Medical Director: Outpatient Behavioral Health

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Hiring Range: $275,000 - $300,000

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate's experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

The Medical Director of Outpatient Behavioral Health is a multifaceted position at UMass Memorial Health - Harrington that has a large continuum of outpatient and inpatient services. The Medical Director of Outpatient Services is responsible for oversight of multiple clinics (adult mental health, pediatric mental health, substance use disorders) employing a multi-disciplinary team of therapists, nurses and providers, two Partial Hospital Programs (mental health and co-occurring), an Intensive Outpatient Program, an Addiction Immediate Care center (a unique urgent care center providing evaluations and all types of medication assisted treatment, including methadone, as well as counseling and connection to services), and an interventional psychiatry clinic utilizing TMS and Esketamine.

The Medical Director works closely with the Director of Outpatient Services, Director of Operations, Chief of Psychiatry, and Vice President in the oversight, integration and development of these services, as well as creation of new services. The Medical Director supervises a number of ambulatory providers (Nurse Practitioners), providing education and support, as well as monitoring productivity, risk concerns, referral volume, continuous improvement, policies and protocols, and quality.

The Medical Director of Outpatient Behavioral Health Services also provides direct care to patients as part of this role.

• Ensuring proper medication management for ambulatory patients.
• Provide supervision to providers in the designated areas.
• Member of the Behavioral Health Leadership Team including Vice President of Behavioral Health, Chief of Psychiatry, Medical Director of Inpatient Psychiatry, Director of Inpatient Nursing, Director of Operations, and Director of Outpatient Behavioral Health services.
• Lead monthly outpatient prescribers' meetings.
• Along with Vice President, Medical Director of Outpatient will be involved in the integration and development of ambulatory services across the UMass system, working closely with other hospital Medical Directors and department directors.
• Consultation to community medical providers, assessment of complex cases, and ongoing treatment of identified patients.
• Caseload and productivity review, established and as‑needed supervision, and hiring of new providers.
• Development of prescribing methodology in the various programs.
• Continuous improvement and review of protocols for treatment options for all of the outpatient departments.
• Policy development and implementation.

• Directs and supervises assigned personnel including performance evaluations, scheduling, orientation, and training. Makes recommendations on employee hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and similar actions. Resolves grievances and other personnel problems within position responsibilities.
• Manages activities to assure financial goals are met.
• Coordinates the assignment of tasks and helps resolve technical and operational problems. Evaluates the impact of solutions to ensure goals are achieved.
• Provides effective direction, guidance, and leadership for staff for effective teamwork and motivation, and fosters the effective integration of efforts with system‑wide initiatives.
• Encourages and supports diverse views and approaches,…