Executive Director, Behavioral Health

Job Description Summary

The Executive Director of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at South Shore Health is a newly created leadership position, reflecting the organization's commitment to advancing psychiatric and behavioral health care as a core component of its mission. Reporting directly to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and working in close collaboration with the Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health through a dotted line reporting structure, this role provides strategic, operational, and administrative oversight for the newly formed Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Department. The Executive Director will also partner closely with the Physician Director of Addiction Medicine, nursing leadership, and operational leaders to ensure seamless integration and alignment of behavioral health services across the system.

Job Description

South Shore Health is an independent, not-for-profit, regional health system, based in Weymouth,

Massachusetts, offering high-value, high-quality primary, secondary and tertiary care as well as specialty

care, home health, community care, emergency, urgent care and preventative and wellness services.

At South Shore Health, we are committed to working toward the common goal of providing the highest quality,

exceptional, patient-centered care to all of our patients. We unite top-caliber talent, technology

and service with the personal needs of patients and their families to develop individualized treatment

plans.

South Shore Health is committed to providing all patients with equitable access to quality care

regardless of race, ethnicity, preferred language, disability, gender identity and sexual orientation.

Our health system includes the following entities :

South Shore Hospital is our region's leading provider of emergency, acute and outpatient care. It is the

first and only verified and designated Level II Trauma Center south of Boston, including the Cape and

Islands. It is also one of only three hospitals in Massachusetts with a Level II license. It is also the only

community hospital with a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Massachusetts, staffed 24 / 7

on-site by neonatologists from Boston Children's Hospital. We offer Level II maternity services with

interventional radiology and onsite Maternal Fetal Medicine services to manage high-risk, complex

obstetric conditions. South Shore Health supports residents within its service areas with their

cardiovascular care emergent, inpatient, cardiac testing, and ambulatory care. Our state-of-the-art

critical care unit offers 24-hour access to life-saving heart treatment and the region's busiest,

modernized cardiac catheterization lab (cath lab). The team performs 650 minimally invasive

percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) annually with about 200 emergency interventions annually

Code AMI's). In total, they perform more than 3500 total procedures annually making South Shore

Hospital the 3rd busiest cath lab in the state as well as recipients of AMA's "Gold Rating" for highest

quality.

South Shore Hospital is consistently recognized for quality of care including being named one of the top

10 hospitals in Massachusetts by U.S. News and World Report and one of only two community hospitals

in the top ten. The hospital has also been recognized as part of the American Nurse Credentialing

Center's Magnet Recognition Program for the fourth consecutive time for its continuous demonstration

of excellence in nursing services - a distinction only eight percent of U.S. hospitals achieve. South Shore

Health is one of only 14 organizations in the state to earn this honor, and one of only 128 organizations

worldwide to be designated for the fourth straight time. South Shore Health also launched one of the

state's first Hospital at Home programs providing hospital-level care to qualified patients who are well

enough to be treated at home.

South Shore Medical Center (SSMC) has eight locations offering comprehensive primary and specialty

care, including internal and family medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, dermatology, gastroenterology,

cardiology, wound care, women's health / OBGYN, along with on-site laboratory, physical therapy and

radiology services. With more than 100 board-certified primary care practitioners in internal medicine,

family medicine and pediatrics on staff, SSMC provides care for more than 57,000 patients on the South

Shore.

South Shore Urology offers high quality urological, advance urological cancer, and

urogynecology services.

South Shore Cardiology, part of South Shore Health provides access to a full array of

cardiac expertise and resources.

The Women's Center of South Shore Medical Center combines clinical excellence with

state-of-the-art diagnostics to provide individualized care for women at every stage of

their lives.

South Shore Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) is one of the state's largest providers of Medicare certified

home health care and consistently receives the highest patient satisfaction scores from the

Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services. In addition, South Shore VNA has been named a "Top Agency

of the HomeCare Elite " for many years running, a recognition that ranks the organization among the

top percentage of 10,000 home care agencies.

Health Express , part of South Shore Health has six urgent care locations from Braintree to Plymouth

staffed by emergency room-trained practitioners equipped to treat a wide range of injuries and minor

illnesses across the South Shore. X-ray and lab services are provided on site.

South Shore Hospital's Center for Orthopedics, Spine and Sports Medicine offers convenient access to

an extensive team of surgical, pain management, orthopedic, podiatric, diagnostic imaging, and

rehabilitation experts who specialize in treating a broad range of musculoskeletal conditions. South

Shore Orthopedics' surgeons, along with nurses, physical and occupational therapists, and home care

providers work collaboratively in the diagnosis, management and treatment of disorders of the

musculoskeletal system, including skeleton, joints, muscles, ligaments, cartilage and other connective

and supporting elements that support mobility and range of motion.

South Shore Emergency Medical Services has more than 100 EMS professionals who follow a model of

integrated care that ensures patients get appropriate medical services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It

serves as the Town of Weymouth's EMS provider.

South Shore Health Foundation is the philanthropic arm of South Shore Health. Through the generosity

and goodwill of our community, donations support technological advances, facilities improvements,

caring for the underserved and expanding vital programs.

The health system is also one of the only regional health systems that offers clinical affiliations with

Boston-based academic medical centers offering world-leading medical care to the community as well

as community-based partnerships. Our Partners include :

Boston Children's Hospital : Neonatal intensive care, pediatric emergency, inpatient pediatric

services and outpatient pediatric clinics are provided in association with practitioners from this

world-leading children's hospital.

Mass General Brigham : We partner with Brigham and Women's Hospital to provide advanced

surgical specialties including general surgery, neurosurgery, breast surgery, acute care / trauma

surgery, thoracic surgery, colorectal surgery, vascular surgery and bariatric surgery. South Shore

Health's Breast Care Center, Reproductive Endocrinology, and Surgical Residency Program are all

provided in association with practitioners from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The

Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital provides general and specialized

neurology clinical services at South Shore Hospital, including outpatient evaluation and

management, second opinions for complex cases, diagnostic testing, and comprehensive

neurological care for diseases of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves, including movement

disorders, cerebrovascular disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, dementia, Alzheimer's

disease, post-concussion syndrome and sleep disorders. Brigham and Women's Neurosurgery

at South Shore Health program cares for patients with a variety of neurological disorders

including brain and spine tumors, trauma, degenerative spine disorders and hydrocephalus.

Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center at South Shore Health : Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer

Center at South Shore Health provides residents south of Boston with the highest level of

advanced cancer care and support in the region. Experts from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,

Brigham and Women's Hospital and South Shore Hospital collaborate to offer many advanced

treatments locally, including radiation therapy, medical oncology, surgical oncology, clinical

trials, advanced diagnostic imaging, a Multidisciplinary Clinic and Breast Care Center.

Aspire Health Alliance : Through collaborative planning, development and implementation,

South Shore Health and Aspire Health Alliance are working together to provide integrated and

innovative behavioral health programs for the community.

South Shore Health's Mission, Vision and Values :

Our Vision : Your Health. Our Passion. One Community

Our Mission : We will be the first place our community turns to for health and wellness.

Our Values : We put the patient first. We act with courage and compassion. We are ONE team.

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