Medical Director, Forensic Services Division

About the Role

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) seeks a highly experienced physician leader with specialized expertise in forensic psychiatry to serve as the Medical Director for the Forensic Services Division (FSD). This role involves providing authoritative medical and forensic oversight to multidisciplinary clinical teams delivering competency restoration services, including those operating within the Jail-Based Competency Restoration (JBCR) program and at the Oklahoma Forensic Center.

Responsibilities

• Exercise clinical governance and provide strategic direction to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and legally sound forensic mental health services to a highly vulnerable and justice-involved population.
• Navigate and leverage existing relationships with stakeholders while seeking new partnerships to strengthen the forensic evaluation process across the state.
• Provide strategic guidance and decision-making with long-term impact in business and political environments where precedents and approaches are not always clear.
• Achieve continuous process improvement measures and activities to meet clinical and organizational needs.
• Develop and implement clinical policies, quality assurance processes, and performance improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited institution with a valid state medical license (or eligible to obtain).
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive clinical leadership experience in forensic, correctional, or state hospital settings.
• Strong understanding of the intersection of psychiatric care and legal standards, including NGRI and NTA populations.
• Extensive knowledge of applicable state and federal laws, court requirements, and Consent Decree obligations related to forensic mental health services.

Qualifications

• Strong executive level experience providing oversight and coordination of adult forensic competency services on a wide scale.
• Demonstrated ability to assess clinical and organizational needs and develop and implement continuous process improvement measures and activities to meet those needs.

Skills

• Ability to navigate and leverage existing relationships with stakeholders while seeking new partnerships to strengthen the forensic evaluation process across the state.
• Strategic guidance and decision-making with long-term impact in business and political environments where precedents and approaches are not always clear.
• Development and implementation of clinical policies, quality assurance processes, and performance improvement initiatives.

Benefits

ODMHSAS offers a robust and comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees and their dependents. Benefits include:

• Generous state-paid benefit allowance to help cover insurance premiums for state employees as well as eligible dependents.
• A wide choice of health insurance plans with no pre-existing condition exclusions or limitations.
• Flexible spending accounts for pre-tax dollars to be used for health care expenses or dependent care.
• 11 paid holidays, 15 days of vacation and 15 days of sick leave the first year.
• Retirement Savings Plan with a generous state match.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate based on education, experience, and overall qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time.