Central Health
Director of Behavioral Health (MD/DO)
The Director of Behavioral Health leads Central Health's Behavioral Health service line, overseeing care for adults with mental illness and co-occurring disorders. This role involves collaborating with leadership to implement clinical protocols and best practices, coordinating with partner organizations to create an integrated system of care, and providing direct patient care via face-to-face or telehealth visits. Additionally, the Director supervises advanced practice providers, residents, fellows, and students in mental health.
Key Responsibilities
- • Ensures optimal patient care that follows federal, state, and local requirements.
- • Develops partnerships to ensure staff deliver care within their scope of practice and adhere to regulatory requirements and evidence-based practices.
- • Demonstrates expertise in relevant medical practices, protocols, trends, and best practices in mental healthcare.
- • Coordinates with primary care service lines and multidisciplinary team members to establish information and referral systems.
- • Ensures care is provided through an integrated medical model.
- • Coordinates with other departments, agencies, councils, and community organizations to create and maintain an integrated system of care.
- • Oversees the development and maintenance of policies and procedures to meet various goals and objectives.
- • Monitors metrics to ensure services meet or exceed quality, access, patient/staff safety, and efficiency targets.
- • Conducts ongoing program evaluations and evaluates the effectiveness of programs, clinical protocols, and member/patient satisfaction surveys.
- • Supervises advanced practice providers, residents, fellows and students in mental health and evaluates professional clinical practice.
- • Monitors staff performance, sets goals and provides tools, coaching, and feedback to ensure a high-functioning team.
- • Analyzes departmental volume and workload indicators, improves staff utilization and productivity, and manages resources effectively.
- • Shares best practices recognizes opportunities for cost restructuring to improve fiscal performance and perform other assigned duties.
- • Directs service line operations and execution of initiatives, goals, and programs.
- • Manages the implementation of new service line initiatives, ensuring strategy coordination.
- • Supervises and trains the clinical team, including advanced practice providers, nurses, medical assistants, counselors, and community health workers.
- • Provides oversight and direction to Central Health's departmental efforts.
- • Develops and oversees departmental strategy to support the strategic plan.
- • Creates a recruiting model for a superior candidate experience and supports employees living the company's mission.
- • Builds and maintains a superior departmental support team aligned with the company's Core Beliefs.
- • Leads complex organizational change efforts.
- • Selects personnel, takes appropriate actions regarding personnel matters, and supports and coach direct reports.
- • Responds proactively to employee needs and concerns.
- • Develops 'experts' throughout the department and seeks employee input.
- • Facilitates consensus among diverse groups, minimizes staff turnover, and acknowledges and rewards employee strengths and accomplishments.
- • Evaluates assigned staff performance and competency, provide direct feedback, assess learning needs, develop competency plans, and provide learning opportunities.
Required
- • M.D. or D.O. in Psychiatry from an accredited educational institution
- • 1 year in leadership position
- • Unrestricted licensed to practice medicine in the State of Texas.
- • Board Certification in Psychiatry or passage of Board Certification examination within two (2) years of employment
- • DEA License: Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for the purpose of writing prescriptions
- • Current Basic Life Support Certification for Healthcare Providers through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
The Director of Behavioral Health is a physician, board certified in psychiatry, that leads Central Health's Behavioral Health service line. The Director of Behavioral Health oversees the care provided to adults with mental illness and co‐occurring disorders (substance abuse, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, and medical illness) within the Central Health system. As a member of the clinical leadership team, the Director of Behavioral Health is responsible for working closely with the leadership team in reviewing, recommending, and implementing clinical protocols, performance objectives, productivity benchmarks, compliance measures, provider workflows and best practices for the Behavioral Health service line. Additionally, this position requires collaboration with partner organizations to create a progressive integrated system of care. The Director of Behavioral Health will also provide direct patient care to referred patients via face-to-face visits or telehealth, which includes video visits. This position also requires supervision of advanced practice providers, residents, fellows and students working in mental health in accordance with Texas Medical Board regulation and Central Health Policy.
Ensures optimal patient care that follows federal, state, and local requirements.
Develops partnerships to ensure staff deliver care within their scope of practice and adhere to regulatory
requirements and evidence-based practices.
Demonstrates expertise in relevant medical practices, protocols, trends, and best practices in mental healthcare.
Coordinates with primary care service lines and multidisciplinary team members to establish information and
referral systems.
Ensures care is provided through an integrated medical model.
Coordinates with other departments, agencies, councils, and community organizations to create and maintain an
integrated system of care.
Oversees the development and maintenance of policies and procedures to meet various goals and objectives.
Monitors metrics to ensure services meet or exceed quality, access, patient/staff safety, and efficiency targets.
Conducts ongoing program evaluations and evaluates the effectiveness of programs, clinical protocols, and
member/patient satisfaction surveys.
Supervises advanced practice providers, residents, fellows and students in mental health and evaluates
professional clinical practice.
Monitors staff performance, sets goals and provides tools, coaching, and feedback to ensure a high-functioning
team.
Analyzes departmental volume and workload indicators, improves staff utilization and productivity, and manages
resources effectively.
Shares best practices recognizes opportunities for cost restructuring to improve fiscal performance and perform
other assigned duties.
Directs service line operations and execution of initiatives, goals, and programs.
Manages the implementation of new service line initiatives, ensuring strategy coordination.
Supervises and trains the clinical team, including advanced practice providers, nurses, medical assistants,
counselors, and community health workers.
Provides oversight and direction to Central Health's departmental efforts.
Develops and oversees departmental strategy to support the strategic plan.
Creates a recruiting model for a superior candidate experience and supports employees living the company's
mission.
Builds and maintains a superior departmental support team aligned with the company's Core Beliefs.
Leads complex organizational change efforts.
Selects personnel, takes appropriate actions regarding personnel matters, and supports and coach direct reports.
Responds proactively to employee needs and concerns.
Develops "experts" throughout the department and seeks employee input.
Facilitates consensus among diverse groups, minimizes staff turnover, and acknowledges and rewards employee
strengths and accomplishments.
Evaluates assigned staff performance and competency, provide direct feedback, assess learning needs, develop
competency plans, and provide learning opportunities.
Qualifications
Education
Education Level
Education Details
Required/
Preferred
M.D. or D.O. in Psychiatry from an accredited educational institution
Required
Work Experience
Experience
Experience Details
Required/
Preferred
1 year in leadership position
Required
Licenses and Certifications
Licenses/Certifications
Licenses/Certification Details
Time Frame
Required/
Preferred
Unrestricted licensed to practice medicine in the State of Texas.
Upon Hire
Required
Board Certification in Psychiatry or passage of Board Certification examination within two (2) years of employment
within 2 Years
Required
DEA License
Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for the purpose of writing prescriptions
Upon Hire
Required
Current Basic Life Support Certification for Healthcare Providers through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
Upon Hire
Ensures optimal patient care that follows federal, state, and local requirements.
Develops partnerships to ensure staff deliver care within their scope of practice and adhere to regulatory
requirements and evidence-based practices.
Demonstrates expertise in relevant medical practices, protocols, trends, and best practices in mental healthcare.
Coordinates with primary care service lines and multidisciplinary team members to establish information and
referral systems.
Ensures care is provided through an integrated medical model.
Coordinates with other departments, agencies, councils, and community organizations to create and maintain an
integrated system of care.
Oversees the development and maintenance of policies and procedures to meet various goals and objectives.
Monitors metrics to ensure services meet or exceed quality, access, patient/staff safety, and efficiency targets.
Conducts ongoing program evaluations and evaluates the effectiveness of programs, clinical protocols, and
member/patient satisfaction surveys.
Supervises advanced practice providers, residents, fellows and students in mental health and evaluates
professional clinical practice.
Monitors staff performance, sets goals and provides tools, coaching, and feedback to ensure a high-functioning
team.
Analyzes departmental volume and workload indicators, improves staff utilization and productivity, and manages
resources effectively.
Shares best practices recognizes opportunities for cost restructuring to improve fiscal performance and perform
other assigned duties.
Directs service line operations and execution of initiatives, goals, and programs.
Manages the implementation of new service line initiatives, ensuring strategy coordination.
Supervises and trains the clinical team, including advanced practice providers, nurses, medical assistants,
counselors, and community health workers.
Provides oversight and direction to Central Health's departmental efforts.
Develops and oversees departmental strategy to support the strategic plan.
Creates a recruiting model for a superior candidate experience and supports employees living the company's
mission.
Builds and maintains a superior departmental support team aligned with the company's Core Beliefs.
Leads complex organizational change efforts.
Selects personnel, takes appropriate actions regarding personnel matters, and supports and coach direct reports.
Responds proactively to employee needs and concerns.
Develops "experts" throughout the department and seeks employee input.
Facilitates consensus among diverse groups, minimizes staff turnover, and acknowledges and rewards employee
strengths and accomplishments.
Evaluates assigned staff performance and competency, provide direct feedback, assess learning needs, develop
competency plans, and provide learning opportunities.
Qualifications
Education
Education Level
Education Details
Required/
Preferred
M.D. or D.O. in Psychiatry from an accredited educational institution
Required
Work Experience
Experience
Experience Details
Required/
Preferred
1 year in leadership position
Required
Licenses and Certifications
Licenses/Certifications
Licenses/Certification Details
Time Frame
Required/
Preferred
Unrestricted licensed to practice medicine in the State of Texas.
Upon Hire
Required
Board Certification in Psychiatry or passage of Board Certification examination within two (2) years of employment
within 2 Years
Required
DEA License
Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) for the purpose of writing prescriptions
Upon Hire
Required
Current Basic Life Support Certification for Healthcare Providers through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
Upon Hire
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