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.
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.
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.
- Conduct medical and psychiatric assessments of patients; and develop, implement and follow up on treatment plans.
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: https://humboldtgov.org/2492/Employee-Benefits.
HOW TO APPLY
A complete, original application must be filed for each position you are interested in applying for. Applications must be submitted online through the County’s automated application system at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/humboldtcountyca no later than the final filing date listed on the job flyer.
