Are you in search of a fulfilling and meaningful position? Do you want to work for an organization that promotes growth and development?

Here at Men's Health Foundation, we envision a world where inequity and stigma do not separate people from healthcare.

Reporting to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), the Director of Behavioral Health will take program and operational leadership of this growing patient care service. Supported by Clinical and Operations Managers at the facility-level and comprised by a diverse pool of clinicians such as Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Professional Counselors, associates in accredited with the California Board of Behavioral Science, licensed Psychologists, Psychiatrist and Nurse Practitioners with endorsement in Psychiatry, among others. the Director will have the opportunity to develop and lead an excellent and experienced team. This position will spend approximately 50% of the time on administrative, supervisorial, and development functions, and 50% of the time providing direct patient care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and expand current behavioral health services, including mental health and outpatient substance abuse services.
• Develop and implement evidence-based service policy and procedures in accordance with applicable regulations, funding, and other contractual requirements.
• Design and execute strategic plans that improve service delivery, operational efficiency, and expand services.
• Develop and oversee quality assurance and utilization review systems that ensure our services remain top-notch and align with Evidence-Based Practices and contractual requirements.
• Recruit, train and supervise staff, consultants, and interns that meet all contractual, regulatory and billable services on a weekly and monthly performance measures.
• Forge strong partnerships with community organizations, graduate programs, and stakeholders to enhance our services and create new opportunities.
• Provide direct-patient care including assessments, diagnosis, behavioral interventions, education, and referrals therapy, and medication management to adult and young (ages 12 – 18) primary care patients with mental health, substance abuse, and medical compliance issues.
• Ability to assign a diagnosis based on DSM criteria and identify appropriate treatment plans.
• Provides crisis intervention as indicated.
• Provides consultation to medical providers regarding the behavioral health components of a patient’s presentation and develops collaborative plans to address symptoms and enhance functioning.

• Provide clinical supervision to associate level providers and sign off on Behavioral Board of Sciences hours.
• Assesses the mental health and substance use treatment needs of the program and evaluates the effectiveness of existing programs; develops and implements new programs or modifies existing programs as needed in collaboration with CMO.
• Other duties as assigned.

Management Responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning:
• Assists the CMO in strategic planning of Mental and Behavioral Health services for both growth and sustainability.
• Develops and recommends in collaboration with CMO the behavioral health department goals, objectives and policies.
• Influences and collaborates across departments to achieve all strategic planning goals.
• Budget and Financial Health:
• Directs the collection of statistical or fiscal information, electronic medical records, and other data as needed to evaluate and monitor performance of programs and services and prepares reports.
• Monitors monthly productivity reports and outstanding billing reports; creates actions plans for necessary improvements, and reports progress to CMO monthly in supervision.
• Participates in grant and contract preparation, grant and contract management, and compliance with reporting and fiscal management requirements.

Operations:

• Strategizes methods to offer patient centered access to BH services and develops programs accordingly.
• Coordinates interagency, multidisciplinary collaboration with community organizations, health providers and other governmental jurisdictions.
• Works with Operational Managers and Director of Operations to set standards and meet metrics throughout organization. Operational metrics include mental health and substance use scheduling, flow of appointments, intake and level of care process, referral and consultation practice, and implementation of new services.
• Writes and edits policies and procedures for BH services to meet all regulatory/licensing requirements and identified organizational needs.
• Population Health and Quality Improvement:
• Develops manager and staff facing clinical quality dashboards. Uses actionable data from dashboards to drive improvements at all levels of BH services.
• Refines Integrated BH care models (i.e. collaborative care) for the unique needs of MHF and implements relevant models as indicated.
• Partners with Medical Services to build integrated BH workflows with a special focus on Transitions of Care within and across departments.
• Partners with Community Health department to develop social needs screening workflows, internal and closed loop referral processes, case management pathways, and complex care management programming.
• Supervises the behavioral health providers in standards of care and documentation with metrics.

Recruitment and Retention:

• Work with CMO and Human Resources to create a yearly recruitment plan.
• Interview applicants and work with HR on other aspects of recruitment process.
• Participates in recruitment, hiring, orientation and training of staff, and orientation of paid and unpaid counselors, volunteers, students and interns.
• Implement onboarding process for new providers.
• Collaborates with HR to create and update behavioral health provider job descriptions.
• Collaborates with HR to analyze retention strategies for providers of department and implement processes for provider well-being and career growth.

Provider Competency and Supervision:

• Provides organizational supervision and direction to clinical members and other leadership of the behavioral health team.
• Ensures appropriate training of department staff in accordance with MHF policies and procedures, and in accordance with current standards of behavioral health practice and professional licensure as appropriate.
• Monitors competency standards and evaluative techniques for behavioral health providers.
• Selects, assigns, directs and evaluates the performance of subordinate team members, and participates in determining qualifications, skills and training needs for multidisciplinary program staff.
• Supervises behavioral health providers via goal setting, coaching, and mentoring to achieve organization goals.
• Ensures credentialing (and privileging) reviews for all new and existing behavioral health providers.
• Ensures departmental peer review process and reports results to Quality Assurance, Risk Management, and Human Resources.
• Oversees compliance and policies related to behavioral health compliance.
• Participates in administrative and quality meetings as assigned by the CMO.
• Coordinates and participates in a variety of staff and departmental meetings to ensure quality care and service delivery, including utilization review.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must be Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse or have a master’s degree in Social Work, Sociology, or Psychology with a passion for mental health and family support services with minimum of 3 years’ experience in the provision of Evidence-Based Mental Health Services to diverse persons, including youth 18 - 26.
• Must have a valid license/registration as a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse with the California Board of Registered Nursing.
• Must have a valid BBS License: LMFT, LCSW, LPCC, or Psy D. and be registered and current with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
• Must have completed the required BBS Supervisory Course and be 2 years past licensure to be eligible to provide clinical supervision.
• Must have experience in program development and contract monitoring of mental health services.
• Must have 3-5 years of experience working in an EHR system.
• Must have a background in DMH quality assurance and LA county DMH compliance.
• A mentor who’s ready to guide and grow a team of dedicated professionals.
• A collaborator who values diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in every aspect of professional work.
• Someone who’s not afraid to roll up their sleeves, whether it’s supervising clinical staff, leading strategic initiatives, or even lifting 15 pounds when needed!