Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Medical Director

Full Job Description

Please Note: This is an at-will classification under the direction of and serves at the pleasure of the Director of Behavioral Health & Recovery Services/Public Guardian-Conservator.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Consults, advises, and makes recommendations to the Director of Behavioral Health & Recovery Services regarding the scope and quality of psychiatric, medical and other professional services provided.
  
  
• Supervises, assigns, trains, and evaluates psychiatric and clinical staff including independent contract status physicians and other positions.
  
  
• Coordinates the planning and implementation of medical training and education for physicians.
  
  
• Assists with the recruitment of physicians for the departments.
  
  
• Provides medical oversight for medical/clinical services of the Mental Health Plan.
  
  
• Assures appropriate medical and psychiatric consultation and liaison with primary health care providers and physicians.
  
  
• Makes appropriate business decisions in overseeing, directing, and managing assigned activates.
  
  
• Provides strategic leadership through communication, demonstration, and accomplishment of the organizational mission, vision, and values.
  
  
• Analyzes legislation and regulations for impact on mental health and substance abuse services.
  
  
• Implements appropriate departmental compliance procedures.
  
  
• Provides psychiatric, diagnostic, and therapeutic services including continuing patient care; jail-based psychiatric care; acute psychiatric care; emergency on-call consultation; conservatorship evaluation and court testimony.
  
  
• Consults with other medical and substance abuse practitioners.
  
  
• Directs nursing follow-up care.
  
  
• Completes medical records and court reports to mandated standards.
  
  
• Evaluates social support/rehabilitation needs. Also educates patient/families/staff and oversees intake and treatment plans.
  
  
• Establish, implement, and achieve goals and objectives.

Requirements

Experience:
Five (5) years progressively responsible experience in the practice of medicine in psychiatry.

License:
Possession of a valid license to practice medicine issued by the California Medical Board.

Certification:
Board certified or Board eligible in Psychiatric Medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

OR

Experience:
Five (5) years of progressively responsible executive or senior administrative experience overseeing behavioral health or specialty mental health programs.

License:
Possession of a valid Physician and Surgeon license issued by the Medical Board of California.

Qualifications

• Operate a personal computer and other office equipment.
  
  
• Communicate effectively with others in person and over the telephone.
  
  
• Provide psychiatric, medical and medication evaluations and crisis intervention.
  
  
• Provide psychiatric consultations to primary care physicians treating mental health or substance abuse illnesses.
  
  
• Provide medical direction and oversight of County-operated Psychiatric Health Facility.
  
  
• Analyze data, interpret policies, procedures and regulations, develop appropriate conclusions, and prepare reports.
  
  
• Meet deadlines under stressful conditions.
  
  
• Develop, interpret and enforce policies, procedures and processes regarding medical/psychiatric services.
  
  
• Plan and ensure adequate medical staffing.
  
  
• Supervise, train, direct and evaluate medical and clinical staff
  
  
• Resolve conflicts and respond appropriately to complaints.
  
  
• Complete multiple priority projects with conflicting deadlines.
  
  
• Maintain confidential information in accordance with legal standards and/or County regulations.
  
  
• Frequent use of depth perception, peripheral vision and color perception.
  
  
• Sit, stand, or walk for extended periods.
  
  
• Frequently lift, carry, reach, push, pull, twist and manipulate large and small objects.
  
  
• Kneel, bend, twist, squat, balance and crawl.
  
  
• Frequent use of hand-eye coordination.
  
  
• Frequent use of data entry device including repetitive hand and arm motion.
  
  
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 40 pounds.
  
  
• Normal dexterity, frequent holding and grasping.
  
  
• Represents the department with other government jurisdictions and community partners.
  
  
• Regular attendance is an essential function.

Knowledge of:

• General psychiatric medicine and forensic psychiatry
  
  
• Psychosocial rehabilitation
  
  
• Laws, legislation and regulations impacting mental health and substance abuse services
  
  
• Community support systems.
  
  
• Fundamentals of staff supervision, training and development.

Ability to:

• Work effectively in a multidisciplinary team
  
  
• Supervise and direct medical and clinical staff
  
  
• Conduct and coordinate training
  
  
• Manage patient flow efficiently
  
  
• Consult/collaborate with multiple systems
  
  
• Work with seriously mentally ill and their families.