Assistant Medical Director, Psychiatry

Impact Lives, Impact Community

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is passionate about providing exceptional health care to all, especially underserved communities with limited health care options. Founded by a Latina grandmother/community advocate over 50 years ago in Barrio Logan, FHCSD has grown into one of the largest community health systems in the country. With over 90 sites, over 227,000 patients, and over 1.1 million healthcare visits last year, we provide a wide variety of health care and outreach services to a very diverse patient population. We are proud of our mission, our lasting community impact, and the cultural and individual diversity of our staff.

General Job Description  

In close collaboration with FHCSD Mental Health Administration, provides psychiatric services including assessment/evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in assigned areas. Additionally assumes medical leadership role for psychiatry services assisting with administrative tasks as well as the development of psychiatric/mental health protocols and best practices. You enjoy leading your provider team to excellence, supervising advanced practice providers and may have the opportunity to teach future generations of providers through organizations psychiatry residency program. 

Job Roles  

• Builds positive relationships, inspires others to perform at a higher level, prepares career development plans and retains an accountable workforce. 

• Coaches and counsels staff and administers appropriate disciplinary action in a timely manner. 

• Provides oversight and clinical support to other providers, programs and projects

• Completes all required documentation accurately, in a timely manner, and thoroughly in accordance with department standards; in addition, documentation complies with patients' insurance requirements. 

• Maintains satisfactory peer reviews: able to assess medical information including pathophysiology, patient presentation, differential diagnosis, etc., in order to facilitate health promotion and disease prevention. 

• Meets clinic site and organization needs in a reliable and flexible manner; prioritizes work and makes an effort to adhere to schedule. 

• Participates in continuous improvement activities and ensures appropriate Lean tools (i.e., 5S, A3) are deployed and results are evaluated and/or measured. 

• Participates in quality/performance improvement and leadership initiatives as feasible and works closely with both assigned Clinic management and therapists to provide high quality mental health services to patients. 

• Performs other duties as assigned. 

• Performs psychiatry peer reviews and evaluations; counsels providers on findings when applicable; collaborates with Clinic Director/Manager in provider evaluations. 

• Supervises advanced practice providers in a timely and responsive manner  

• Provides comprehensive evaluations, diagnosis and treatment of patients with mental illness, emotional disorders and/or substance abuse. As needed, examines patients to determine presence of physical disease utilizing physical finds, laboratory results and medical history. Maintains the appropriate productivity expectation based on contract, program or clinic assignment. 

• Provides/ensures staff receive all new hire and annual trainings on time. 

• Researches literature on best practices and develops curriculum, interventions, and protocols to adopt best psychiatry/mental health practices at FHCSD. <