Regional Clinical Director, Psychiatry Job – San Diego, CA 2022-7710

About Us

CHE is a premier provider of behavioral health services and is the partner of choice for skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities. CHE has been operating for over 20 years and employs over 700 clinicians in eleven states of operations. We deliver a unique programmatic approach to behavioral health services and are focused on quality and compliance for facilities. Backed by a leading private equity investment firm, we are looking for aggressive, talented, ambitious, engaging, innovative, and all-around balanced individual to join our team.

General Summary

The Regional Clinical Director, Psychiatry is responsible for oversight of clinical operations in the assigned region. The Regional Clinical Director will use established clinical models, systems and protocols in the planning, management and support of the services provided within contracted facilities and in the outpatient setting. The role supports the CHE psychiatry clinician to function safely and efficiently, collaborating with psychology services. The Regional Clinical Director will support employees and are leaders in cultivating an environment, which encourages teamwork and employee satisfaction.

Goals

Provide direct clinical services weekly in California

40 RVU’s per week minimum expectation

Remotely provide on-boarding training and support to nurse practitioners and clients as needed in California.
Support clinicians to build caseloads and deliver care that patients rate highly, setting goals for region in consultation with corporate leadership
Provide case review, documentation review and audits for nurse
Review nurse practitioner productivity reporting on a weekly basis and provide updates to management team

Education

MSN-Nurse Practitioner

Experience

3 years of clinician leadership experience preferred
Experience in skilled nursing & rehabilitation required
Outpatient telehealth experience a plus

Knowledge

Previous experience in management and long-term care preferred

Skills

Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Strong leadership and decision-making skills
Strong communication and team-building skills
Excellent customer relationship management skills
Advanced organizational and time-management skills with the ability to handle multiple assignments
Self-motivation and the ability to work independently
Ability to travel, at times overnight

Essential Job Responsibilities

Act as a liaison between company administration, facility staff and company employees.
Responsible for financial performance of region through support of clinical productivity.
Assures compliance with company and policies and procedures.
Leads Talent Acquisition team on all Psychiatry openings in territory, interviewing potential candidates for clinical knowledge and independent practice skills.
Oversees onboarding of new psychiatry clinicians: serving as their mentor, providing medication call, and performing documentation audits with feedback.
Performs annual documentation audit for psychiatry staff to assist in the identification of problem areas and develop action plans to correct identified deficiencies, coordinating any concerns as appropriate with CHE Compliance Office.
Assesses educational needs of clinical staff, developing targeted educational opportunities to improve clinical knowledge of assigned clinicians.
Represents psychiatry for the Region on the corporate Psychiatry Steering Committee.
Manages operational practices and supports organizational and staff performance to help formulate and implement improvement activities to assure safe, quality patient care, in accordance with applicable regulations and established standards of care.
Provide compliance oversight with Psychiatry & Nurse Practitioner collaborative agreements.
Supports start-ups of outpatient clinical practice
Provides psychiatry coverage at an assigned facility or outpatient hours two days per week.

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