What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Director/Psychiatrist position at Partners For Quality?
Overview :
ORGANIZATION : Milestone Centers Inc.
DEPARTMENT : Outpatient Services
POSITION : Medical Director / Psychiatrist
STATUS : Full Time; 37.5 hours / week, Part Time
SCHEDULE : Weekdays, 37.5 hours per week
LOCATION : Monroeville and Wilkinsburg
Milestone Centers, a subsidiary of Partners For Quality Inc., is a nonprofit, community-based human services agency supporting individuals with behavioral health challenges and intellectual & developmental disabilities in communities throughout Western Pennsylvania. Milestone Centers has earned certification from the Sanctuary Institute for providing trauma-informed care.
Responsibilities :
This position acts as the medical director and advisor for all behavioral health clinical programs which includes participating as a key senior manager in planning, developing, organizing, and directing behavioral health programs.
Duties include, but are not limited to :
- Demonstrates and reflects a commitment to the mission and values of Milestone by serving others with respect, dignity, and compassion.
- Oversees the development of evidence based clinical services.
- Provides psychiatric expertise for complex cases and quality assurance systems; and, performs special assignments and related work as required.
- Practice within all state and federal laws and regulations.
- Oversees the compliance of the agency's behavioral health services to applicable community standards of care and to State and Federal laws and rules and other regulatory requirements.
- Monitors and enforces all established agency productivity standards.
- Coordinates and supervises the medical practice of all nursing and staff psychiatrists.
- Provides psychiatric evaluations and medication management for consumers in the Outpatient Program and provide support for other Behavioral Health services.
- Collaborate with the management team on improving / innovating client care.
- Monitors the Behavioral Health governmental changes and provide insight in how to be proactive and progressive in planning for future changes and growth
- Communicate effectively with team members, the management team, and external partner.s
- Practice autonomously while providing leadership to staff to create a positive working environment.
- Engage in meetings with internal and external partners.
- Psychiatric evaluations.
- Medication monitoring and management.
- Participate or facilitate treatment teams as scheduled.
- Documentation of services in Consumers EHR.
- Review and sign off on Consumers Treatment Plan.
- Provide on-site clinical support as clinically appropriate
BENEFITS
Full Time employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package :
1,200 cash payout option in lieu of Health Insurance coverage
APPLY TO THIS POSITION
Interested applicants can choose to apply in any of the following ways :
If you need any assistance or require an accommodation to apply please contact us at 412-446-0700.
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Partners For Quality and its family of agencies are an equal opportunity employer
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