Director of Medicine, Community Mental Health

Provides leadership and oversight to organizations medical and health service programs; provides direction consultation support to medical practitioners. Participates as a member of the leadership team in the development and implementation of organization-wide policies and programs that will contribute to its overall success. Provides wellness and recovery services to chronic and severe mentally ill adults. Our programs operate with a wraparound model of care with a team approach to provide integrated service geared towards developing community and natural supports as these adults transition out of the behavioral health care system to community supports. The Medical Director is an integral part of the team. The team approach is essential and input from all members of the team drive the care for the clients.

This position can be hybrid but must be partially on site based in Sacramento or Oakland / Hayward East Bay

ESSENTIAL DUTIES :

• Manages Psychiatrists and Prescribers; provides supervision and oversite of extenders (Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistants etc.) Director of Nursing and nursing staff.
• Oversees the quality assurance program; ensures compliance with medical risk management and healthcare related regulations and policies.
• Develops and implements in-service training programs for clinical programs and services; develops policies and protocols to ensure quality client / patient services and care.
• Provides direct patient care including prescribing and monitoring medication for participants and provide ongoing direction of such care to the team.
• Provides ongoing consultation on participant treatment issues and quality of care to the treatment team and other clinical staff.
• Responds to program emergencies.
• Oversees charting required for County Utilization Review / Medi-Cal purposes.
• Complete documentation necessary for billing Medication Support Services for Medi-Cal.
• Supervise the monitoring of medication logs to ensure accuracy conformity with medication policies and procedures.
• Represents the organization as the medical head of services to funders stakeholders community and policy forums.
• Provides consultation and liaison when necessary and appropriate to the local professional community to coordinate treatment.
• Participates in the development and implementation of an ongoing in-service training and continuing education program for staff.
• Leads in the development and implementation of ongoing psychiatric medical and physical health practices for staff.
• Attends agency and / or mental health system meetings when requested and as needed.
• Performs other duties as required.

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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS :

ABOUT BACS

Bay Area Community Services is a CARF accredited non-profit community-based agency celebrating 70 years of serving Alameda Contra Costa Sacramento and Solano Counties by providing mental health and social services. BACS mission is to uplift under-served individuals and their families by doing whatever it takes. We are proud to be one of the leading agencies producing real outcomes to tough social problems. BACS owes its reputation as an innovator to our innovative and entrepreneurial staff. We are seeking individuals who want to transform clinical practice to be client-centered and effective in the field and who want to lead empowered teams to meet goals.

BAY AREA COMMUNITY SERVICES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Facilities Management,Copy Editing,Cloud Services,Electronics,Interpretation,Accident Investigation

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1