Community Benefit Program Manager

Here, it's different. Come join us.

Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation's brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist's outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we're making new strides every day.

We've been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the best of the best pediatric hospitals with #1 rankings in Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report.

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That's why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it's different.

The Community Benefit Program Manager is responsible for coordinating and supporting all Community Benefit reporting and operational functions and initiatives to ensure compliance with internal policies and applicable federal, state, and local regulations. Responsible for managing community engagement activities related to state regulatory programs, including but not limited to, Hospital Community Benefit Accountability and Hospital Transformation Program.

Department Name: Child Health Advocacy Institute / Community Health and Advocacy Division
Job Status: Full time, 40 hours per week.
Shift: Day shift, Monday to Friday with occasional evening meetings and events. Hybrid

• Education: Bachelor's degree in public health, business, healthcare administration, nonprofit administration, or related field.
• Experience: Five (5) years of experience managing or leading hospital community benefit activities. Experience with CBISA (Community Benefit Inventory for Social Accountability) and Colorado's Hospital Community Benefit Accountability (HCBA) progam are preferred.
• Equivalency: Professional experience, beyond requirements, in a related field may substitute for a Bachelor's degree requirement on a year for year basis.

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

No direct patient care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

1.Develops, refines, and leads all processes to meet all state and federal Community Benefit reporting requirements across the Children's Hospital Colorado system. Responsible for producing the narrative content for the state HCBA report and the federal IRS 990 Schedule H. Partners with Finance Division to validate financial data for both reports. Creates an annual external-facing Community Benefit summary report.
2.Partners with internal teams (Analytic Resource Center/Community Health & Advocacy Data Team) for planning and execution of the triennial Community Health Needs Assessments and Community Health Implementation Strategy across the CHCO system. Ensures that all methods of data collection, community engagement and dissemination meet federal requirements and up-to-date standards.
3.Serve as a project manager for each triennial Community Health Implementation Strategy, creates and maintains effective communication pathways with program managers and subject matter experts across the CHCO system and creates annual progress reports for publication.
4.Regularly evaluates and creates vetting processes for policies and work plans to ensure consistent, clear approaches to Community Benefit reporting and Community Health Needs Assessments based on best practices and latest guidance.
5.Collaborates with leaders across the Community Health & Advocacy Division to support the development of a CHCO Community Advisory Council (CAC), which focuses on meaningfully fulfilling community engagement requirements of state regulatory programs, including but not limited to, Hospital Community Benefit Accountability (HCBA) and Hospital Transformation Program (HTP).
6.Assists with implementation of Community Benefit related compliance, finance, and business ethics work plans, including internal audit and compliance plans.
7.Analyzes the health care environment to identify and lead opportunities for the advancement of Community Benefit and Community Health Needs Assessments and Implementation Plans.
8.Develops or maintains tracking tools, survey tools, and research tools. Researches relevant materials including but not limited to regulations, policies, procedures, and other standards related to Community Benefit.
9.Assists with the development, implementation and maintenance of organization-wide policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with applicable Community Benefit federal, state, and local regulations.
10.Develops and delivers training to educate CHCO team members regarding general Community Benefit policies, procedures and rules, and the consequences of non-compliance.
11.Facilitates internal and participates in external (state or community initiated) Community Benefit committees, work groups and meetings.

SCOPE & LEVEL

Guidelines: Fully qualified, full performance or journey level. Guidelines are generally but not always clearly applicable, requiring the employee to exercise judgment in selecting the most pertinent guideline, interpret precedents, adapt standard practices to differing situations, and recommend alternative actions in situations without precedent.

Complexity: Duties assigned are generally complex and may be of substantial intricacy. Work assignment is performed within an established framework under general instructions but requires simultaneous coordination of assigned functions or projects in various stages of completion.

Decision Making: Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.

Communications: Contacts with team members, clients or the public where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, defended, and gathered and discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.

Supervision Received: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Under general supervision, the employee receives assignments and is expected to carry them through to completion with substantial independence. Work is reviewed for adherence to instructions, accuracy, completeness, and conformance to standard practice or precedent. Recurring work clearly covered by guidelines may or may not be reviewed.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good

Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good

General Activity: Sit: 2-4 hrs. per day

Motion: Bend up to 1/3 of time

Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: Up to 10 pounds: 1/3 or more of time

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development resources to help you advance and grow.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.