Location: Florence,SC, USA
Job Responsibilities
About Pee Dee Regional Center
Pee Dee Regional Center is a residential facility of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs located in Florence, SC serving residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Job Responsibilities
Under the limited supervision of the Facility Administrator, this senior leadership position is responsible for facility operations, fiscal management, and oversight of a state-operated Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF-IID), supervision of facility administrative personnel daily within assigned limits and wholly in the Facility Administrator's absence.
* Provides guidance and supervision to key directors and personnel with responsibilities impacting facility operations. Ensures acumen of Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services State Operations Manual provisions, federal and state rules and regulations pertaining to ICF's-IID, and community based service options to promote community integration and inclusion.
* Proactively engages with assigned employees to build relationships that create trust, open dialogue, and full transparency. Establishes roles, responsibilities and expectations with extraordinary clarity. Motivates every employee to take action and connect their duties in a compelling manner with DDSN's mission. Assertively engages employees to drive outcomes and overcome adversity, obstacles, and resistance. Creates a culture of clear accountability. Makes decisions that are based on productivity. Develops a deep personal responsibility for all subordinate activity in your area of responsibility and instill this same mindset with subordinates.
* Develops key performance indicators (KPI) to establish quality and risk management benchmarks. KPI should incorporate human resources, survey data and trends, capital permanent improvement projects (CPIP), and analyses of fiscal reports.
* Facilitates organizational and operational uniformity to promote and achieve Regional Center goals and improved consumer outcomes.
* Proactively identifies specific improvement projects, develops specific guidance/parameters, specific milestones, final completion times, ensures accountability for results, and effectively briefs higher level managers periodically on status.
* Ensures state operated ICF's-IID complies with federal and state labor laws and Dept. of Labor (DOL) regulations.
* Conducts frequent walking visits of resident living areas, workshops, and day service areas to identify needs and assure delivery of appropriate support and services. Conducts unannounced after-hours visits of facility (at least bi-weekly) to assure ICF-IID licensing and certification standards are provided as appropriate with identified needs tracked to completion/correction. Assures sufficient unannounced visits by key management staff to support appropriate feedback and identifies/corrects negative trends. Explores/establishes capacity to provide recurring institutional respite space and emergency stabilization as appropriate.
The South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs offers an exceptional benefits package for FTE positions that includes:
* 15 days annual (vacation) leave accrual per year
* 15 days sick leave per year
* 13 paid holidays
* Paid Parental Leave
* Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance
* State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs
Minimum and Additional Requirements
A bachelor's degree and relevant program experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Three (3) years of experience working with people who have disabilities. One (1) year of experience in supervision/administration.
Additional Comments
About Our Agency: The South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN) is the state agency that plans, develops, coordinates, and funds services for South Carolinians with the severe, lifelong disabilities of intellectual disability and related disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and similar disability.
EEO Statement: DDSN provides affirmative action and equal opportunity in employment for all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex --including the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, national origin, age, religion, or disability.
Employment Contingency: Employment is contingent upon our receipt of the following required pre-employment screenings: medical screening - to include a drug screening; State and Federal background criminal record checks (to include FBI fingerprinting), SC Dept. of Social Services' Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry screening, and CMS List of Excluded Individuals/Entities screening; SC Dept. of Motor Vehicles Driving Record check; and a review of transcripts verifying educational credentials. We reserve the right to rescind this offer in the event minimum requirements are not met to include positions that require certifications and/or licensure, your application is incomplete or inaccurate, or our review of your background uncovers information, including opinions of previous employers and references, which cause us to conclude, at our sole discretion, that you are not suited for the position.
Immunization: If this position requires the applicant to work directly with DDSN consumers, a (2) step PPD testing or QuantiFERON TB Gold testing must be completed prior to beginning employment. All new employees who are healthcare providers are required to provide documentation of immunity or be immunized against measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, Varicella and Hepatitis B prior to beginning employment.
State Disaster Plan: In accordance with the State's Disaster Plan, which includes hazardous weather, DDSN employees may be required to work in times of an emergency or disaster.
Employee Referral: The South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs supports a Referral Incentive Reward and a Retention Bonus program. You may contact Human Resource for further information.
Supplemental Questions: Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment. Please complete the State application to include all current and previous work history and education. A resume may not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.