Deputy Commissioner, Health Affairs, Quality & Compliance, And Nutritional Services

Deputy Commissioner

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City's evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed at moving the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees, individuals in our care, visitors, and volunteers. Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7,500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts. The DOC seeks to employ a Deputy Commissioner who will partner with uniform and non-uniform personnel to develop, coordinate, and implement a wide range of programs for the Department's Health Affairs, Quality and Compliance, and Nutritional Services Division. Reporting directly to the First Deputy Commissioner, the incumbent will collaborate with Senior Executive staff to ensure that facility leadership and staff adhere to all Federal, State, City and local regulations pertaining to incarcerated individuals' health services and programming. The incumbent will also oversee audit and compliance functions, and environmental health compliance, and be expected to make recommendations and document observations on whether tasks and duties outlined within agreed upon plans of action have been satisfactorily performed, reporting such findings to the Commissioner and First Deputy Commissioner.

Health Affairs Division: In close partnership with the New York City (NYC) Health and Hospital's (H+H) Correctional Health Services (CHS), the Health Affairs Division oversees the coordination of health services for people in custody. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and enforcing processes and policies to measure, evaluate and improve all aspects of health services provided to people in the Department's custody and will work closely with the Executive Team to develop plans of action to improve and enhance current operations and improve the quality of care. This will include analyzing data, identifying trends, establishing appropriate timelines, and monitoring progress. Additional responsibilities will include but are not limited to: supporting and coordinating CHS's delivery of all health care services, including both regular and emergency medical, psychiatric, counseling, dental, addiction and HIV treatment services; consulting with the Deputy Commissioner of the Legal Division concerning the impact that laws, rules, regulations, official orders, directives, policies and procedures have upon the operations of various Departmental wide health related programs; coordinating with the City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and H+H to facilitate the delivery of relevant health services; and partnering with community-based providers to obtain grant funding that complements and strengthens the above programs.

Quality: The incumbent will oversee the monitoring and measuring of the quality of the Department's service delivery to the persons in custody as required by the minimum standards set forth at RCNY Title 40, oversight bodies such as the NYC Board of Correction, the New York State Commission on Correction, and associated consent decrees and settlement agreements. Such responsibility includes creating in-custody death forensic reports, collecting data, maintaining dashboards, and disseminating performance "scorecards" and reports to Department leadership.

Compliance: The incumbent will oversee the Department's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and City, State and federal environmental health regulations, and associated consent decrees and settlement agreements. Such responsibility includes oversight of the ADA Unit and the Environmental Health Unit. Additionally, the Incumbent will be responsible for ensuring compliance with the New York City Comptroller's Directive 1 and Directive 7. Such responsibility includes oversight of the Internal Audit Unit and the Engineering Audit Unit.

Nutritional Services: The incumbent will be responsible for providing executive managerial oversight of the Nutritional Services Division (NSD). Such oversight includes the financial, logistical, operational, and regulatory compliance aspects of NSD.

Preferred Skills:

• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience leading or managing employee health services operations, occupational health division, large scale medical facility, or employee and workplace wellness operations
• Thorough knowledge of the fields of correction and criminal justice administration
• Ability to manage the operations of a large, complex inmate population
• Significant knowledge of the laws, regulations, consent decrees, minimum standards and other legal mandates which affect the field of correction and the correction justice system
• Knowledge of educational, vocational and health care service programs
• Ability to communicate complex matters succinctly both oral and written
• Ability to analyze, revise, and establish complex social services and health care programs
• Ability to establish and maintain effective liaison with executive staff members in other criminal justice agencies as well as other pertinent government and private bodies
• Ability to work under intense pressure and meet restrictive deadlines.
• Knowledge of employee/occupational health service delivery practices and programs
• Knowledge of established best practices in the fields of employee health and wellness
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to effectively establish and maintain working relationships with internal and external partners
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) proficiency.

Additional Information: The City of New York offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance for the employee and his/her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26, union benefits such as dental and vision coverage, paid annual leave and sick leave, paid holidays, a pension, and optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 1. A Master's Degree from an accredited college in Public Administration, Personnel Administration, Business Administration, Human Services, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Psychology or an equivalent/related field, plus five years of satisfactory experience of a nature to qualify for the duties and responsibilities of the position, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities related to the duties of the position; or
• 2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with a major in Public Administration, Personnel Administration, Business Administration, Finance, Human Services, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Psychology or an equivalent/related field, plus seven years of satisfactory experience of a nature to qualify for the duties and responsibilities of the position, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities related to the duties of the position. 3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and eleven years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in "1" above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at .

Residency Requirement: New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

Additional Information: The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.