Access To Care And Community Integrated Planning Manager
The Access To Care and Community Integrated Planning Manager is a strategic leadership role within Adams County Health Department (ACHD) and the Strategic Health Initiatives (SHI) Division focused on transforming systems to improve community access to services while advancing comprehensive community-led planning efforts, including the development and implementation of ACHD's Community Health Assessment (CHA), Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), and Community Engagement Plan. This position oversees the SHI Division's Regional Health Connector, Community Health Worker program, Health Enrollment program, and Planning and Evaluation team and is responsible for supporting the operations of each program and ensuring alignment of strategies with community needs and priorities, current policies, and local, regional, and statewide partners.
Leadership & Administration :
- Provide strategic leadership for County-wide access-to-care initiatives through a Chief Health Strategist approach, ensuring strategies reduce barriers, improve fairness in health outcomes, and align with organizational and community priorities.
- Oversee development and execution of the Community Health Assessment (CHA), Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), and Community Engagement Plan.
- Support policy and systems change efforts in collaboration with ACHD's Policy and Public Affairs team.
- Maintains active working knowledge of policies, systems, and key players impacting access to care as well as frameworks, principles, and practices related to community engaged planning.
- Strengthens organizational capacity through infrastructure development, technical assistance, workforce development, and evidence-informed strategies.
- Leads ongoing opportunities to engage communities across ACHD work by developing the infrastructure, supports, resources, and tools for program staff to effectively develop and implement community-led initiatives so community input is integrated into all public health functions.
Management & Supervision :
Supervise and coach staff, fostering a collaborative, learning-oriented culture while ensuring accountability and effective performance management.Provide guidance to staff on project management, change management, and community-integrated approaches to maximize program success.Manage program budgets, contracts, and procurement processes, ensuring fiscal accountability, transparency, and community alignment.Planning & Evaluation :
Provides leadership and technical assistance to ACHD divisions and programs on design models for planning, assessments, evaluation, and qualitative data collection and analysis to assure capacity of ACHD staff to naturally integrate planning, assessment, and evaluation into their work and report on overall progress of goalsLeads the ACHD Community Health Assessment (CHA) and Community Engagement PlanProvides strategic direction and oversight for a collective impact approach to the development and implementation of the ACHD Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), and serves as project manager overseeing execution of CHIP.Collaborates with the Epidemiology and Data Science Division to ensure a thorough, ongoing process integrating continual monitoring of population health and community engagement to inform ACHD work. Establishes short, mid, and long term performance metrics to monitor progress over time to align with the Performance Management and Quality Improvement (PM / QI) team.Serves as the primary liaison for ACHD in multidisciplinary health planning teams across Adams County and the state to identify and interpret trends in population health, identify emerging issues, and monitor progress in improving population health, while assuring integration of community voice to inform the work.Partnerships & Community Engagement :
Build and sustain partnerships with health systems, providers, funders, community organizations, and other County departments to coordinate strategies and prevent service gaps.Lead community-engaged planning efforts to ensure authentic community voice informs decision-making, program design, and goal setting.Serve as a visible representative and advocate for access-to-care and community integrated planning initiatives, including presentations to leadership, boards, and other interested and impacted community partners.Represent ACHD on local and state health planning committees to address emerging issues and ensure coordinated, community-informed strategies.Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.Emergency Preparedness and Response Duties : Completes trainings identified as appropriate for this level employee. Employee participates in all exercises and drills on emergency preparedness and response, as required. Employee responds, as required, to support emergencies, incidents and events with a public health and medical impact.
HIPAA Statement : Maintain sensitive & confidential client information according to the HIPAA policy confidentiality requirements.
Adams County complies with Colorado's Job Application Fairness Act ("JAFA"). JAFA prohibits employers from asking individuals to disclose their age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation on an initial employment application. However, additional application materials such as certifications and transcripts containing this information may be required for certain positions; if such additional materials are requested, applicants may redact information that identifies the applicant's age, date of birth, or dates or attendance or graduation.
Adams County provides a comprehensive benefits package to employees that goes above and beyond what is offered at most organizations.
AFLAC Supplemental Medical InsuranceBasic Term Life & Optional Term Life InsuranceDeferred Compensation PlanDental / Vision / Medical PlansGenerous Vacation / Sick leaveLong-Term DisabilityRetirement PlanShort-Term DisabilityEmployee Assistance ProgramEmployee Fitness CenterEmployee Health ClinicsFlexible Work SchedulesRecreation Center DiscountsTraining & Tuition Reimbursement ProgramsWellness programsLactation friendly certified workplace