Supervising Adult Psychiatrist-Behavioral Health and Recovery Services

About the role

The Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) Division of San Mateo County Health seeks an experienced psychiatrist to serve as Supervising Adult Psychiatrist-Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (Medical Chief for South County and East Palo Alto Adult Mental Health Clinics).

Responsibilities

• Leadership in fostering integrated care for clients with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders.
• Provide direct services to adult clients.
• Provide supervision and clinical consultation, review and guidance to other physicians in the evaluation and treatment of BHRS clients.
• Program planning for, and teaching, mentoring, and supervision of, adult psychiatric residents, including oversight of Graduate Medical Education.
• Quality Improvement activities including reviews of hospital admissions, higher level of care requests, and review of research proposals.
• Facilitate Informational Technology activities including Electronic medical record support.
• Co-Chair the BHRS Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and support the Pharmacy Services.
• Assume the duties of the Medical Director in his/her absence.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry and has at least three years of experience supervising psychiatrists and/or psychiatry residents.
• A keen interest in and knowledge of policy and planning on behavioral health issues and organizational and clinical performance measurements.
• Knowledge of substance use disorder treatment and medications for addiction is strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of EPIC medical record system is strongly preferred as BHRS is planning to transition to EPIC in the next 1-2 years.

Qualifications

• Completion of a residency program and three years of experience in Adult Psychiatry and supervising psychiatrists and/or psychiatry residents.
• Licensure/Certification: License to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of California. Possession of a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Skills

• Direct psychiatric programs.
• Clinically supervise and provide lead direction to medical/professional staff, including physicians and non-physicians.
• Fully supervise staff, including selection, performance evaluation, and corrective action.
• Prepare comprehensive reports and correspondence.
• Apply principles of effective management techniques.
• Diagnose patients and prescribe treatment or therapy in the designated specialty area.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, their families, hospital staff, community organizations and others.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing with individuals within the County or at any level within the Health Services Department.

Benefits

• Excellent Benefits Package including County funded malpractice insurance, pension plans and health benefits for retirees, 5% match into deferred comp, reimbursement of professional dues and expenses (up to $3,000/year), an additional 5% increase in salary for each qualifying Board certification up to two (2) Boards, administrative leave time at 5 hours per pay period up to 260 hours (this is prorated for part time employees) that can be used as time off or cashed out up to 50%, three days of Winter Recess (24 total hours) leave time, and a wellness program.

Pay

Competitive salary.

Schedule

Full time, 1.0 FTE (40 hours per week).