PRINCIPAL

Diamond Grove Center is searching for a skilled and experienced Principal/Education Director for our Education Department. This position will be fulltime 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday thru Friday, weekends and holidays off.

Diamond Grove Center is a 61 bed, behavioral psychiatric hospital located in the beautiful neighborhood of Louisville, Miss. Diamond Grove Center features individual units for children, adolescents, and offers inpatient care acute care, as well as residential treatment for adolescents. On average 1000 patients receive care from our compassionate health care team each year at Diamond Grove Center Hospital. For more information on our hospital please follow us at https://www.linkedin.com/company/diamondgrovecenter, diamondgrovecenter.com (https://www.diamondgrovecenter.com)

As the Education Director/Principal you will Coordinate the development and implementation of Patient Education Services to meet the patient's and hospital's goals and objectives. Directs services within area of responsibility and with others to ensure that patients receive quality services and that customer services will be improved according to standard operating procedures. Monitor patient's progress to ensure that patient's objectives are being met; if not, guidance is given to develop programs so that patients meet objectives. Communicate both verbally and written effectively with staff and other disciplines. Meet with staff of other disciplines to meet objectives. Provides coverage or decides for coverage of programs in the absence of staff scheduled to provide programs. Give staff guidelines in making decisions or make decisions so that customer's expectations are met. Direct assigned staff in implementing outcome-based programs. Demonstrate professional attitude to all customers.

Diamond Grove Center offers full time employees a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health, Dental and Vision Plans
• 21-days of Paid Time Off
• 401K retirement Plan with company match
• Continuing Education Offerings
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Stock Purchase Plan

What Happens Next?

After you submit your resume, a member of our recruiting team will review your qualifications and experience and may reach out to you to schedule you for an onsite interview.

Qualifications

Universal Health Services (UHS): Healthcare Delivered with Compassion

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $10.77 billion in 2018. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America's Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 87,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 327 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

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We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

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SPECIAL SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Must be eligible to qualify for CPI and CPR certification.
2. Demonstrates leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
3. Current Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) certification; current
4. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
5. Master's degree in education leadership, Elementary Education, or Special Education
6. Class AA Administrator's certificate issued by the MS Department of Education
7. Five (5) years' experience in school administration with experience in teaching children with disabilities and preferably in a psychiatric hospital.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Overall physical workload is medium. Ability to express or exchange ideas by

means of spoken word. Ability to receive detailed information through verbal

communication. Ability to present to groups and present handouts. Ability to

solve conflicts and give directions. Ability to follow standard operating

procedures of Diamond Grove Center. Ability to deal with people. Occasional

exposure to stressful situations.