Behavioral Health Medical Director; M&C

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 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.
• Act as Medical Director for the County’s Psychiatric Health Facility.
• Provide 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.
• Develop and conduct training for in-patient and out-patient behavioral health staff, nurses, doctors and community partners.
• Partner 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.

Typical

Work Schedule:

M-F 8-5.

Recruitment Status: This is a continuous recruitment. Human Resources reserves the right to close the recruitment at any time.

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.

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.

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 develop and implement behavioral health medical and psychiatric policies, procedures, protocols and standards and evaluate their effectiveness. This class is distinguished from the Behavioral Health Branch Director, who has overall management and administrative responsibility for all branch services and operations.

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignment of different positions.

• Serves as the designated Chief Psychiatrist for the County, and acts as a medical and psychiatric consultant; provides clinical and administrative supervision over the work of County medical, psychiatric, clinical and administrative staff assigned to behavioral health medical and psychiatric service programs, as well as contracted medical doctors and other professionals; ensures appropriate credentialing for all medical staff.
• Serves as the designated Medical Director for all County operated Substance Use Disorder programs and oversees all treatment of clients within those programs in accordance with Title 22 regulations.
• Develops and conducts training for in-patient and out-patient behavioral health staff, nurses, doctors and community partners.
• Acts as Medical Director for the County’s Psychiatric Health Facility; oversees medical and psychiatric staff that prepare admission and discharge evaluations;…