Assistant Director of Planning

MetroPlusHealth provides the highest quality healthcare services to residents of Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island through a comprehensive list of products, including, but not limited to, New York State Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare, Child Health Plus, Exchange, Partnership in Care, MetroPlus Gold, Essential Plan, etc. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health system in the United States, MetroPlusHealth's network includes over 27,000 primary care providers, specialists and participating clinics. For more than 40 years, MetroPlusHealth has been committed to building strong relationships with its members and providers.

Purpose of Position: 

Under direction, initiates, coordinates, implements and monitors program planning activities for a health care setting.

9:00 A.M – 5:00 P.M
 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Assists in formulating, determining major questions, problems, planning and policy issues affecting the planning, development, implementation of programmatic designs for health care settings and programs.
2. Assists the Director in coordinating and evaluating activities, projects, programs.
3. Develops the programmatic structures of the planning process; advises on the progress of planning activities for new health care programs from formulation and planning design through implementation of health care programs until the program becomes operational.
4. Identifies issues, develops, initiates analytical, quantitative models; provides the application of appropriate analytical methods and techniques.
5. Provides consultative services to operations, health care settings, other cost groups as needed in regard to methodology for planning, development of programs, evaluation and specific health care programs.
6. Acts as a liaison for various System-wide divisions, planning agencies, Governmental bureaus, Federal, State, City, and affiliated health care settings to address issues impacting the progress of planning activities, proposing solutions, anticipating potential challenges.
7.Performs other related duties, as directed.

1. Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Social Science, Hospital Administration, Public Administration, Business Administration, Health Care Administration, Administrative Medicine in Public Health or a related discipline; and,
2. Two (2) years of planning, design and program development experience pertaining to the operation of a major segment or all of a hospital or health care setting including substantial exposure in meeting community health needs, health care planning, design and program implementation functions; one (1) year of which must have been in a responsible level administrative, supervisory or managerial experience in coordinating health care planning, design, development or public policy programs; or,
3. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Business Administration, Public Administration, Hospital Administration, Social Sciences, Management, Health Care Administration or a related discipline; and,
4. Three (3) years of experience as described in “2” above; two (2) years of which must have been in a responsible level of administrative, supervisory or managerial experience in coordinating health care planning, design, development and public policy programs.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• College Savings Program 
• Union Benefits for eligible titles 
• Multiple employee discounts programs
• Commuter Benefits Programs