Program Director - Healthy Steps

Overview

The earliest years of a child’s life create the foundation for lifelong health, learning, and emotional well-being. At Brookdale Hospital, the Healthy Steps Program Director has the opportunity to shape that foundation by leading an innovative, evidence-based program that integrates child development and infant mental health expertise directly into pediatric primary care.

The Program Director provides the strategic, clinical, administrative, and operational leadership necessary to ensure that infants, young children, and their families receive coordinated, family-centered, and developmentally appropriate support in pediatric primary care. The Program Director leads a multidisciplinary team and oversees program quality and fidelity, staff development, grant administration, fiscal performance, clinical operations, data and outcomes reporting, and community partnerships.

Healthy Steps, a nationally recognized program of ZERO TO THREE, strengthens the traditional pediatric care model by addressing the developmental, behavioral, social-emotional, and family needs that influence a child’s ability to thrive. Healthy Steps at Brookdale Hospital is supported by public and private funding and participates in a multisite, statewide initiative funded by the New York State Office of Mental Health to expand and integrate mental health services within pediatric primary care.

Through collaborative leadership and a commitment to health equity, the Program Director advances Brookdale Hospital’s ability to give children and families—particularly those from historically under-servedcommunities—the strongest possible start in life.

• Provide administrative and reflective supervision to a multidisciplinary team of seven (7) staff representing varying disciplines and credential levels, as well as assigned interns and volunteers.
• Assign and adjust staff responsibilities to promote operational efficiency, appropriate workload distribution, and maximum delivery of Healthy Steps services.
• Oversee the Healthy Steps’ pediatric residency training program, including curriculum development, delivery, and evaluation.
• Establish performance expectations, provide ongoing coaching and feedback, and address performance or conduct concerns in collaboration with Human Resources and departmental leadership.

• Lead the development, submission, administration, and renewal of public and private grant applications, continuation requests, and related funding proposals.
• Serve as the primary program liaison to funding organizations and ensure compliance with grant requirements, deliverables, performance measures, and reporting deadlines.
• Prepare and submit accurate and timely program progress, outcome, financial, continuation, and closeout reports.
• Maintain appropriate documentation to support grant monitoring, audits, and program reviews.
• Identify potential funding opportunities and collaborate with organizational leadership on strategies to promote program sustainability and expansion.

• Develop and manage the Healthy Steps operating and grant-funded budgets, including personnel, contractual, and program-related expenditures.
• Monitor expenditures against approved budgets and grant line items.
• Collaborate with Finance and departmental leadership to prepare budget projections, reconcile expenditures, and address anticipated variances.
• Recommend budget modifications and reallocations, when necessary, subject to organizational and funder approval.
• Ensure responsible stewardship of public and private program funds.

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the implementation, maintenance, and continued development of the Healthy Steps program.
• Ensure fidelity to the Healthy Steps model, including participation in national reporting, fidelity monitoring, technical assistance, and site self-assessment activities.
• Establish, monitor, and evaluate program goals, workflows, performance measures, service-delivery standards, and patient outcomes.
• Oversee program evaluation, data collection, data integrity, and clinical documentation standards.
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