Healthcare Program Coordinator
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Job Location:
Indianapolis, IN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title: Rural Health Behavioral Health Workforce Coordinator
Job Type: Hybrid- Contract
Duration: 5 years
Location: Indianapolis IN 46204
Summary
This role supports workforce pipeline development training and credentialing pathways grant-funded workforce initiatives and performance monitoring across all rural counties.
As a statewide field-based contractor the Workforce Coordinator serves as a primary operational link between FSSA rural behavioral health providers training partners statewide associations and community organizations. Their work ensures consistent implementation of statewide workforce strategies and contributes to Indianas long-term vision for rural health transformation.
Position Responsibilities
1. Workforce Development & Pipeline Coordination
- Lead statewide implementation of the behavioral health workforce strategy including CPSP and other frontline roles.
- Coordinate recruitment training and placement activities with training providers employers and community partners.
- Support development of career pathways competency frameworks and fidelity standards aligned with statewide guidance.
2. Grant & Program Administration
- Support administration of RHTP workforce-related grants.
- Support implementation and monitoring of rural recruitment retention and capacity project strategies.
- Monitor compliance with state and federal requirements including allowable expenditures documentation standards and workforce-related deliverables.
3. Coordination with Technical Assistance Providers
Collaborate with statewide TA Providers to ensure aligned workforce support across rural communities.
- Participate in statewide meetings workgroups and training sessions convened by TA Providers.
- Coordinate strategic plan development workforce planning activities and alignment with CMS and state priorities.
- Facilitate statewide learning by sharing insights challenges and best practices.
4. CMS Workforce Reporting & Performance Monitoring
- Coordinate statewide data collection related to workforce recruitment training deployment and retention.
- Ensure timely submission of workforce-related reports to FSSA for state and federal reporting cycles.
- Support partners in understanding CMS workforce reporting expectations including metrics documentation and narrative requirements.
- Monitor progress toward CMS-defined workforce outcomes and support corrective action planning when needed.
5. Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
- Serve as a liaison between FSSA and behavioral health workforce partners including hospitals community mental health centers community organizations and training institutions.
- Ensure that workforce activities reflect the needs and priorities of rural communities.
- Maintain strong communication channels with FSSAs Workforce and Regional Grant Initiative Teams and participate in statewide meetings as requested.
6. Program Implementation Support
- Assist partners in interpreting state guidance workforce requirements and program expectations.
- Track statewide behavioral health workforce progress identify barriers and support problem-solving to maintain momentum.
- Contribute to statewide consistency by using shared tools templates and evaluation frameworks.
- Support development of new behavioral health workforce models pilot programs and innovative approaches to rural care delivery.
MUST HAVE Skill Required-
- Bachelors degree in public health health administration public policy workforce development education business administration or related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in workforce development grant management project management program administration or related work.
- Prior experience with compliance budgeting and reporting requirements for state or federal grants.
- Experience working with healthcare organizations rural communities training providers or public health systems.
- Strong understanding of workforce development strategies credentialing pathways and training program implementation.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with strong attention to detail.
- Excellent communication facilitation and relationship-building skills.
- Experience with CMS-funded programs federal grants administration or large-scale workforce initiatives.
- Familiarity with Indianas rural health landscape including hospitals behavioral health providers schools and community-based organizations.
- Experience collaborating with statewide associations training institutions or multi stakeholder coalitions.
- Knowledge of rural health delivery care coordination CPSP models or health system transformation
