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Jail Health Services (JHS), a division of Public Health | Seattle & King County, is searching for an experienced, collaborative, inspiring, and motivational leader for the JHS nursing team! 

The Regional Health Administrator (Nursing Services Manager) is critical in fostering a positive nursing culture and work environment, understanding trauma informed care, factoring equity into key decisions and the nursing practice, collaborating with other clinical leaders, and helping to further the division on overarching goals.

This role leads the “heart” of our health practice - JHS nurses, who provide care and treatment for residents in the King County jails 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This position is responsible for setting clear direction, managing people and practice changes, coaching and developing others, and advocating for nursing needs and supports. The Nursing Section is comprised of Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, and Medical Assistants. These staff work collaboratively with all other JHS staff across the practice to provide necessary healthcare and treatment services to our resident population.

JHS is on a journey striving toward becoming an anti-racist practice and we need a nursing leader to support us getting there. We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism as a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Brown, and Indigenous People of Color. This position requires advocacy within institutions founded in systemic racism, identifying and reducing barriers to care while pushing for systemic change.

About Jail Health Services:

JHS provides needed health and social services to the incarcerated population located in the King County jails – King County Correctional Facility (KCCF) in Seattle, WA and Maleng Regional Justice Center (MRJC) in Kent, WA.  The primary services we provide include medical, dental, mental health, social and release planning services, treatment of substance use disorders, and pharmaceutical services.  We care about the patients we serve and their health outcomes. Our division includes over 250 employees and an annual budget of over $60 million.
 
The purpose of JHS is to assure that high-quality health and human services are available to the incarcerated population in the King County adult correctional facilities: the King County Correctional Facility (KCCF) in Seattle and the Maleng Regional Justice Center (MRJC) in Kent. The JHS vision is Opening doors to healthier, happier lives, and the mission is to assess and stabilize serious health problems for the detained population of the King County Correctional Facility and the Maleng Regional Justice Center with a focus on transition from jail.  
 
Staffed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year, JHS provides a broad range of health care to all individuals booked into the jails. For patients with serious mental health or medical conditions, special housing units (psychiatric and infirmary) along with a higher level of services and medical monitoring are provided. Since the patient population varies both in numbers as well as in acuity of health conditions, staffing is adapted and flexed to meet the constantly changing needs of the population.
 
JHS staff manage the complex health needs of underserved populations many of whom come to the facility without access to care in the community and with decompensated acute and chronic health conditions.

Commitment to Equity and Social Justice:

Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation’s history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.

The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all – in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.

We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.

To learn more, please visithttp://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx

Work Location:

Minimal telecommuting, primarily on-site.

• King County Correctional Facility, 500 Fifth Ave; Seattle, WA 98104
• Maleng Regional Justice Center, 620 West James St.; Kent, WA 98032

Work Schedule:  

The work week is normally Monday through Friday, 40 hours weekly, with some evening and weekend work to support the programs and services that run 24/7 at two facilities.

This career service position is exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not overtime eligible. 

Skills/Eligibility:

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills:

Our ideal candidate will demonstrate the following (Minimum):
 

• Considerable knowledge of managerial principles and practices as they pertain to the delivery of health care nursing services in correctional health care or emergency/acute services.
• Knowledge of nursing practice principles and techniques, infectious disease management, control and safety standards, occupational health and safety hazards, and applicable health care laws, regulations, and procedures for direct health care services.
• Working knowledge of complex nurse staffing matrices that can accommodate multiple schedule variables, including alternative schedules, appropriate licensure mixes, and adequate cross-coverage between medical and mental health patient care responsibilities.
• Knowledge of standards for infection prevention and control in a health care environment. Considerable knowledge of the quality assurance processes and standards within a health care environment.
• Experience in supervision, human resources, coaching, and quality improvement principles and practices.
• Ongoing commitment to learning, understanding, and effective application of anti-racist practices.
• Ongoing commitment to learning, understanding and effective application of culturally humble practices when working with marginalized identities.
• Experience leading nursing programs and teams with a participant-and family-centered, anti-racist, strengths-based, and trauma-informed lens and approach.
• Ability to co-create a compelling vision for nursing services and align team members around a strategic plan to work toward stated goals. Strength in fostering teamwork across different disciplines and programs to break down silos and build alignment.
• Five years or more of progressive management experience in a large governmental or private organization, with a well-developed, broad range of administrative, clinical, negotiation, facilitation, and management skills.
• Applied Knowledge of the Washington State Nurse Practice Act and its associated Rules.
• Experience with adults (age 18 and older) presenting with complex needs requiring multiple system involvement for resolution.
• Deep knowledge of specific challenges, trauma responses, behavior and needs for people experiencing legal involvement, housing instability, poverty, substance use disorder and mental health diagnoses compounded by discrimination and systemic oppression.
• Skill in communicating and coaching effectively, engaging in or learning to have difficult crucial conversations with staff, humbly, from a place of learning, and give/receive timely feedback. Uphold staff to the values of respect and cultural humility.
• Skill in motivating and inspiring others, commitment to quality work under various conditions, positive perspective, and commitment to teambuilding.
• Experience and ability to lead, manage, and coach others through complex Human Resource issues and challenges. Knowledge or experience in working within a highly unionized workplace or similar environment.
• Effectively and respectfully communicating with others (e.g., stakeholders), engaging in difficult crucial conversations to facilitate shared learning.
• Expertise in change management practices, e.g., restorative justice practices, and mindful of various perspectives and experiences to bring others through change together. Skill in fostering participant self-determination, autonomy and rapport building with harder to reach people; ability to develop those skills in others.
• Knowledge of and experience with crisis intervention techniques, including assessment for risk of suicide or harm to self or others.
• Skill in data collection, analysis, reporting, and

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