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Administrative Director of the Susquehanna University Health Center

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Susquehanna University
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Selinsgrove

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Administrative Director of the Susquehanna University Health Center

About Susquehanna:
As a living, learning and working community, Susquehanna University affirms its commitment to being an engaged, culturally inclusive campus. As we seek to embody the rich diversity of the human community, we commit ourselves to the full participation of persons who represent the breadth of human difference. The university encourages candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Susquehanna University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Susquehanna University is a national liberal arts college committed to excellence in educating students for productive, creative and reflective lives of achievement, leadership and service in a diverse, dynamic and interdependent world. Its more than 2,300 undergraduates come from 35 states and 22 countries, and all students study away through Susquehanna’s unique Global Opportunities program. Susquehanna University’s 325 acre campus, noted for its beauty, is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, 50 miles north of Harrisburg in the scenic Susquehanna River Valley, about a three hour drive from Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City. For more information, please visit https://www.susqu.edu.


Position Summary:
Job Summary
The Administrative Director of the Susquehanna University Health Center provides clinical and administrative leadership of medical service. Additionally, the Director is responsible for evaluating staff for performance, and polices within the Health Center; coordinates and ensures that the service provides high quality care in compliance with Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), best practices, state and federal statutes.

Specific Responsibilities
  • Directs Health Center's administrative operations, and establish, review, and update policies and procedures, including all safety, compliance, and risk management policies and applications.
  • Serves as the University liaison in implementing and monitoring the health care partnership with the Geisinger Medical Center.
  • Assess student health and wellness needs and explore and implement innovative practices to deliver high quality and efficient programs and services that address those needs.
  • Organizes and leads strategic planning efforts for Health Center, including ongoing strategic assessment, gap analysis, and benchmarking to support implementation of Health Center priorities and ensure alignment with the divisional strategic plan.
  • Proposes and manages the Center's budget.
  • Supervises and evaluates the Health Center staff and the student staff (receptionists, drivers), including scheduling and orientation to responsibilities.
  • In partnership with the Lean Nurse, establishes, reviews and updates policies, procedures and protocols that follow best practices, are evidence based and are consistent with standards established by AAAHC.
  • Presents information about the Health Center operations to parents and prospective students and coordinates the acquisition and review of health records for new students.
  • Responsible for student health benefit services.
  • Collects and maintains Center statistics, does year-end totals and annual report, and sets goals for the following year.
  • Monitors statistics and trends in the occurrence of communicable illnesses both on-campus and off campus.
  • Partners with the Dean of Health & Wellness on outreach wellness and prevention programs.
  • Develop a program to support employee health initiatives including pre-employment screening and immunizations as needed.
  • Maintains AAAHC accreditation status, update practices as required, ensures continuous quality management and improvement in all Health Center programs and services.
  • Coordinate departmental preparation for the response to critical incidents and public health threats on campus, including management of and effective communication about public health issues.
  • Develops, evaluates and participates in QI/QA studies and internal and external benchmarking.
  • Responsible for the student health benefit services.
  • Performs regular nursing duties and participates in on-call as needed.


    Required Qualifications:
    Education and Experience
    Master of Science in Nursing, Master of Arts in Health, or Related field with five years of experience as a nurse in a primary care setting with experience supervising, scheduling, and evaluating staff required OR Bachelors of Science in Nursing or related field with seven years of experience as a nurse in a primary care setting with experience supervising, scheduling, and evaluating staff required. Pennsylvania RN license or License-eligible required.

    Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
    Knowledge of English Language including meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar; Knowledge of Microsoft Office, general office equipment, variety of medical equipment and Epic Software; Knowledge of budget preparation and management; Strong problem solving skills and analytical skills to analyze complex information or problems in an objective manner; Exceptional organizational skills to work on multiple projects with competing deadlines and to establish goals and workload priorities; Ability to set priorities and advocate team concepts, work collaboratively with faculty and staff; Ability to think strategically with experience balancing policy and practice; Ability to promote patient education and clinical outreach materials; Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; and knowledge of electronic medical records systems.

    Physical Demand
    Position requires the ability to stand or sit for long periods of time and to move about the campus. Position requires the ability to talk and hear instruction. Position requires manual dexterity and the ability to use fingers, hands, and arms to feel, handle and reach. Position requires walking, standing, stooping, crouching, kneeling and bending. Position requires the ability to lift 50 lbs. when assisting a student, carry a 25 lb. emergency bag during emergency responses.


    Preferred Qualifications:


    Special Instructions to the Applicant:


    Benefits Eligible: Yes
    Number of Months: 12 months
    Other Number of Months:
    Full-Time/Part-Time:
    Work Schedule/Hours per Week:
    Posting Date: 12/03/2020
    Closing Date:
    Open Until Filled: No
    Anticipated Start Date:
    Posting Number: AH00700

    To apply, visit https://jobs.susqu.edu/postings/2153

  • Organization

    Susquehanna University is a national liberal arts college committed to excellence in educating undergraduate students for productive, creative and reflective lives of achievement, leadership and service in a diverse and interconnected world. Academic excellence, study away and service learning, student-faculty collaboration, and rich opportunities for creative and personal growth are hallmarks of a Susquehanna University education. About 2,200 undergraduates come from 32 states and 15 countries.

    The university is located in Selinsgrove, Pa., a town of about 5,000 situated on the banks of the Susquehanna River, 50 miles north of the state capital, Harrisburg. The campus is about 90 minutes from the Pocono Mountain recreational areas, and about a three-hour drive from New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

    Founded in 1858 by Lutherans, Susquehanna University welcomes individuals of all backgrounds and beliefs. It is a community that expresses its Lutheran heritage through the free and open exploration of ideas, commitment to service and development of individual talents.

    Students may enroll in one of two schools: the School of Arts and Sciences or the Sigmund Weis School of Business. A Susquehanna education is distinguished by a strong liberal arts program enhanced by equally strong professional programs in areas such as business, education and communications. Degrees are offered for the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Science.

    Susquehanna University is recognized in several guidebooks to selective colleges, including The Fiske Guide to Colleges and Peterson's Competitive Colleges. U.S. News & World Report’s America's Best Colleges includes Susquehanna among National Liberal Arts Colleges. Susquehanna is small enough to be academically flexible, yet large enough to offer a wide variety of choices—more than 50 major emphases, 45 minors and 850 courses. Susquehanna offers a challenging Honors Program for exceptional students and emphasizes experience-based learning, including internships, study-abroad semesters and award-winning community service programs.

    Small classes and a student-faculty ratio of about 13 to 1 offer students personal attention and challenging opportunities. Student participation and team learning are encouraged, as is faculty-student research that exposes students to current, practical applications in their field of study. Students are offered extensive opportunities for involvement and leadership in university life. They can choose from more than 100 student organizations, 23 intercollegiate sports, numerous intramural and club sports and a full schedule of lectures, concerts, films, plays and social events.

    Susquehanna's strong academic and career advising programs have led to strong post-graduation success. Typically, 94 percent of the graduating class is working full time or enrolled in graduate or professional school within six months.

    Diversity Profile: Susquehanna University

    Diversity Matters at Susquehanna. Through our commitment to academic excellence, in which diversity is a core element, we affirm the dignity and worth of all persons and strive to ensure that all in our community feel supported in their differences. Current and emerging research underscore the positive educational benefits that manifest in a diverse living and learning community.

    As an institution of higher learning, we understand that we will be judged increasingly by how well we prepare our students to succeed in a smaller, flatter and increasingly diverse world. We intentionally seek to create opportunities for understanding the ways that power and privilege influence individual and collective behavior and systems, and to use that knowledge to guide us productively inside the classroom and beyond.

    Affirmative Action - Susquehanna University is committed to making every effort to enhance the diversity of our community – students, faculty, and staff. The hiring process is important to achieving our strategic goals to recruit and retain staff from diverse backgrounds. Through the affirmative action process, we work together to ensure a diverse community while remaining diligent in our commitment to selecting the most qualified candidate for open positions.

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    Diversity Matters at Susquehanna. Through our commitment to academic excellence, in which diversity is a core element, we affirm the dignity and worth of all persons and strive to ensure that all in our community feel supported in their differences. Current and emerging research underscore the positive educational benefits that manifest in a diverse living and learning community.

    As an institution of higher learning, we understand that we will be judged increasingly by how well we prepare our students to succeed in a smaller, flatter and increasingly diverse world. We intentionally seek to create opportunities for understanding the ways that power and privilege influence individual and collective behavior and systems, and to use that knowledge to guide us productively inside the classroom and beyond.

    In the classroom, on the campus and beyond

    We use experiential learning to engage students in a multicultural education that prepares them for life in a diverse and interconnected world. Our new Central Curriculum, taught by a diverse faculty with different viewpoints and experiences, challenges students in their ways of perceiving and knowing the world. The unique Global Opportunities (GO) requirement prompts students to experience ways of knowing and being that are unfamiliar, and to reflect on those experiences. In the process, we expect that all students will examine their world view and how it is constructed.

    A diverse and vibrant campus community fosters relationships marked by mutual curiosity and respect. Students, faculty and staff are supported in these relationships by the Chief Diversity Officer, Center for Diversity and Social Justice, Center for Civic Engagement, Office of Residence Life, and the Bias Response and Education Team.

    The university also understands its physical and emotional connection to residents of the Susquehanna River Valley. Arts and educational events open to the community create possibilities for healthy dialogue regarding difference. Relationships built through interaction and dialogue with the greater Selinsgrove community serve to broaden and enhance the community in which we live and learn.

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