Psychiatric Medical Director (#PR6 )

$157.49-$182.29 hourly / $27,297.74-$31,596.33 monthly / $327,579.20-$379,163.20 yearly

• Serve as Medical Director of clinical programs engaged in psychiatric care;
• Provide medical supervision and administrative direction to subordinate medical and support staff;
• Develop protocols and standardized procedures;
• Conduct medical and physical examinations or psychiatric evaluations;
• Make diagnosis and prescribe medical and rehabilitative treatment;
• Supervise and direct the medical aspects of treatments;
• Provide night, weekend, and holiday medical triage and treatment authorizations via the telephone;
• Prescribe medications;
• Provide medical supervision to mid-level practitioners;
• Act as physician member of a multi-disciplinary patient care team;
• Confer with staff and patients and their families regarding diagnosis and treatment;
• Recommend hospitalization or other indicated services;
• Make referrals to specialists as appropriate;
• May conduct assessments and provide testimony in court proceedings;
• Provides clinic assessments and crisis interventions for psychiatric emergencies;
• May serve as the Health Officer in the latter's absence;
• Plan and prepare standardized procedures and protocols;
• Conduct in-service training;
• Assure that medical care meets quality assurance standards;
• May supervise resident physicians, physicians assistants and nurse practitioner students;
• Assure that quality primary outpatient medical care is provided for high-risk patients at the lowest cost;
• Perform outpatient surgical procedures;
• Read X-rays, order laboratory tests and evaluate results;
• Assure that patients medical charts and records are accurate and meet legal and medical requirements;
• May provide medical consultation to private physicians, health care professionals and community groups on public health matters;
• Prepare records and reports;
• Input, access and analyze data using a computer;
• Attend/facilitate meetings;
• Assist in the preparation and monitoring of division’s budget;
• Ensure that revenue projections are on target;

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

Knowledge of:

Thorough knowledge of:

• Current principles and practices of medicine.
• Current principles and practices of psychiatric care.

Working knowledge of:

• Community collaboration with key health stakeholders, other divisions of the Department, and other County departments.
• Principles of Personnel supervision, evaluation and training.
• Program management and program direction.
• Productivity management.
• Customer Service Delivery

Some knowledge of:

• Functions and services of public health roles and functions.
• General functions of the State Department of Health Services and/or State Department of Mental Health.
• Principles of health administration.
• Principles of budget monitoring and revenue generation in a health setting
• Clinical Information Systems

Ability to:

• Provide medical and administrative direction and supervision to subordinate professional, technical and clerical staff.
• Perform medical diagnosis and treatment.
• Evaluate and review the work of subordinate or other medical providers for appropriate diagnosis, treatment and chart documentation.
• Plan and prepare protocols and standardized procedures.
• Manage specialty contracts with specialty medical physicians.
• Work effectively with departmental staff, private physicians, clients and others contracted in the course of work.
• Maintain effective relationships with other County Departments, County policy makers and community health stakeholders
• Participate in the analysis, evaluation and planning of health or mental health programs.
• Prepare clear and concise written and oral reports.
• Analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action.
• Conduct in-service training programs.
• Secure State certification to supervise and direct mid-level practitioners.
• Use standard computer systems.
• Provide mental health court testimony on conservatorship if specializing in psychiatry.
• Manage division productivity to ensure that the budget targets are met.
• Review appropriate paperwork for documentation of clinical services and medical assessments.
• Work nights and weekends, on call.

Education and Experience:

Any combination of education and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying, unless otherwise specified. A typical way to obtain these knowledge and abilities would be:

License/Certificate Requirements: Possession of a valid Physician’s and Surgeon’s Certificate issued by the State of California (if licensed in another state, candidates may participate in the recruitment and examination process, however, possession of a valid Physician’s and Surgeon’s Certificate issued by the State of California is required at the time of appointment); possession of a State and/or Federal narcotic license for administration of narcotics; possession of a valid California class C driver license; plus
Four years of experience as a practicing psychiatrist. Certification by an American Specialty Board in a specialty closely related to mental health care provided by the County of Santa Cruz may be substituted for two years of experience.

Special Requirements/Conditions:

Background Investigation: Ability to pass a background investigation, and fingerprinting is required.
Must be able to work at nights, on call and on weekends when necessary.
Special Working Conditions: Exposure to: Odors such as vomitus, feces, urine and draining abscesses; fumes from cleaning supplies and solvents; and infections which might cause chronic disease or death.

EST: 6/07 REV: 10/07 Analyst: CJS, DTW

PREVIOUS CLASS TITLES: None
Bargaining Unit: 13EEOC
Job Category: 02
Occupational Grouping: 61
Workers' Comp Code: 0290
Analyst: DTW/CJS