PROGRAM MONITOR–DHH

JOB NUMBER: OPH/AS/0510

This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health – Office of Public Health –HEALTH PROMOTION- East Baton Rouge Parish.

Cost Center: 326-7950

Position #: 50489802

This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Job Appointment, Probationary Appointment or a Promotional Appointment.

No Civil Service test score
is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process by selecting the ‘Applications’ link after logging into their account. Below are the most common status messages and their meanings.

Application received
– Your application has been submitted successfully.

Evaluating experience
– Your application is being reviewed to ensure you meet the minimum qualifications for the position.

Minimum Qualification Review – See History
– Click the History link for the results of your application review. Passing candidates will designate as “Pass”. Failing candidates will designate as “Fail”.

Eligible for consideration
– You are among a group of applicants who MAY be selected for the position.

Eligible Pending Supplemental Qualification Review
– Only candidates meeting the supplemental qualification will be eligible for referral.

Referred to hiring manager for review
– Your application has been delivered to the hiring manager. You may or may not be called for an interview.

Position filled
– Someone has been selected for the position.

Position canceled
– The agency has decided not to fill the position.

There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed. The hiring supervisor/manager has 90 days from the closing date of the announcement to make a hiring decision. Specific information about this job will be provided to you in the interview process, should you be selected.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Angela.Selders@la.gov

Or write to :

LDH/HRTSD

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.

QUALIFICATIONS:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A baccalaureate degree plus two years of professional level experience in administrative services, economics, public health, public relations, social services, health services, or surveying and/or assessing health or social service programs or facilities for compliance with state and federal regulations.

SUBSTITUTIONS:

Six years of full-time work experience in any field may be substituted for the required baccalaureate degree.

Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:

A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.

College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree may be substituted for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.

Graduate training with eighteen semester hours in one or any combination of the following fields will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for one year of experience: public health; counseling; social work; psychology; rehabilitation services; statistics; experimental/applied statistics; economics; business, public, or health administration.

A Juris Doctorate will substitute for one year of the required experience.

A master’s degree in public health; counseling; social work; psychology; rehabilitation services; economics; business, public, or health administration will substitute for one year of the required experience.

Graduate training with less than a Ph.D. will substitute for a maximum of one year of the required experience.

A Ph.D. in public health; counseling; social work; psychology; rehabilitation services; economics; business, public, or health administration will substitute for the two years of required experience.

NOTES:

Health services include all services dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of disease, or the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health for sick or injured individuals.

Public health includes jobs such as sanitarian, public health engineer and public health epidemiologist.

NOTE:

Any college hours or degree must be from a school accredited by one of the following regional accrediting bodies: the Middle States Commission on Higher Education; the New England Association of Schools and Colleges; the Higher Learning Commission; the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities; the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools; and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

JOB CONCEPTS:

Function of Work:

To perform research, analysis and policy management activities related to statewide health or social service program(s).

Level of Work:

Advanced.

Supervision Received:

Broad from a Program Monitor Supervisor–DHH or higher level.

Supervision Exercised:

None.

Location of Work:

Department of Health and Hospitals; Human Service Districts as established; and other social service entities as established by an approved DSCS Allocation Criteria Memorandum.

Job Distinctions:

Differs from Program Monitor Supervisor–DHH by the absence of supervisory responsibility.

Differs from Program Manager 1-A–DHH and Program Manager 1-B–DHH by the absence of responsibility for administering small or less complex statewide program(s).

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

Assist with coordination, management and monitoring of statewide program(s).

Plans and coordinates the monitoring and reporting process for statewide program(s).

Develops and implements policy procedures for statewide program(s).

Monitors contracts for adherence to deliverables. Monitors service providers for compliance with federal/state guidelines and financial solvency.

Writes, negotiates and processes programmatic and budgetary contracts; initiates and negotiates contracts for new clinic agencies.

Assists with the writing and managing of grant funds.

May provide functional supervision to regional employees.

Analyzes data to track training and technical assistance needs. May conduct or coordinate training for agency staff.

Presents information to community partners and to relevant agencies.

Prepares and reviews reports from facilities and other programs outlining statistical analysis and trends.

Serve on various committees for the purpose of formulating of policies and quality assurance methods.

Assesses regional needs related to resources, information gaps and barriers to service.

Implements provider recruitment strategies to address resource and service needs.

Assists rural and underserved communities in their efforts to secure grant funding for community-based projects to improve access to local health care services by way of: skill-building, training, grant writing, technical assistance, etc.

Monitors expenditures and accounts payable for grant and contract deliverables.

Tracks occurrences and participates in investigations.

Coordinates and maintains department’s internal monitoring procedures for legislation.

Coordinates with Information Technology staff for the design and maintenance of data reports.