Psychiatric Medical Director - Heartland Alliance Health

Title: Psychiatric Medical Director

Department: Primary Care

Shift: Part-Time - 24 hours a week

Location: Dual Home Base - 4009 North Broadway, Chicago, Illinois 60613 and 5501 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60621

The Psychiatric Medical Director provides clinical, psychiatric leadership to psychiatric providers and other clinical and operational staff across Heartland Alliance Health (HAH). The Psychiatric Medical Director ensures quality psychiatric to special populations, emphasizing psycho-education, recovery, reduction of harm, management of symptoms and treatment of mental illness, addiction and trauma and provides administrative oversight of psychiatric care within HAH. The role of the Psychiatric Medical Director in a community setting is a response to society’s demand for accessible quality psychiatric care to all populations regardless of socio -economic status. Productivity is defined in the provider’s contract.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Psychiatric Leadership and Service Delivery:

• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary treatment team to ensure continuity of care.
• Oversees the management of psychiatric plans of care, process and outcome and institutes changes when need.
• Adheres to collaborative practice principles of respect and joint decision-making.
• Provides as system of psychiatric outreach. .
• Practices within the legal, ethical and professional guidelines established by: American Medical Association (AMA), American College of Physicians, American Psychiatric Association, American Society of Addiction Medicine, private funding sources, Agency plans/policies, HIPAA, HA Ethics,
• Philosophy of Care and program guidelines. Participates in periodic evaluative reviews and/or in-house and external staff training to ensure that he/she understands and continues to adhere to such standards. Initiates requests for assistance or guidance from Manager to address new issues or complex concepts affecting adherence to professional standards.
• Collaborates with other multidisciplinary professionals and community agencies to provide high quality care.
• Seeks opportunities for community and professional outreach to maintain and increase referral base.
• Providing training and presentations to other HAH staff and multi-disciplinary professionals and community agencies, as agreed to with supervisor.
• Participates in quality improvement collaborative peer review.
• Incorporates and disseminates research findings as a basis for practice and to improve health care outcomes.
• Prepares the appropriate program reports to fulfill funding requirements as assigned.
• Assures access and continuity of care by creating an on call system for afterhour’s coverage.
• Assumes the responsibility for maintaining competence in clinical practice by:
• Engaging in mentor relationships with experienced providers to gain clinical expertise.
• Developing and maintaining a case load and meet Organization productivity standards.
• Participating in appropriate educational activities in order to maintain Board certification and continue professional growth
• Performs other duties as necessary.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervision, hiring and disciplinary action of all psychiatric providers and other staff as assigned.

Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies.

• Analytical - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data; Designs work flows and procedures.
• Technical Skills - Assesses own strengths and weaknesses; Pursues training and development opportunities; Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; Shares expertise with others.
• Quality Management - Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality;
• Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Education and/or Experience: Preferred Doctor of Medicine (MD) and ten years related experience, or Licensed APN and 15 yrs experience; or equivalent combination of degree and experience.
• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints. Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style. Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Active Illinois licensure/certification as well as evidence of ongoing CME’s, documentation of Degree from an accredited school, and verification of legal claims history.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit.
• The employee must use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• The employee must reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of radiation.

Heartland Alliance makes all hiring and employment decisions, and operates all programs, services, and functions without regard to race, receipt of an order of protection, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, amnesty, physical or mental disability, protected veterans status, genetic information, sexual orientation, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, use of FMLA, VESSA, military, and family military rights, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September 1987.