Job Title: Medical Director

Provider Type: Medical Director/ Internal Medicine

Specialty: Psychiatrist

Location: Near Springfield, IL

Practice Setting: Hospital

Duration: Short Term or Long Term

Job Description:

30% 1. Serves as Medical Director for an Inpatient Mental Health Center. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Administers all medical, psychiatric, nursing, social service and psychological treatment provided to both forensic and civil recipients on all units of the Center;
- Develops policies and procedures for all program areas in accordance with departmental policies, mental health
code and various accreditation and certification bodies;
- Directs the implementation of services.

20% 2. Serves as foil-line supervisor which includes union, non-union, and contractual staff. Duties include but are not limited to;
- Assign and reviews work;
- Provides guidance and training to assigned staff;
- Counsels staff regarding work performance;
- Reassigns staff to meet day-to-day operating needs;
- Establishes annual goals and objectives;
- Adjusts first level grievances;
- Effectively recommends and imposes discipline, up to and Including discharge;
- Prepares and signs performance evaluations;
- Determines and recommends staffing needs.

15% 3. Serves as manager of medical program operations. Duties Include but are not limited to:
- Recruits, negotiates, and selects outside vendors to provide specialized medical services;
- Monitors vendor performance and activities for compliance to contracts;
- Develops reports regarding discharge summaries and other medical reports and correspondence;
- Authorizes payment based upon services rendered;
- Develops and manages medical/clinical budgets within general policy guidelines established by the Budget and Business Administrator,
- Monitors the contracts and reviews billing for medical/clinical services to verify qualitative services as delivered;
recommends termination of medical/clinical contracts.

10% 4. Represents medical services and programs. Duties Include but are not limited to:
Serves as a member of the hospital clinical and management team and governing body;
- Represents the hospital on a variety of statewide medical committees;
- Serves as chairman of the Executive Medical Staff Committee;
- Make committee assignments.

10% 5. Serves as facility expert on mental health laws, regulations, and trends. Duties include but not limited to:
- Examines recipients for certification under the Mental Health Code;
- Participates in patient care reviews;
- Represents the Center and medical staff in court proceedings.
10% 6. Performs incident Investigation and reporting including, but not limited to:
- Reviews all serious incident management reports and use of Hospital Restraints and Seclusions authorizations;
- Investigates and reports issues related to patient abuse and neglect and other mandated reported.

Requirements:

• American Board of Medical Specialties certification in Psychiatry;
  • Requires an Illinois license to practice medicine or the ability to obtain an Illinois license within 60 days of employment offer.5
  • Requires three years of administrative experience in a medical/clinical program.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working as a member of a diverse team including psychologists, medical physicians, nursing and social services post residency;
• Administrative experience in a medical/clinical program beyond (3 years) the minimum requirement;
• Experience supervising medical professionals;
• Experience managing and developing budgets;
• Experience working on program development including drafting of policy and procedure;
• Skilled at ensuring patient focused outcomes & a compassionate approach to patient care;
• The ability to effectively communicate to a broad audience