Medical Director- Behavioral Health

Texas Tech University•Lubbock, TX

13h•Onsite

About The Position

This Position is Open to Current TTUHSC Employees Only. Diagnoses and treats patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.

Requirements

Current license to practice medicine by the Texas Medical Board
Current Drug Enforcement Agency controlled substances registration certificate

Responsibilities

Provide clinical and administrative supervision to clinical operations, patient care, and staff management within the Montford correctional setting.
Design, implement, and assess various mental program developments, ensuring quality and adherence to best practice standards that meet internal and external regulations.
Spear head the recruitment, on-boarding, and performance evaluation of supervisees.
Coordinate with operational leaders in resource allocation, budgetary considerations, and institutional policies.
Direct oversight to psychiatrists, psychologists, advance practice providers (APP) and ensure smooth clinical day-to-day operations.
Conduct legal proceedings such as involuntary inpatient psychiatric admission evaluations, civil commitment assessments, clinical capacity assessments, compelled and non-emergent compelled medication process.
Clinical oversight of clinical activities in accordance with unit treatment program clinical guidelines.
Coordinate onsite clinical education for Psychiatric staff, clerkship for residents, medical students, and other trainees.
Serve as the clinical Site Director for trainees from the TTUHSC Forensic Fellowship program.
Provides back up to APP’s for the regional and in-house call, to ensure there is continuous psychiatric coverage within the TTUHSC regions.
Administratively oversee and monitor assigned employees-Reviews and updates Position Description’s (PD) of supervisees.
Document performance and provide Performance Evaluations for supervisees.
Recognize and discipline employees, address complaints and resolve issues as they arise.
Assure the Montford Psych Unit compliance with external auditing standards, executive directives, administrative directives, access to care, and other applicable policies and procedures.