VP, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Oversee plan’s behavioral health medical functions. Lead clinical oversight of behavioral health services/programs. Engage with stakeholders to emphasize the importance of clinically driven, holistic mental health treatment. Evaluate provider network quality and work to deepen partnerships with high performing groups; and evaluate health plan member-facing technology applications to improve engagement. Lead Plan efforts to integrate physical medicine and behavioral health services including coordinating those efforts with medical leadership cute on BH long term strategy including any in sourcing or outsourcing, evaluation of network providers and vendors in partnership with vendor management and operational leads.

Execute on key departmental initiatives such as network expansion, direct contracting, BH concierge and development of BH service line. Attend Plan Medical Director meetings and participate in quality programs. Research and develop/implement appropriate KPIs to measure and report return on investment for BH efforts. Identify and execute opportunities to create efficiency, remove obstacles, or create improved systems, processes, and approaches within the Mental Health Administration function.

Mentor, develop and guide teams, minimizing performance gaps while ensuring an effective succession pipeline. Set KPIs, and use data to drive decisions, ensuring effectiveness and hitting targets.

• Strategic Thinking. Adapts to changes in the marketplace. Identifies short and long-term functional goals and strategies. Leads change efforts in redefining how to serve customers.
• Organizational Development. Implements organization structure and communicates roles/accountabilities. Identifies, develops, and engages functional talent. Identifies workforce gaps and develops talent to fill gaps. Identifies key talent/high potentials and informs Senior Leaders. Recognizes and celebrates success.
• Transparent Communication. Communicate business strategy with functional leaders to facilitate change across the enterprise; ensure that employees understand how what they do links to strategy. Frequently cascades information up and down the organization. Models transparency with dashboard/metrics. Clearly and effectively communicates.
• Lives the Values. Makes decisions that support the values. Demonstrates the values in daily activities. Holds Directors accountable for living the values. Places Company and team above self.
• Continuous Improvement. Sets stretch goals that improve performance. Takes measured risks and develops contingency plans, when needed. Develops new ways of accomplishing work that supports innovation efforts. Proactively works to improve processes. Promotes and rewards efforts to make the enterprise-wide work environment open to new ideas and thinking. Continuously enhances and improves own contribution.
• Accountability. Holds self and team accountable for achieving results. Identifies and removes obstacles to getting things done. Makes decisions in timely manner. Displays ability to make difficult decisions.
• Drive the strategic planning process, inclusive of quarterly and annual planning integrated with company annual process, ensuring goals are aligned with overall corporate goals.
• Provide thought leadership to articulate and help build an effective and efficient medical delivery program.
• Develop annual goals and oversight of BH department/function. Establish and maintain continuity in the planning, development and implementation of policies, operational processes, workflows required to execute organizational strategies and to ensure consistency in process application throughout Care Management.
• Provide clinical leadership both internally and…