Regional Director of Psychiatry

Location: Indianapolis

Centurion Health is proud to be the provider of healthcare services to the Indiana Department of Correction. We are currently seeking a full-time Regional Director of Psychiatry to join our team.

The Regional Director of Psychiatry is responsible for providing the clinical direction needed to meet the mental health/psychiatric service delivery requirements of Indiana Department of Corrections in collaboration with the Vice President of Operations. Supervises psychiatric staff and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams in providing services to patients with psychiatric disorders in a correctional setting.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Provides interface with client’s clinical and administrative leadership on issues related to psychiatric services

Directs, coordinates, and evaluates psychiatric treatments in collaboration with the mental health multidisciplinary team.

Collaborates in the monitoring of patients requiring on-going mental health services and the development of individualized mental health treatment plans and continuity of care Provides clinical direction and leadership to psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and other mental health staff

Ensures patient care is appropriate, accurate, and received in a timely manner and in compliance with NCCHC and other relevant standards of care Ensures that necessary schedules of psychiatric assignment and supervision are provided and maintained to provide for continuity of care Monitors psychotropic medication utilization within the contract

Oversees the involuntary medication review process

Facilitates the admission, placement, and discharge of patients from mental health units if required

Establishes and ensures the operational availability to provide 24 hour on-call access to psychiatric consultation

Monitors records in all aspects of psychiatric practices including but not limited to timeliness and accuracy of health records and patient care practices

Participates in the development, implementation and monitoring of mental health policies, procedures and protocols

Collaborates with the Company management to perform strategic planning, to further goals of the mental health program and to support security interests

Provides clinical leadership for the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) program and promotes modification of clinical practices based on CQI recommendations

Conducts Mortality Reviews for all patient suicides and other deaths involving mental health issues

Oversees peer review process for psychiatrists and nurse practitioners annually and ensures performance evaluations are completed for each member of the psychiatric staff

Recruits and assists in hiring psychiatric staff

Develops and oversees academic and post-graduate training programs for residents, fellows, and other mental health professionals

Oversees in-service training on mental health related topics

Leads meetings and conference calls with psychiatric staff no less than quarterly and attends staff meetings as required

Participates in the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Provides consultation to mental health and medical staff both formally and informally

Provides direct clinical services for patients when needed. The services include:

Diagnoses psychiatric disorders based on presentation of symptoms and patient self-report. Diagnoses to be consistent with DSM criteria and target symptoms

Performs psychiatric evaluations for patients referred by mental health staff, medical staff, correctional staff, and the client

Provides psychiatric follow-up for patients requesting psychiatric services when referred based on the triage of patient requests for mental health services

Orders and prescribes psychotropic and related medications based on clinical indicators of patient’s mental…