Date Posted:

March 13, 2025

Salary:

Depends on Qualifications

Description:

The County of San Diego, Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA), Behavioral Health Services is seeking applications from highly qualified individuals to serve as the Hospital Administrator for the San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital. This executive management position reports directly to the Director of Behavioral Health Services and plays a key role in planning, directing, coordinating, and overseeing the dynamic operations of an in-patient hospital or detention nursing unit, delivering critical psychiatric and emergency room services – along with a variety of significant responsibilities.  

Duties include

• Plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the operations of an in-patient psychiatric hospital and emergency psychiatric unit
• Develops and implements processes and procedures and sets facility goals and objectives
• Directs the coordination of hospital or campus functions and activities with County departments, governmental agencies, and private industry
• Advises and makes recommendations on policy and program development and the coordination of services both among county provided services and among other providers of continuum care across the county related to medical services, nursing, social services, and mental health services
• Directs the planning, implementation and maintenance of a systematic process for monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of operations and for resolving identified problems
• Participates in Departmental leadership meetings, representing hospital specific concerns with advisement regarding leadership of County clinics and the County’s planned inpatient acute psychiatric service at Edgemoor Distinct Part Skilled Nursing Facility

To view a detailed job brochure outling the duties and responsibilities of the position, go to the following website: 

https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/dam/sdc/hr/jobs/Hospital_Administrator_25215602U.pdf

Qualifications:

Five years of experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the essential functions of the classification AND a bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. college or university or a certified foreign studies equivalency. Experience must include three years of management level experience and at least one year of supervision.

Notes:  A master’s or doctoral degree from an accredited U. S. college or university, or a certified foreign studies equivalency, may substitute for up to one (1) year of the required experience and cannot be applied to the required one year of supervision.

How To Apply:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sdcounty/jobs/4831573/hospital-administrator-25215602u?keywords=hospital%20administrator&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

Filing Deadline:

4/9/2025