Assistant Director of Rural Health Projects

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Your Role as Our Assistant Director of Rural Health Projects:
Under the direction of the Deputy Director of Rural Health Transformation and Director of Rural Health Projects and with the anticipated support of additional RHTP grant-funded staff, provide the following related to RHTP projects assigned to DSS, likely focused on the projects noted above:

• Design, integrate, launch, implement, monitor, and prepare reports for assigned RHTP projects within relevant budgets, timelines, and other requirements;
• Manage staff, resources, and contractors, including hiring applicable staff and procuring applicable RHTP funded contractors;
• Serve as the key point of contact for the specific DSS RHTP projects assigned to the individual, as may be updated from time to time;
• Collaborate and integrate across relevant DSS units, especially the DSS Division of Health Services, to align with existing Medicaid and other DSS program policies and operations;
• Collaborate with other state agencies especially as relevant to implementing the projects assigned to this role, including, when directed by DSS leadership, providing assistance to other agencies in implementation of RHT projects assigned to other agencies;
• Under the direction of DSS leadership, prepare and present reports and updates about DSS RHTP projects for internal and external stakeholders;
• Under the direction of DSS leadership, Ensure DSS RHTP projects align with overall strategic agency direction and coordinate with other projects and priorities;
• Under the direction of DSS leadership and within available capacity, support overall management of RHTP, including assisting with management and oversight of RHTP projects assigned to other agencies.
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• Experience in programmatic leadership, focusing on designing, planning, coordinating, launching, and implementing one or more large or complex projects.
• Experience overseeing a project team across in-house staff and outside contractors and partners.
• Experience and expertise in health policy and systems, especially in two or more of the following and especially as related to rural health:

-Hospital strategy, financing, and operations,
-Primary care, behavioral health (mental health and substance use disorder), maternal health and/or dental health,
-Value-based payment design, implementation, and ongoing management,
-Healthcare practice/facility care transformation, strategy and operations.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.  As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.