Employee Type
:
Full-Time
Industry
:
Healthcare - Health Services
Education
:
Graduate Degree
Experience
:
3 to 5 years
Contact Information
Job Description: Arbour Counseling Services and Arbour SeniorCare is currently looking for a Medical Director to Provide oversight and support of medical staff by working with the team and providing guidance. The Medical Director is responsible for planning
, implementation
, and evaluation
, so that quality medical/psychiatric care is provided for all patients.
Essential Responsibilities: -
• Provides services in meeting patients’ needs in an effective manner. -
• Ensures appropriate frequency of visits with patients as required by their level of care and clinical presentation. -
• Attends daily team meeting to ensure contact with primary therapist and UR Coordinator. -
• Files all commitment petitions in a timely fashion with all required affidavits.
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• Provides second opinions for appropriate clinical situations. -
• Ensures quality of medical services. -
• Ensures timeliness of medical records as regards meeting current medical record standards for discharge summaries and signatures. -
• Attends Medical Staff meetings. -
• Develops and enhances own managerial experience. -
• Collaborates with managers of other departments to promote and support interdisciplinary culture. -
• Supports hospital-wide philosophy emphasizing focus on customers and concepts of quality improvement. -
• Ensures accessibility and availability of medical services. -
• Supervision of other department psychiatrists. -
• Ensures all department psychiatrists are providing services in accord with clinic wide and departmental policies, procedures and expectations. -
• Assists in planning new programs and monitoring existing services with special emphasis on medical and/or psychiatric aspects. -
• Supervises all members of the Medical Staff to ensure compliance with By-Laws and quality of care. -
• Participates in marketing efforts at or away from the hospital as necessary -
• Participates in treatment planning, implementation, and monitoring. -
• Provides consultation and resolution to emergency situations -
• Monitors medication management including prescribing. -
• Participates in employee staff development by providing relevant in-services. -
• Ability to communicate effectively with professionals and clients/families -
• Ability to make sound decisions in emergency situations or with unpredictable or violent clients -
• Ability to make accurate assessments and provide appropriate treatment -
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships within the agency, community and referral sources. -
• Complies fully with the Utilization Review guidelines as mandated by DPH -
• Sets up schedule with the Clinics to visit on a consistent and timely basis
Company Information: Arbour Health System is the largest private mental health system in Massachusetts. It provides a continuum of care that includes evaluation, crisis stabilization, and treatment for patients with mental illness, dual diagnosis, and/or addictions.