals with a mental illness in the fields of health or human services.
Preferred Qualifications
- Five (5) years of professional experience organizing, administering and evaluating ongoing services in a multi-disciplinary operation.
- Five (5) years of professional supervisory experience, assigning work, providing guidance to subordinates, recommending counseling and/or discipline following collective bargaining agreements, training staff, preparing and signing performance evaluations and approving time off.
- Five (5) years of professional experience developing and interpreting policies and procedures for a public or private organization relative to residential care and treatment programs.
- Five (5) years of professional experience working with Federal and State standards and regulations relative to residential care and treatment programs.
- Five (5) years of professional experience developing strategic plans, long and short-term goals for a residential treatment program.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires ability to pass the IDHS background check.
- Requires ability to pass a drug screen for drugs prohibited from recreational use under Illinois Law.
- Requires the ability to serve as Administrator on Duty (AOD) after business hours, weekends and holidays.
- Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during state employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (OEIG) or may be subject to a fine.
- This position has been found to meet the requirements in section 4A-101 of the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act requiring the occupant/employee to file a Statement of Economic Interest. The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act (5 ILCS 420/4A et seq.) requires certain state officials and employees to file annual Statements of Economic Interest with the Office of the Secretary of State that will be made available for examination and copying by the public. All employees required to file a Statement of Economic Interest are also required to file the Supplemental Statement of Economic Interest with the Executive Ethics Commission. (See Executive Order 15-09) Fines and penalties apply to untimely filings.
*All conditions of employment listed are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.
Work Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:00am - 4:30pm; 1-hour unpaid lunch
Administration / CEO's office
Work Location: 4500 College Ave, Alton, Illinois, 62002-5012
Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery
Alton Mental Health Center
Hospital Chief Executive Office
Agency Contact: DHS.HiringUnit@illinois.gov
Posting Group: Leadership & Management; Health Services; Social Services
About the Agency
The Illinois Department of Human Services uplifts individuals and communities across Illinois. Our mission is to respond to the needs of all people in Illinois so they can lead healthy, safe, and enriched lives. Our vision is the future we are shaping with dignity and the well-being for everyone in Illinois. Our values are the principles that guide us as we work to remove systemic barriers and create lasting opportunities with Compassion, Accessibility, Responsibility, and Equity.
Term Appointment: Candidates hired into a term position shall be appointed for a term of 4 years and are subject to a probationary period. The term may be renewed for successive four-year terms at the Director of the Department of Human Services’s discretion.
As a State of Illinois Employee, you will receive a robust benefit package that includes the following:
- A Pension Program
- Competitive Group Insurance Benefits including Health, Life, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 3 Paid Personal Business Days annually
- 12 Paid Sick Days annually (Sick days carry over from year to year)
- 10-25 Days of Paid Vacation time annually - (10 days in year one of employment)
- Personal, Sick, & Vacation rates modified for 12-hour & part-time work schedules (as applicable)
- 13 Paid Holidays annually, 14 on even numbered years
- Flexible Work Schedules (when available dependent upon position)
- 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave
- Deferred Compensation Program - A supplemental retirement plan
- Optional Pre-Tax Programs such as Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP), Dependent Care Assistance Plan (DCAP)
- Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility
- GI Bill® Training/Apprenticeship Benefits eligibility for qualifying Veterans
- 5% Salary Differential for Bilingual Positions
- Commuter Savings Program (Chicago only)
For more information about our benefits please follow this link: https://cms.illinois.gov/benefits/stateemployee.html
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
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