University of Oklahoma · 14 hours ago
Senior Program Manager - Suicide Prevention in Health Systems
Oklahoma, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expThe University of Oklahoma is seeking a Senior Program Manager for Suicide Prevention in Health Systems. This role involves overseeing the Healthcare Initiatives team and developing training, resources, and publications to enhance suicide care and promote organizational change within health systems.
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Responsibilities
Directs program administration, overseeing all consulting scopes of work, health care related grant deliverables, and continuous quality improvement efforts
Monitors and manages project scopes, timelines, evaluations, and creation of long-range initiative objectives and workplans
Serves on various external committees representing SPRC at relevant meetings and conferences, interfacing regularly with the public, contractors, and federal partners
Ensures the evaluation of programs and trainings developed by the HCI Team
Directs and plans for needs assessment(s) of health and behavioral health providers and systems, identifying and addressing gaps
Develops HCI Team goals and objectives to support annual work plans
Oversees project management and development of training, courses, publications, and resources designed to reach health and behavioral health provider systems
Provides Team supervision while developing HCI team goals and objectives to support annual grant workplans
Performs various duties as needed and assigned by SPRC leadership, to successfully execute grant deliverable
Qualification
Required
Master's degree
36 months of program administration or related experience
Able to communicate professionally and effectively, and build rapport quickly with colleagues, service recipients, providers and health system leadership
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Highly organized and able to handle multiple overlapping projects and deadlines
Experienced in reviewing and interpreting health and behavioral health system policies, as well as State and Federal regulations
Able to effectively contribute to evaluation plans for training and publication projects and programs and produce comprehensive reports
Able to assess health and behavioral health workforce development needs and identify appropriate resources and trainings
Able to supervise staff and communicate directions and expectations effectively
Strong initiative to solve problems both independently and with involvement from teammates and leadership
Highly collaborative and able to work well with interdepartmental teams and initiatives
Grant and contract management skills, including budget monitoring
Valid Driver's License
Preferred
Master's degree or Doctorate degree in public health or behavioral health
Licensure with a health or behavioral health credentialing board, example: MSW, LPC, NP
48 months or more of experience managing/ leading suicide prevention efforts in a health or behavioral health system. This experience must include managing implementation of comprehensive models like the Zero Suicide framework across a behavioral health system
24 months or more experience developing and implementing suicide care in healthcare initiatives such as the Zero Suicide framework and the local, regional, state, or national level
36 months or more as a supervisor or manager of employees in a health, behavioral health, public health or crisis services system
Company
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma is a public research university that provides variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in multiple fields.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$35.4MKey Investors
US Department of Energy"US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administation"Air Force Research Laboratory
2024-03-13Grant· $3.1M
2023-11-09Grant· $1.9M
2023-04-05Grant· $8.7M
Leadership Team
Mark Yeary
Co-Founder, Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC)
Marcus Bowman
Deputy Athletic Director, CFO & Business Strategy
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