Assistant Medical Director

Title: Assistant Medical Director

State Role Title: 49172

Hiring Range: $262,824 - $362,696; Salary to commensurate with experience

Pay Band: 8

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Central State Hospital

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Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Provision of Active Psychiatric Treatment in accordance with the Standard of Care:
- Ensures that medications prescribed conform to the standard of care for the diagnoses given and exceptions are cleared with the Hospital Medical Director prior to implementation.
- Secures and documents informed consent for treatment from the patient or AR, or obtains judicial authorization for treatment in a timely manner.
- Regularly assesses and addresses medication side effects and reports adverse drug reactions.
- Monitors patients’ progress and revises treatment plan accordingly.
- Encourages involvement of the CSB and the family in the patient’s discharge planning, whenever possible.
- Ensures that the patient progresses to discharge status as quickly as is reasonably possible.
- Arranges coverage for patients when taking time off and completes required documentation prior to time off.
- Participates in the MOD on-call coverage when required, providing timely examination, treatment and documentation.

Demonstrated Leadership, Customer Service and Performance Improvement:
- As Head of the Treatment Team, provides effective leadership in developing and maintaining the therapeutic process through collaborative efforts between physicians, nursing staff, psychologists, social workers, rehab staff and patients.
- Monitors the use of seclusion/restraint in your building on a daily basis and participates in the S/R reduction efforts and adheres to S/R threshold requirements for action per hospital policy.
- Participates in the Performance Improvement projects of the hospital when requested, Med Staff OPPE and FPPE, and at least 1 Hospital/Med Staff Committee.
- Maintains current VA Medical license and DEA registration and obtains required CME credits.
- Ensures at least 50% attendance at assigned Med Staff meetings, committee meetings, and other Med Staff activities including but not limited to Clinical Case Presentations and Grand Rounds.
- Completes required annual mandatory training in a timely manner.
- Adheres to the Medical Staff Bylaws of Central State Hospital.
- Supports hospital/departmental philosophy, goals and objectives by reviewing and adhering to policies and procedures, including National Patient Safety Goals.
- Provides preceptorship to students/residents as needed.
- Works in collaboration with all campus Super Users and EHR leadership, supporting the organization’s transition to use of the electronic health record.
- Serves as a champion change agent, fully engaging in testing, teaching, training and rollout of the electronic health record to coworkers across agency shifts.
- Attends and actively participates in Super User events and meetings.
-Serves as departmental liaison and communications change agent for rollout and follow-up of the electronic health record initiative.
- Successfully supports team colleagues and new hires ongoing by providing elbow to elbow training support for learning electronic health record functions and responsibilities during training classes and upon hire.
- Participates in the development of policies and procedures as required.
- Works to identify learning/training opportunities and leads such sessions for the department with regard to the implementation of the electronic health record and its ongoing use and modifications as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications

- Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy degree and completion of an accredited/approved psychiatry residency training program.
- Current license to practice Medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- DEA registration.

KSA's Required to Perform the Job:
Must possess good evaluation/examination, documentation and diagnostic skills for the treatment and management of mental and medical illnesses. Must have basic knowledge of current psychiatric or medical treatment modalities. Must possess effective communication skills, both oral and written, in order to succinctly document in the medical record and for articulating and interacting with patients and others. Must possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams.

Additional Considerations