Director of Rural Health Services

Impact Life is seeking a Director of Rural Health Services to provide leadership and oversight for our growing rural health work across Delaware.

This is a new leadership position created as Impact Life continues to expand its integrated healthcare, behavioral health, substance use disorder, recovery, and community-based services, including our Dover Rural Health Hub and the new Rural Recovery Ecosystem Initiative (RREI) in Sussex County.

The Director will help ensure that these services work together as a connected system, strengthen partnerships across communities, support program leaders and staff, and help guide the continued growth and sustainability of Impact Life’s rural health services.

• Provide leadership and oversight for Impact Life’s rural health initiatives in Kent and Sussex Counties.
• Oversee the continued development of the Dover Rural Health Hub and implementation of the Rural Recovery Ecosystem Initiative.
• Support integration across primary care, behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, prevention, recovery support, Social Prescribing, and community resource navigation.
• Provide supervision and support to assigned program and clinical leadership.
• Work with leadership and staff to identify gaps in services and develop strategies to improve access and coordination.
• Develop and maintain relationships with healthcare providers, behavioral health organizations, community partners, state agencies, funders, and other stakeholders.
• Monitor program performance, outcomes, quality measures, grant requirements, and contractual deliverables.
• Work collaboratively with clinical, finance, compliance, data, quality, HR, and executive leadership.
• Support staffing, budgets, sustainability planning, and responsible use of program and grant resources.
• Represent Impact Life in community meetings, coalitions, collaborative initiatives, and other external settings.
• Support continued growth and development of rural health services.

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, behavioral health, public health, social services, or a related field.
• Experience with grant-funded programs, program implementation, compliance, and performance monitoring.
• Experience developing community partnerships and cross-system collaborations.
• Experience working with rural or underserved communities. Demonstrated leadership experience in healthcare, behavioral health, substance use disorder services, public health, recovery services, or a related field.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing programs or service lines.
• Strong understanding of integrated care, behavioral health, substance use disorder treatment, recovery-oriented systems of care, and social drivers of health.
• Strong communication, organizational, leadership, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to travel between Impact Life locations and throughout Delaware as needed.

Impact Life offers eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) and Roth 401(k) retirement options
• Paid time off
• 11 paid holidays annually
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Wellness resources