BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MEDICAL DIRECTOR (M&C) Department of Health & Human Services
Are you interested in making a difference? If so, please consider joining our dedicated team at the Department of Health & Human Services! This position has significant responsibility over in-patient and out-patient Mental Health and SUD programs. There is a strong need to be able to partner and build effective working relationships with other providers, stakeholders, system partners, community and staff. The Behavioral Health Branch in Humboldt County is part of an integrated model under the Department of Health and Human Services. There is significant work being done towards culture change, and the cultivation of a work environment that is diverse, inclusive and equitable.
What You'll Do:
Oversee medical and psychiatric components of Behavioral Health programs and services including SUD.
Acts as Medical Director for the County's Psychiatric Health Facility.
Provides clinical and administrative supervision over the work of County medical, psychiatric, clinical staff assigned, and contracted medical providers as well as midlevel practitioners or as preceptor as needed.
Develops and conducts training for in-patient and out-patient behavioral health staff, nurses, doctors and community partners.
Partners with local medical providers and organizations on shared clients, and to address program, community or system issues.
Where You'll Do It:
This position is located in Eureka, California.
A typical work schedule for this position is M-F 8-5.
DEFINITION
Under administrative direction, oversees, manages, and directs the planning and execution of the medical and psychiatric components of programs and services in the Behavioral Health Branch within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); serves as the County's designated Chief Psychiatrist; develops medical and psychiatric protocols and standards of care for all behavioral health services including Substance Use Disorder (SUD) programs and services, and the County's inpatient Psychiatric Hospital Facility, and out-patient facilities including the crisis stabilization unit; and performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives administrative direction from the Behavioral Health Branch Director. Exercises clinical and/or direct supervision over medical and clinical staff, and administrative staff, either directly or through subordinate levels of supervision.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This is a management classification responsible for managing and directing the County's behavioral health medical and psychiatric programs and services, including clinical and administrative oversight of medical, psychiatric, clinical and administrative staff. Incumbents are responsible for performing diverse, specialized and complex work involving significant accountability and decision-making responsibilities, which include developing and implementing behavioral health medical and psychiatric policies, procedures, protocols and standards and evaluating their effectiveness in meeting the needs of the community. Incumbents serve as a professional-level resource for organizational, managerial, and operational analyses and studies. Performance of the work requires the use of considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within broad guidelines and professional regulations. This class is distinguished from the Behavioral Health Branch Director, in that the latter has overall management and administrative responsibility for all branch services and operations, and for interpreting public policy as it relates to the Department's policies and practices.
Knowledge of:
Administrative principles and practices, including goal setting; program development, implementation, and evaluation; and clinical or administrative supervision of staff, either directly or through subordinate levels of supervision.
Organizational and management practices as applied to the development, analysis, and evaluation of behavioral health medical and psychiatric programs, policies, and operational needs.
Principles and practices of psychiatric medicine, including prognostication and treatment of psychiatric disorders.
Applicable federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations pertinent to the delivery of medical and psychiatric services within behavioral health programs.
Principles and practices of employee supervision, including work planning, assignment, review and evaluation, and the training of staff in work procedures.
Ability to:
Assist in developing and implementing goals, objectives, practices, policies, procedures, and work standards for the County's behavioral health medical and psychiatric programs and services.
Provide administrative, management, and professional leadership.
Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate the work of staff, delegate authority and responsibility.
Conduct medical and psychiatric assessments of patients; and develop, implement and follow up on treatment plans.
Effectively represent the Branch in meetings with governmental agencies; community groups; various business, professional, and regulatory organizations; and in meetings with individuals.
Education and Experience:
Equivalent to graduation from an American Medical Association certified school of medicine or osteopathy in good standing, and successful completion of an approved psychiatric or neuropsychiatric residency and five (5) years of increasingly responsible experience administering, supervising or providing direct medical and psychiatric care in a behavioral health setting, (2) years of which should be in a management capacity, preferably in a public agency.
Licenses and Certifications:
Must possess a valid US driver's license upon date of application. Must obtain California driver's license following hire date per California DMV regulations.
Must possess a valid license to practice medicine in the State of California and certification as a Psychiatrist issued by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry.
EMPLOYEE PERKS
For information about County benefits, visit our benefits webpage: Employee Benefits .
For details about employee perks, see our Employee Perks flyer: Employee Perks Flyer .
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