Clinical Director of Psychiatry bei Community Healthcare Network (CHN)

WHO WE ARE:

Community Healthcare Network (CHN) is a not-for-profit organization providing more than 65,000 New Yorkers with primary and behavioral healthcare, dental, nutrition, wellness, and needed support services.

Our network is made up of 14 federally qualified health centers throughout Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan, along with a fleet of mobile vans that bring health services to underserved people in need throughout New York City. We provide judgment-free, high-quality healthcare, without regard to race, religion, orientation, gender identity, immigration status or ability to pay. We turn no one away.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Growth and development: Access to various healthcare professionals and benefits to deepen understanding and interest in the various disciplines involved in community health programming.

Supportive Team culture: Be a part of an interdisciplinary environment where your ideas and work are valued and encouraged.

Comprehensive benefits: Including health, dental and vision insurance, retirement plans, employee assistance programming and more.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Assumes and carries out clinical leadership of Psychiatry of CHN as directed by the Chief Medical Officer.  To act as a psychiatric consultant on clinical issues in all areas of CHN including primary care and care management. Seventy (70) percent of the Director of Psychiatry’s time is spent conducting Psychiatric Evaluations and management of patients. Thirty (30) percent of the Clinical Director’s is spent performing administrative tasks, which include but are not limited to, providing consultations and education to clinical staff, planning and coordination of program needs and quality oversight, and serving as an administrative liaison with the Vice President of Behavioral Health. This will be done in partnership with the operational director of psychiatry.  The Clinical Director meets regularly with program staff to address clinical issues and be available to assist the VP of Behavioral Health in developing relationships with community agencies.

JOB FUNCTION:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

1. Sees patients at least one CHN site and performs psychiatric evaluations on all patients seen
2. Screens, assesses, and evaluates walk-in patients in crisis situations and addresses other urgent clinical needs
3. Performs emergency psychiatric evaluation and provides the appropriate intervention, which may include medication therapies or immediate referrals to an in-patient facility
4. Prescribes for Medicaid-pending providers
5. Performs chart reviews for collaborative agreement
6. Reviews and interprets medical history data and continually updates this information, as necessary
7. Provides regular peer review of all behavioral health providers
8. Provides clinical consultation to all providers
9. Provides lectures for the fellowship program as needed
10. Plans clinical educational opportunities/trainings for psychiatric/non-psychiatric staff
11. Meets regularly with referral hospitals to ensure continuity of care
12. Serves as liaison to the care management programs
13. Periodically reviews the medical policies pertaining to behavioral health and updates through memoranda to the Chief Medical Officer
14. Evaluates each patient, prescribes appropriate medication treatment and/or refers as indicated.
15. Reviews all problem cases to determine course, management of treatment, referral for consultation
16. Co-leads psychiatry provider meetings with the Director of Psychiatry
17. Meets with clinical staff periodically to evaluate the efficiency and quality of patient services
18. Ensures compliance with: Performance evaluations, Employee Health Service & Agency and clinic/department orientation of new employees 

19. Consults with the Chief Medical Officer regularly
20. Participates in monthly staff physician conferences chaired by the Chief Medical Officer to discuss subjects of interests to staff physicians
21. Supervises psychiatric consultants to evaluate the efficiency and quality of patient care
22. Facilitates related services for health center patients and CHN staff as appropriate, with respect to their confidentiality and privacy
23. Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor

WHAT WE LOOK FOR: 

• Current New York City license to practice Medicine and Psychiatry
• Medical degree from an approved Medical School
• Completion of residency training from an approved residency program
• Minimum of five (5) years post-training clinical experience 
• Medical leadership experience preferred