Regional Clinical Director, Psychiatry (West Coast)

Company: CHE Behavioral Health Services
Location: Stratford
Posted on: June 23, 2022

Job Description:

About UsCHE is a premier provider of behavioral health services and is the partner of choice for skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities. CHE has been operating for over 20 years and employs over 700 clinicians in eleven states of operations. We deliver a unique programmatic approach to behavioral health services and are focused on quality and compliance for facilities. Backed by a leading private equity investment firm, we are looking for aggressive, talented, ambitious, engaging, innovative, and all-around balanced individual to join our team.General SummaryThe Regional Clinical Director, Psychiatry is responsible for oversight of clinical operations in the assigned region. The Regional Clinical Director will use established clinical models, systems and protocols in the planning, management and support of the services provided within contracted facilities and in the outpatient setting. The role supports the CHE psychiatry clinician to function safely and efficiently, collaborating with psychology services. The Regional Clinical Director will support employees and are leaders in cultivating an environment, which encourages teamwork and employee satisfaction.Essential Job Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between company administration and clinical employees.
• Support safe and effective clinical performance and productivity.
• Assures compliance with company and policies and procedures.
• Collaborates with the Talent Acquisition team on all Psychiatry openings in territory, interviewing potential candidates for clinical knowledge and independent practice skills.
• Oversees onboarding of new psychiatry clinicians: serving as their mentor, providing medication calls, and performing documentation audits with feedback.
• Assesses ongoing educational needs of clinical staff, developing targeted educational opportunities to improve clinical knowledge of the clinical team.
• Leads team in the psychiatry clinical review process to identify quality of care concerns, assist in plan of care corrections, and coordinate concerns as appropriate with CHE Compliance Office.
• Standing member of the corporate Psychiatry Steering Committee for psychiatric clinical program development and evaluation.
• Supports organizational and staff performance to help formulate and implement improvement activities to assure safe, quality patient care, in accordance with applicable regulations and established standards of care.
• Provide compliance oversight with Psychiatry & Nurse Practitioner collaborative agreements.
• Supports start-ups of outpatient clinical practiceOutpatient telehealth visits may be required to support training and orientation of new hires.
  • Goals
    • To lead the outpatient psychiatry practice to provide safe, effective, best in class care
    • To prepare new and experienced psychiatry clinicians to practice confidently through effective orientation, best practice guidelines, and continuous feedback.
    • To support clinicians to effectively manage caseloads, providing collaborative and integrated care with referring providers.
    • To help clinicians problem-solve complex cases utilizing collaborative physicians and resources available or referring to higher level of care.Education
      • MSN-Nurse Practitioner; PMNHP / Psych CNS / DNP preferred
      • Psych-certified Physician AssistantExperience
        • 2 years of clinician leadership experience preferred
        • Outpatient telehealth experience a plus
        • Experience in skilled nursing & rehabilitation a plusKnowledge
          • Previous experience in management and long-term care preferredSkills
            • Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills
            • Strong leadership and decision-making skills
            • Strong communication and team-building skills
            • Advanced organizational and time-management skills with the ability to handle multiple assignments
            • Self-motivation and the ability to work independently
            • Ability to travel, at times overnight

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