Position Summary:

Under the direct supervision of the Chief Behavioral Health Officer (CBHO), the CCBHC Medical Director provides clinical leadership and consultation. The role is multidimensional and includes the direction and oversight of clinical services and administrative and educational oversight related to the care of the patients served. In addition, the medical director assures the clinical actions taken by the CCBHC and provided by CCBHC personnel meet standards of quality medical and psychiatric care, including integration of physical healthcare, Mental Health, and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment. CCBHC medical director oversight is a cooperative effort requiring other CCBHC clinicians and staff to work together for effective treatment and service delivery. Therefore, the medical director must have a collaborative and unified approach to working with CCBHC leadership and team.

Essential Functions of the Job:

In coordination with the Chief Behavioral Health Officer, the CCBHC Medical Director will be responsible for the medical component of care and integrating mental health, substance use, and primary care. The specific responsibilities include the following:

• Provides a minimum 0.7 FTE of direct patient care in addition to responsibilities and duties.
• In collaboration with CCBHC Program Manager, assures that all people receiving CCBHC services receive appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment, medical screening, and medical/psychiatric evaluation.
• Participates in the development, approval, and review of all policies, procedures, and protocols that govern clinical care and the integration of behavioral health and primary care related to CCBHC.
• In collaboration with CCBHC Program Manager, ensures the availability of adequate staffing to provide clinical, medical, administrative leadership, and clinical care throughout the clinic.
• In collaboration with the CCBHC Program Manager, reviews/approves CCBHC job descriptions for all clinical staff. Responsible for interviewing, recruiting, and onboarding new psychiatrists and therapists at the clinic.
• Evaluates and supervises psychiatrists and therapists, and oversees the peer-review process. Oversees resident and medical student rotations and evaluations.
• Ensures that all clinical staff receive appropriate supervision, staff development, and in-service training.
• Advises the CBHO regarding development and review of  the CCBHC’s programs, positions, and budgets that impact clinical services. Participates in community-wide behavioral health gap analysis and program development.
• Participates with the CBHO, Director of Behavioral Health Operations, and CCBHC Program Manager in making liaisons with private and public payors, particularly with medical directors or equivalent clinical leadership in payor organizations.
• Assures the quality of treatment and related services provided by the CCBHC’s professional staff through participation (directly or by designee) in the CCBHC’s ongoing quality improvement and audit processes.
• Provides oversight to ensure appropriate utilization of services throughout the CCBHC, by developing appropriate continuum of programs; identifying the level of care criteria, standards of practice for internal review of the level of care determinations, and appeal of adverse utilization review decisions.
• Participates in the development of a clinically relevant outcome evaluation process.
• Acts as liaison for the CCBHC with community physicians, hospital staff, and other professionals and agencies with regard to psychiatric services.
• Develops and maintains, whenever possible, training programs in concert with various medical schools and graduate educational programs.

By licensure, training and prior clinical and administrative experience, the medical director should be qualified to carry out these functions. The medical director must be board certified. Specifically, they should be knowledgeable about contemporary therapeutic and rehabilitative modalities necessary to work with the population served by the clinic.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Adheres to all applicable SYHealth policies, procedures, protocols and best practices.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills in collaboration with teams to achieve quality, excellence, harmony and problem-solving to obtain stated goals and objectives.
• Complies with established departmental and health center wide policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Ability to organize, set priorities and exercise sound independent judgment within areas of responsibility.
• Ability to be culturally sensitive and appropriate in working with underserved communities.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients, family members, other professional staff and the public.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops.
• Assists in providing supervision of interns and/or unlicensed staff under specification of license held as requested.
• Coordinates with other consulting psychiatrists and/or PCPs for vacation coverage as needed to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Attends meetings, as required, and participates on committees, as directed.
• Demonstrates professional behavior standard etiquette, courtesy, mutual respect, confidentiality and treats every patient and employee with dignity in every interaction.
• Promotes and fosters respect for patient privacy by maintaining confidentiality on all patient EHR data and abides by both the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned by Chief Behavioral Health Officer.

Job Requirements:

Education Required (Minimum level of education):

• Successful completion of M.D. or D.O. degree in Medicine with at least two years of experience in a mental health setting; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

Experience Required (Minimum level of experience):

• Combination of education and years of experience as specified above.
• Sensitivity to multi-cultural concerns and the psychotherapeutic process required.
• Experience with community psychiatry required.

Certifications/Licenses Preferred:

• Current license to practice in the State of California.
• Board certified in adult psychiatry.
• DEA License.

Technical Knowledge and Skills Required to Perform the Job:

• Knowledge of rehabilitation and recovery treatment modalities.
• Integrated Treatment and Care for individuals with co-occurring disorders.
• Demonstrate ability to be culturally sensitive and appropriate in working with minority communities.
• Demonstrate respect for diversity. Knowledge of behavioral medicine, health psychology, substance abuse interventions including IMPACT and/or SBIRT model strongly recommended.
• Exercise tact, objectivity, sensitivity, strategy and judgment in dealing with a variety of people with a variety of co-occurring disorders.
• Organize, set priorities and exercise sound independent judgment within areas of responsibility.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients, family members, other professional staff and the public.

Equipment Used:

• Computers
• Software systems
• Scanner
• Telephones
• Copy and Fax machines       

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

• General office environment.
• Frequent sitting, occasional standing, walking, lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 10 lbs.
• May drive around San Diego County for various meetings and trainings.

Universal Requirements

Pre employment requirements include I-9; physical, positive background and reference check results, complete application, new hire orientation, pre-employment PPDs. Compliance with all mandated vaccinations and all boosters is a term and condition of employment.

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