Behavioral Health Team Leader (2314) - Citywide - H00040

Company Description

The Department of Public Health prioritizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce. All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status. 

This is a Citywide Exam posting. Your application to this posting is an application to take a citywide exam. 

• Application Opening: Tuesday, March 29, 2022
• Application Deadline: Continuous 
• Salary: $96,486 - $117,182 Annually
• Appointment Type: Permanent Civil Service
• Recruitment ID: CCT-2314-H00040

San Francisco is a vibrant and dynamic city, on the forefront of economic growth & innovation, urban development, arts & entertainment, as well as social issues & change. This rich tapestry of culture and ideas is sustained by our City's commitment to heighten the quality of life for the diverse population of San Franciscans and residents of the greater Bay Area. Our employees play an important role not only in making our City what it is today, but also in shaping the future of San Francisco.  

The Mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) is to protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans. SFDPH strives to achieve its mission through the work of two main Divisions - the San Francisco Health Network and Population Health. The San Francisco Health Network is the City’s only complete system of care and has locations throughout the City, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, and over 15 primary care health centers. The Population Health Division (PHD) provides core public health services for the City and County of San Francisco: health protection, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and disaster preparedness and response. Behavioral Health Services operates in conjunction with SFHN and provides a range of mental health and substance use treatment services.

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2. THEN, submit an online application

Job Description

Position(s) are located at the San Francisco Behavioral Health Center (SFBHC) formerly known as the Mental Health Rehabilitation Facility (MHRF). The SFBHC is a 24/7/365 operation that has three distinct programs that provide subacute and long-term mental health services to the severely and persistently mentally ill population of the City and County of San Francisco. The SFBHC programs include an Adult Residential Facility (ARF), a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) and a Mental Health Rehabilitation Center (MHRC). This class is a first line supervisor responsible for providing leadership on clinical standards for Mental Health Rehabilitation Workers, Licensed Vocational Nurses and Licensed Psychiatric Technicians.

Work hours: The San Francisco Behavioral Health Center is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and requires flexibility to work various 8-hour shifts, weekends and holidays as coverage need dictates.

Under general supervision, the 2314 supervises employees performing a variety of patient care duties involving management and care of mentally ill patients; personally performs difficult and responsible patient care duties; and performs related duties as required.

Essential Duties

• Supervises a variety of patient care duties involving management and care of mentally ill clients;
• Assists in evaluation of staff and program needs;
• Participates in establishing clinical standards; inputs on unit issues;
• Makes shift assignment and evaluates quality and completeness of work;
• Provides direct care in accordance with established policies, procedures, and standards of care;
• Identifies, monitors, observes, records and reports client’s physical and psychological condition and behavior;
• Establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with clients and those persons significant to them;
• Assists clinicians in the implementation of therapeutic and diagnostic treatment and procedures;
• Administers medications using appropriate interventions;
• Observes, notes, and reports the effects and side effects of medications;
• Conducts in-service training programs;
• Participates in multi-disciplinary treatment planning; 
• Obtains and transports laboratory specimens.
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