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Behavioral Health - Inpatient Medical Director
Date: Jul 29, 2010
Location: Saint Paul, MN, US
Behavioral Health - Inpatient Medical Director
Job ID: 14497
Department: RH - Behav Hlth Inpatient Svc
City: St. Paul, MN
Location: PS - Regions Hospital & Clinics
Position Type: Full-Time
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Position Information
Regions/HealthPartners/GHI
Non-Union Job Description:
POSITION TITLE: Medical Director (Regions)andAssistant Medical Director for Behavioral Health – Inpatient Care (HPMG) DATE: 02/01/09
DEPARTMENT: Regions Hospital Behavioral Health/Inpatient Psychiatry
REPORTS DIRECTLY TO: Associate Medical Director for Behavioral HealthVice President for Behavioral Health - Regions Hospital
Position Purpose:
To promote safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, patient-centered Behavioral Health care services throughout Regions Hospital and help represent Regions Psychiatry services to Regions Hospital, HealthPartners Medical Group (HPMG), and the community.
The incumbent must be forward thinking, with a high level of initiative to effectively analyze national benchmarks and care trends to improve current and future quality of care and patient satisfaction within Behavioral Health at Regions Hospital and its affiliated programs. He/she must be a strong motivator, with the ability to engage staff and improve morale at all levels.
The incumbent will have the information, the authority and the decision making power they need to carry out their assignments.
Reporting Relationship:
Reports directly to the HPMG Associate Medical Director for Behavioral Health and to the Vice President for Behavioral Health - Regions Hospital, with a secondary reporting relationship to the Regions Hospital Vice President of Medical Affairs.
Key Working Relationships:
To accomplish the intended outcomes, the incumbent must maintain effective working relationships with:
Ø Regions Behavioral Health staff at all levels
Ø Regions Medical Staff
Ø Regions Medical Staff Divisional Heads, Section Heads
Ø Regions Administrative Leaders, Directors and Department Heads
Ø HPMG Physicians/Clinicians
Ø Regions Quality Staff
Ø Regions Best Care and Best Experience Staff and committees
Ø Key Community BH Leaders
Ø Regions ED
Required Qualifications:
Ø M.D/D.O degree and current, valid Minnesota license to practice medicine.
Ø At least two years with demonstrated leadership and/or and management experience.
Ø At least five years experience as a practicing physician including extensive inpatient work.
Ø Board certification in Psychiatry
Ø Knowledge and understanding of principles of Evidence Based Medicine and Care Improvement and its application in clinical practice.
Ø An effective consensus builder who can involve staff, build teams, AND get tasks accomplished in a timely manner.
Ø Maintain substantive patient care responsibilities.
Ø Must be a self-starter who will effectively see future needs and problems, and create or modify programs as required.
Preferred Skills:
Ø Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with a diversity of personalities.
Ø Must be approachable and able to present needs, context and data with effective communication and presentation skills.
Ø Strong leader with a mature sense of priorities and practical experience who can design and implement systems within the framework of hospital, medical group, and community needs.
Ø Must be able to develop flexible, agile, and transferable models for pathways of care across the care delivery continuum.
Ø Ability, knowledge, expertise and experience to lead processes to engage patients/families, improve patient care services.
Ø A strong, adaptable manager who focuses on collaboration and creativity with a high degree of energy and enthusiasm.
Ø A team player who promotes people working together versus individualism.
Ø Must understand psychiatry and its relationship to medicine and the community.
Ø Must be an effective change agent.
Position Responsibilities
In partnership with Regions Behavioral Health Director of Nursing, the incumbent will be responsible for:
· Measuring and improving the quality of inpatient Behavioral Health care at Regions Hospital
· Improving patient/family satisfaction
· Improving BH patient flow
· Engaging staff at various levels and improving employee satisfaction
· Ensuring that all regulatory requirements are met (JCAHO, CMS, MN DHS, MN Dept. of Public Health)
· Developing, implementing and upholding inpatient mental health policies and procedures
· Customer service orientation
· Hovander/Safe House/Safe Alternatives
· ED and Crisis Services
· Oversight of BH case management
· Participate in planning for the new BH facility
Individually responsible for:
· Supervising and managing all inpatient psychiatrists
· Overseeing the Psychiatric Consultation & Liaison Service
· Establishing and maintaining inpatient psychiatric coverage (call, vacation, illness, CME, weekends and evenings)
· Supervision of inpatient psychiatric medical students/moonlighters/Advanced Practice Providers
· Attending all appropriate meetings (i.e., patient care)
· Championing efforts to effectively use inpatient resources and improve patient throughput
· Assisting in the facilitation and improvement of inpatient EPIC
· Willingness to become Division Head for Regions Hospital Behavioral Health, if chosen to do so
· Leading the implementation of BEST CARE/BEST EXPERIENCE on inpatient mental health
· Oversee psychiatric coverage of ED
In partnership with the Assistant Medical Director for Behavioral Health – Outpatient Services, the incumbent will be responsible for:
· Continuity of patient care
· Coordination of inpatient coverage
Time
0.4 FTE position
Contact Information
For more information or to apply, contact Lori Fake at lori.m.fake@healthpartners.com or call (952) 883-5337 or (800) 472-4695 (ext. 1).
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Job ID: 14497
Department: RH - Behav Hlth Inpatient Svc
City: St. Paul, MN
Location: PS - Regions Hospital & Clinics
Position Type: Full-Time
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Position Information
Regions/HealthPartners/GHI
Non-Union Job Description:
POSITION TITLE: Medical Director (Regions)andAssistant Medical Director for Behavioral Health – Inpatient Care (HPMG) DATE: 02/01/09
DEPARTMENT: Regions Hospital Behavioral Health/Inpatient Psychiatry
REPORTS DIRECTLY TO: Associate Medical Director for Behavioral HealthVice President for Behavioral Health - Regions Hospital
Position Purpose:
To promote safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, patient-centered Behavioral Health care services throughout Regions Hospital and help represent Regions Psychiatry services to Regions Hospital, HealthPartners Medical Group (HPMG), and the community.
The incumbent must be forward thinking, with a high level of initiative to effectively analyze national benchmarks and care trends to improve current and future quality of care and patient satisfaction within Behavioral Health at Regions Hospital and its affiliated programs. He/she must be a strong motivator, with the ability to engage staff and improve morale at all levels.
The incumbent will have the information, the authority and the decision making power they need to carry out their assignments.
Reporting Relationship:
Reports directly to the HPMG Associate Medical Director for Behavioral Health and to the Vice President for Behavioral Health - Regions Hospital, with a secondary reporting relationship to the Regions Hospital Vice President of Medical Affairs.
Key Working Relationships:
To accomplish the intended outcomes, the incumbent must maintain effective working relationships with:
Ø Regions Behavioral Health staff at all levels
Ø Regions Medical Staff
Ø Regions Medical Staff Divisional Heads, Section Heads
Ø Regions Administrative Leaders, Directors and Department Heads
Ø HPMG Physicians/Clinicians
Ø Regions Quality Staff
Ø Regions Best Care and Best Experience Staff and committees
Ø Key Community BH Leaders
Ø Regions ED
Required Qualifications:
Ø M.D/D.O degree and current, valid Minnesota license to practice medicine.
Ø At least two years with demonstrated leadership and/or and management experience.
Ø At least five years experience as a practicing physician including extensive inpatient work.
Ø Board certification in Psychiatry
Ø Knowledge and understanding of principles of Evidence Based Medicine and Care Improvement and its application in clinical practice.
Ø An effective consensus builder who can involve staff, build teams, AND get tasks accomplished in a timely manner.
Ø Maintain substantive patient care responsibilities.
Ø Must be a self-starter who will effectively see future needs and problems, and create or modify programs as required.
Preferred Skills:
Ø Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with a diversity of personalities.
Ø Must be approachable and able to present needs, context and data with effective communication and presentation skills.
Ø Strong leader with a mature sense of priorities and practical experience who can design and implement systems within the framework of hospital, medical group, and community needs.
Ø Must be able to develop flexible, agile, and transferable models for pathways of care across the care delivery continuum.
Ø Ability, knowledge, expertise and experience to lead processes to engage patients/families, improve patient care services.
Ø A strong, adaptable manager who focuses on collaboration and creativity with a high degree of energy and enthusiasm.
Ø A team player who promotes people working together versus individualism.
Ø Must understand psychiatry and its relationship to medicine and the community.
Ø Must be an effective change agent.
Position Responsibilities
In partnership with Regions Behavioral Health Director of Nursing, the incumbent will be responsible for:
· Measuring and improving the quality of inpatient Behavioral Health care at Regions Hospital
· Improving patient/family satisfaction
· Improving BH patient flow
· Engaging staff at various levels and improving employee satisfaction
· Ensuring that all regulatory requirements are met (JCAHO, CMS, MN DHS, MN Dept. of Public Health)
· Developing, implementing and upholding inpatient mental health policies and procedures
· Customer service orientation
· Hovander/Safe House/Safe Alternatives
· ED and Crisis Services
· Oversight of BH case management
· Participate in planning for the new BH facility
Individually responsible for:
· Supervising and managing all inpatient psychiatrists
· Overseeing the Psychiatric Consultation & Liaison Service
· Establishing and maintaining inpatient psychiatric coverage (call, vacation, illness, CME, weekends and evenings)
· Supervision of inpatient psychiatric medical students/moonlighters/Advanced Practice Providers
· Attending all appropriate meetings (i.e., patient care)
· Championing efforts to effectively use inpatient resources and improve patient throughput
· Assisting in the facilitation and improvement of inpatient EPIC
· Willingness to become Division Head for Regions Hospital Behavioral Health, if chosen to do so
· Leading the implementation of BEST CARE/BEST EXPERIENCE on inpatient mental health
· Oversee psychiatric coverage of ED
In partnership with the Assistant Medical Director for Behavioral Health – Outpatient Services, the incumbent will be responsible for:
· Continuity of patient care
· Coordination of inpatient coverage
Time
0.4 FTE position
Contact Information
For more information or to apply, contact Lori Fake at lori.m.fake@healthpartners.com or call (952) 883-5337 or (800) 472-4695 (ext. 1).
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