Program Manager -LDH; Deputy Director

Mission

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

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This position offers a leadership opportunity to help shape the future of rural health across Louisiana. Serving within the Office of Rural Health Transformation and Sustainability, the role oversees programmatic and operational activities to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements while advancing the Office’s strategic goals. The position leads long-range planning, policy development, and operational improvement efforts, provides executive oversight of budget planning and grant administration, and builds strong partnerships through statewide stakeholder engagement and public events.

• Eight years of experience in developing, managing, or evaluating health or social service programs; or in public health, public relations, social services, health services, health regulation, or administrative services.
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus five years of experience in developing, managing, or evaluating health or social service programs; or in public health, public relations, social services, health services, health regulation, or administrative services.
• A bachelor’s degree plus five years of experience in developing, managing, or evaluating health or social service programs; or in public health, public relations, social services, health services, health regulation, or administrative services.
• An advanced degree or a Juris Doctorate plus four years of experience in developing, managing, or evaluating health or social service programs; or in public health, public relations, social services, health services, health regulation, or administrative services.
• EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
  Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full‑time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

• Monitors statewide programmatic implementation of grant strategies to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of the activities, with corrective actions taken when issues are identified.
• Represents the Office in programmatic and budget matters during legislative hearings, public presentations, and regional meetings with the Health and Human Services regional advisory for the Rural Health Transformation Program.
• Directs technical assistance activities to help rural providers adopt new service models, workforce strategies, telehealth capabilities, and financial stabilization plans.
• Coordinates with hospitals, health systems, rural clinics, EMS, behavioral health providers, and other regional stakeholders to support sustainable transformation projects, in conjunction with the Executive Director and individually as directed.

• Researches, develops, and implements long‑range plans, policies and procedures for the operations and management of Office of Rural Health.
• Monitors and updates policies, procedures, and system operations on a routine basis to assure Office compliance with applicable state and federal regulations and to meet guidance from Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services and Health Resources and Services Administration for grant funding.
• Develops processes for tracking of initiatives and strategies for rural health transformation program.

• Establishes and maintains partnerships with hospitals, primary care providers, universities, associations, health systems, and community‑based organizations to build a unified statewide rural health strategy.
• Identifies barriers faced by rural hospitals, clinics, and providers and brings those issues forward to Executive Director…