Director Behavioral Health

McLaren Health Care•Cheboygan, MI

19h

About The Position

The Director Behavioral Health is responsible for planning and operating the Behavioral Health Program in coordination with medical staff, nursing departments, and ancillary departments to achieve clinical, quality, and financial goals. The director ensures compliance with organizational, regulatory, and accrediting-body requirements and works to ensure behavioral health operations deliver patient care efficiently and cost-effectively. The role provides leadership and oversight for clinical activities, staffing and workflow, quality improvement, departmental planning, policies and procedures, utilization review, resource management, contracts, budgeting, and employee development. In consultation with the Vice President of Patient Care Services, the director establishes program goals and represents the program within the Medical Center and with third parties and public agencies. The position also supports integration with psychiatry office-based practice, community and referral marketing, and relationships with managed care and third-party payers. The director oversees nursing practice standards, orientation and ongoing staff education, regulatory compliance, equipment and supply purchasing, productivity, and patient and staff satisfaction. The role serves adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients, and demonstrates competence in the organization’s Evidenced Based Leadership practices.

Requirements

Current Michigan RN license.
Three years of clinical experience in psychiatric nursing.
Two years of management experience.
Master’s degree in Nursing, or completion of a Master’s in Nursing within 48 months of hire or transfer.

Responsibilities

Exercise authority or make recommendations regarding hiring, discipline, work assignments, workflow, complaint resolution, performance appraisals, and employee advancements or wage increases.
Lead the department’s quality improvement program and participate in performance improvement activities.
Evaluate and plan departmental and unit activities.
Oversee all patient-related clinical activities within the area of responsibility.
In consultation with the Vice President of Patient Care Services, develop short- and long-range Behavioral Health Program goals and objectives.
Develop, recommend, and administer departmental policies and procedures.
Provide leadership and coordinate the Behavioral Health Program with Medical Center operations.
Represent the Behavioral Health Program with third parties and public agencies.
Oversee utilization review and resource management activities within the Behavioral Health Program.
Promote integration between psychiatry office-based practice and the Behavioral Health Program in collaboration with the Vice President of Practice Management and Development.
Coordinate community and referral services marketing with Marketing.
Monitor contracts related to the Behavioral Health Program.
Maintain working relationships with managed care and third-party payer organizations.
Oversee nursing practice standards consistent with the Nursing Code of Ethics and Michigan Public Health Code.
Manage the Behavioral Health Program orientation program and support employee continuing education and staff competency programs.
Ensure compliance with regulatory and agency requirements, laws, and statutes applicable to department operations.
Evaluate and purchase departmental equipment and supplies.
Manage departmental staffing, budget, and productivity standards.
Maintain physician, staff, and customer/patient satisfaction.
Model Bay Pride behaviors and ensure employees demonstrate those behaviors.
Provide for age-specific needs of adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients according to department standards.
Demonstrate competence in the specified Evidenced Based Leadership practices.
Perform other related duties as required and directed.