EVP Psychiatric Services

Clinica Family Health & Wellness•Lafayette, CO

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About The Position

The EVP Psychiatric Services provides executive leadership and clinical oversight for specialty behavioral health medical and nursing services, residential programs, and acute behavioral health services at CFHW. The portfolio includes outpatient psychiatric services, crisis services, withdrawal management, urgent psychiatric care, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), and residential behavioral health programs. The role ensures the delivery of safe, high-quality, equitable, recovery-oriented, and evidence-based care while maintaining compliance with applicable regulatory, contractual, and organizational requirements. In partnership with the EVP of Specialty Behavioral Health and other executive leaders, this position advances specialty behavioral health services, integrated care, operational excellence, workforce effectiveness, and CFHW’s mission and strategic priorities. The EVP serves on the executive team, contributes to enterprise strategy and decision-making, and translates organizational priorities into divisional goals, operating plans, and measurable outcomes. The role directly supervises leaders and staff, develops leadership capacity, and is accountable for divisional strategic, financial, quality, workforce, and operational performance.

Requirements

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree, or international equivalent.
Successful completion of an ACGME-accredited residency in General Psychiatry and/or Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Board certification through the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) or in Addiction Medicine.
Unrestricted Colorado medical license.
Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration.
At least three years of management experience.
Demonstrated expertise in emergency and acute psychiatric care, inpatient psychiatry, psychopharmacology, the medical-psychiatric interface, substance use treatment, evidence-based neuropsychiatric and neurobehavioral assessment and treatment, or a related field.
Meet applicable health and safety requirements, including annual influenza vaccination, tuberculosis screening at hire, and position-specific requirements; provide proof of required immunizations before employment begins. Exemptions and reasonable accommodations are considered.
Regular and consistent attendance is required.

Nice To Haves

Management experience in community mental health or a comparable healthcare setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide executive leadership and oversight for specialty behavioral health medical, nursing, residential, and acute care services across the continuum of care.
Establish strategic and operational priorities for assigned services in alignment with CFHW’s mission, strategic plan, clinical standards, and organizational goals.
Partner with the EVP of Specialty Behavioral Health to align clinical programming, medical and nursing services, operational capacity, and workforce resources with client needs and organizational priorities.
Provide psychiatric medical expertise and guidance to the executive team on clinical practice, psychopharmacology, crisis response, withdrawal management, residential treatment, urgent psychiatric care, and integration of medical and behavioral health services.
Lead service development, organizational change, and continuous improvement.
Represent CFHW in local, state, and national initiatives that advance integrated, recovery-oriented, and evidence-based care.
Ensure assigned services deliver safe, equitable, culturally responsive, evidence-based care in accordance with clinical standards, regulatory requirements, contractual obligations, and CFHW policies and procedures.
Oversee clinical quality and safety across outpatient psychiatric services, residential programs, and acute behavioral health services.
Establish and monitor clinical practices supporting appropriate assessment, treatment, stabilization, transitions between levels of care, continuity of care, and positive client outcomes.
Oversee coordination of medical and nursing services across assigned programs, including identification and management of clinical risks.
Co-lead Critical Incident Review meetings, review incidents with relevant leaders, identify contributing factors, determine follow-up, and advance continuous improvement.
Participate in clinical quality, treatment review, client grievance, and safety committees.
Use clinical outcome, adverse incident, service utilization, and operational performance data to evaluate effectiveness, identify risks, and guide improvement.
Ensure appropriate clinical documentation and service entry oversight, privacy protections, and compliance with HIPAA and other applicable data privacy requirements.
Partner with the EVP of Specialty Behavioral Health and leaders in primary care, oral health, population health, and administrative functions to advance CFHW’s whole-person care model.
Provide psychiatric medical expertise to develop and evolve integrated specialty behavioral health and primary care services.
Promote coordination among medical providers, nursing teams, behavioral health clinicians, pharmacy partners, and other care team members.
Advance coordination across outpatient, residential, crisis, withdrawal management, urgent psychiatric, and MAT services to support access, transitions, and continuity of care.
Coordinate with Genoa Pharmacy staff, as appropriate, to support medication management and continuity of care.
Support community partnerships and represent CFHW at partner meetings and other external engagements as needed.
Oversee effective, efficient, and compliant operations of assigned medical, nursing, residential, and acute care behavioral health services.
Ensure operational models, staffing plans, service capacity, and workflows support client needs, safe care delivery, program requirements, and organizational priorities.
Develop, manage, and monitor budgets for assigned areas and use financial and operational data to inform resource allocation, service delivery, and sustainability decisions.
Establish, monitor, and communicate operational goals, performance indicators, and service outcomes for assigned teams.
Identify opportunities to improve access, care coordination, quality, workflows, service capacity, resource utilization, and efficiency across the continuum of care.
Ensure policies, procedures, and operational practices are consistently implemented to support quality, compliance, access, and operational effectiveness.
Hold assigned leaders and teams accountable for performance, service quality, documentation, and established goals.
Collaborate with executive leaders to advance organizational strategy, resolve cross-functional issues, and support consistent execution of organizational decisions.
Communicate timely and relevant information to executive colleagues and staff through active listening, constructive dialogue, and transparent decision-making.
Engage in challenging conversations professionally and use an authentic, objective, solutions-focused approach; solicit and provide regular feedback.
Model CFHW’s mission, vision, and values through leadership behavior, sound judgment, ethical decision-making, and adherence to organizational policies, the Compliance Plan, and Standards of Conduct.
Interact and communicate effectively with CFHW staff, clients, customers, and partners.
Maintain regular and consistent attendance, a safe work environment, and defined individual and departmental goals, activity metrics, and Key Performance Indicators; perform other duties as assigned.
Contribute to organizational strategy, enterprise decision-making, and achievement of organization objectives as a member of the executive team.
Directly supervise leadership and staff, including hiring, performance management, succession planning, and separation decisions.
Translate enterprise priorities into divisional goals, operational plans, and measurable outcomes, balancing divisional priorities with the overall needs of the organization.
Develop directors and managers through coaching, mentoring, performance feedback, leadership development opportunities, performance evaluations, corrective action, performance improvement, and development planning.
Build leadership capacity and succession readiness.
Lead cross-department collaboration to improve operational performance, patient outcomes, customer service, and organizational effectiveness.
Ensure divisional leaders communicate organizational goals, implement strategic initiatives, and cascade information throughout their teams.
Partner with executive leaders and shared services departments on workforce planning, financial stewardship, quality improvement, compliance, and operational excellence.
Monitor divisional operational, financial, workforce, quality, and patient/client experience metrics.
Remove operational barriers, facilitate timely cross-department decision-making, and ensure consistent implementation of organizational initiatives throughout the division.
Support leaders in resolving complex operational and workforce issues while maintaining accountability.
Lead regular divisional leadership meetings to review performance, align priorities, share information, resolve challenges, and promote continuous improvement.