Psychiatric Supervisor

Job description

The Mental Health Center (MHC) is seeking a psychiatrist with leadership experience to serve as the Psychiatric Supervisor to join their Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). This position will provide oversight for clinical guidance to psychiatric providers including psychiatric nurse practitioners (NP’s) and psychiatrists (MD’s) and provide strategic direction in operations. This position will also lead, support, and represent the provider team at the MHC. This position will also provide outpatient psychiatric evaluation and ongoing treatment services for a large and diverse population in Minneapolis and surrounding Hennepin County communities.

Location and hours:
This position is located at the Mental Health Center, located in the South Hennepin County Human Service Center at 2215 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407. Typical work hours are Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., some early evening hours are also possible. No weekend, overnight, or holiday shifts are required. Hybrid work schedules may be offered after a successful probationary period. New Employee Orientation (NEO) for all new benefit-earning employees is in-person in downtown Minneapolis. Details about NEO will be provided upon hire.

In this position, you will:
- Provide ongoing assessment and treatment including prescribed medication to clients with mental illness, especially those with serious and persistent mental illness and persons with co-occurring substance use disorders.
- Provide psychiatric consultation/care coordination to other providers as needed.
- Participate in quality improvement efforts aimed at equity and disparity reduction.
- Supervise and support psychiatric nurse practitioners (NP) and psychiatrists (MD) by establishing performance expectations, overseeing service delivery, evaluating team and individual results, and providing feedback and coaching.
- Identify, lead, and manage clinic-wide initiatives related to clinical quality and best practices by developing goals and objectives; establishing work plans and timelines; monitoring progress; and evaluating results.
- Facilitate continuous process improvement of systems and programs by determining needs and improvements.
- Develop plans, policies, and procedures and evaluate outcomes for programs and services.
- Manage provider transfer requests by supporting client needs while prioritizing clinical quality and urgent lab requests in collaboration with nursing supervisor.
- Collaborate across areas and programs with internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide guidance regarding behavioral health clinical service delivery.
- Ensure the quality of medical in behavioral health care including the of substance use disorders for CCBHC and provide guidance to foster the integration and coordination of services.
- Develop organizational protocols including a CQI plan that applies to the quality of the medical components of care including integrating with primary care.
- Provide leadership to further department-based strategies that align with county goals, mission and core values for diversity, equity & inclusion.

Need to have:
- Graduated from an accredited school of medicine with an M.D. degree; a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine.
- Completion of an approved internship and formal residency.
- Possession of a valid license to practice medicine issued by the State of Minnesota and eligibility for board certification in psychiatry.

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