1 Public Administration jobs in Santa Maria

**You Matter**
- Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
- Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
- Excellent career growth opportunities
**Join us and find a career that supports:**
- Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
- Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- Autonomy in a warm team environment
- Growth and training
**Perks and Benefits**
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
- DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
- Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
- Company paid life insurance
- Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
- Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
- Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans
*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.
**Why Us**
**Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.**
If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to "Always Do The Right Thing!", and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
**How you make a difference**
The Regional Vice President of Local Government is a pivotal leadership role overseeing the senior field operations within the organization. With primary responsibilities in employee and talent management, executive client relations, clinical quality oversight, and business development initiatives, the RVP plays a crucial role in ensuring the highest standard of medical and mental health services for the incarcerated population. Additionally, the RVP manages regional profit and loss, strategically allocating healthcare funds to maximize the delivery of quality care while maintaining commitments to employees, clients, and stakeholders through effective collaboration with a regional team and the home office.
**Key Responsibilities**
Leadership and Team Development:
+ Mentor, coach, and support direct reports, evaluating performance and fostering professional development opportunities.
+ Create a cohesive work environment, encouraging teamwork, communication, and constructive conflict resolution.
Operational Oversight:
+ Review clinical and operational metrics, ensuring facilities meet or exceed clinical, service, and operating objectives.
+ Monitor compliance with contracts, policies, regulations, and reporting requirements, proposing solutions for identified problem areas.
Financial Management:
+ Analyze financial statements, create and maintain budgets, and participate in the development of annual operating plans.
+ Evaluate financial and statistical data, making recommendations for operational improvements to enhance efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Clinical Quality and Compliance:
+ Develop and monitor clinical quality metrics, identifying and addressing training needs for clinical staff.
+ Ensure appropriate licensure, credentialing, and insurance coverage for medical personnel, actively participating in Quality Improvement standards.
Client Relations and Business Development:
+ Collaborate with corporate and support functions to ensure success, participating in business development through marketing, proposal writing, and oral presentations.
+ Foster positive client relationships, maintaining contract obligations, forecasting resource requirements, and actively participating in key meetings and planning sessions.
**Additional Details**
**Candidates need to reside in South California**
**Travel up to 80%***
**Qualifications & Requirements**
Education
+ Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Health Administration, Business Administration, or health related field.
+ Master's Degree preferred.
Experience
+ Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible leadership experience in delivery and administration of multi-site management.
+ Experience in correctional medical, dental, and mental health care preferred.
Licenses/Certifications
+ NCCHC-CCHP certification required or in process
Compliance
+ Must comply with all current and future State, Federal and Local laws and regulations, court orders, department rules, administrative directives, institutional directives, American Correctional Association (ACA), the Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) Standards, National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC) and policies and procedures of applicable sites.
**We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer**
We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.
We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
**We encourage you to apply!** If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn't seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.
We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.
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**Job** _25-177090_
**Facility** _CA San Luis Obispo Cty_
**Type** _Full-Time_
**Shift** _Day 8 hour_
**Recruiter : Full Name: First Last** _Katelyn Brown_
**Recruiter : Email**
**Compensation Information** _$227,100 - $240,000 / year_