Behavioral Health & Recovery Services Medical Director bei Merced County, CA

About the Department

Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
https://www.countyofmerced.com/DocumentCenter/View/47351/BHRS-Medical-Director
 

• 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 activities. 
  
  
• 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. 

Position Duties

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

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

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

Minimum Qualifications

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
 

• 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.

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

• 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.