DOC Deputy Chief of Health Services for the Northern Region

Position Overview

This position serves as a Deputy Chief of Health Services for the Illinois Department of Corrections. The ideal candidate will have administrative healthcare experience and be driven to provide exceptional care to those served by the Agency. The highly organized and skilled individual in this position will bring experience in developing quality improvement and patient safety initiatives and provide direction to the agency for the improvement and maintenance of standard of care to all persons served. As a leader, the person in this position will have excellent communication skills and be a consensus builder guiding positive change and building teams to improve policies and practices that affect healthcare delivery. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

Essential Functions

• Serves as Deputy Chief of Health Services for the Northern Region.
• Serves as a full line supervisor.
• Establishes and maintains a statewide quality improvement program for medical services and monitors all contracts for medical services, in order to provide individuals with appropriate evaluation diagnosis and clinical care, including but not limited to developing medical data tools utilized for collecting data and creating platforms for display.
• Provides direction to subordinate managers and contractual staff regarding complex or sensitive medical cases as well as complicated medical transfers.
• Develops and oversees a comprehensive IDOC Quality Improvement and Healthcare Training Program, working in conjunction with the Office of Health Services (OHS) leadership on quality improvement design and implementation to ensure health outcomes and training development.
• Develops and oversees a comprehensive IDOC risk management program.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires an Illinois license to practice medicine and, in compliance with the Lippert decree, a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (OD) and either board certification in internal medicine, family or emergency medicine or have successfully completed a residency in internal medicine approved by the American Board of Internal Medicine or the American Osteopathic Association, or have successfully completed a residency in emergency medicine approved by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
• Requires three (3) years of substantive medical experience in clinical/medical program direction, planning and evaluation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience in an administrative position at a healthcare organization.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience in medical data collections and healthcare quality improvement and assurance initiatives.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of experience creating and implementing evidence-based policies and procedures as they relate to providing health care, improving quality of care, and promoting patient safety.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of experience collaborating with administration, legal services, and providers to mitigate risk and promote patient safety within a healthcare organization.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional experience working with peer review, mortality review, and analysis of adverse events.
• Prefers at least one (1) year of advanced experience utilizing Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables and data analytics.
• Prefers at least one (1) year of experience in collaboration with academic institutions developing and maintaining programs for delivery of care, quality improvement and standard of care.
• Prefers at least one (1) year of experience with healthcare delivery to individuals in congregate settings.
• Prefers at least one (1) year of experience directing and training subordinate staff and providing feedback on work performance.

Conditions of Employment

• Ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate. Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
• Requires the ability to be on-call.
• Requires the use of agency-supplied technology.
• 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.
• 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.
• Requires ability to pass the IDOC/IDJJ background check.
• Requires ability to pass a drug screen. The use of unauthorized drugs by an employee, regardless of position held, is prohibited.
• Applicants are required to abide by all vaccine and/or other medical standards as set out by the employer.
• Required to utilize digital technology, tools, platforms, and processes in managing and supporting various digital enhancements for greater efficiency, productivity, and digital transformation efforts within the department.
• The conditions of employment listed here are incorporated and related to any of the job duties as listed in the job description.