Job Description
The Medical Director of Mental Health is a psychiatrist who oversees mental health services in the Medical Network and provides support related to the mental health needs of patients cared for across the Medical Network.
The Medical Director oversees the full spectrum of the Collaborative Care model that currently exists to support primary care physicians and their management of patients with mild to moderate depression and anxiety. This includes programmatic oversight and development, supervision of the core team that provides care to support this model, frequent interactions with and support of primary care physicians who refer patients to collaborative care, and development of alternative pathways for mental health care that cannot be managed by this program. For reference, the collaborative care model consists of an embedded “core team” of Mental Health (MH) professionals (generally LCSWs) within our transformed primary care practices who provide evidence-based therapy to patients receiving mental health care under their primary care physicians. Principles guiding the model include: 1) a patient-centered team approach; 2) population-based methodology; 3) measurement-based management; 4) evidence-based evaluation and treatment; and 5) accountable care.
The MH Medical Director, together with the collaborative care team, provides appropriate education and consultation to primary care health providers and staff, including:
• Triage, evaluation and consultation
• Short-term therapies
• Medication management
• Mental health services in support of specific Medical Network programs
• Coordination of care between and among CSMN physicians and the external Mental Health referral network
The MH Medical Director also oversees and advises on other mental health needs of the Network, including developing and implementing care pathways that ensure appropriate level of care, supporting transitions of care and care coordination for patients with mental health needs, interfacing with specialists, providing guidance and supervision to social work services in the Medical Network, and collaborating with Network Contracting to ensure clear pathways and network adequacy for referral to outside mental health resources.
The MH Medical Director reports directly to the Chief Medical Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Network, and works closely with the other Medical Directors of the CSMN, CSMN primary care physician leadership, CSMN specialist physician leadership, and executive leadership within the CSMN, including but not limited to Quality, Population Health, Clinical Transformation, Network Management, Clinical Operations and Strategic Integration.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
The MH Medical Director provides professional oversight to a multidisciplinary team that is focused on the care and coordination of patients with mental health disorders. The Medical Director actively supports CSMN physicians by working collaboratively with physician leadership to develop and execute a strategic, efficient, and outcomes-focused vision to meet the mental health needs of our patients and physicians. In addition to working closely with primary care physicians, the MH Medical Director is also responsible for liaising with the external referral MH network to ensure coordination of care for both mental health and medical/surgical services. The MH Medical Director collaborates with other CSMN providers of Population Health services, the Medical Director of Pain Management, and Population Health leadership, including Pharmacy Services, Ambulatory Care Management and ISP, Contracting, and Quality. The MH Medical Director provides direct supervision to licensed clinical social workers participating in the collaborative care model and any other mental health staff including psychologists and cooperates directly with the social work management team in CSMN to develop care pathways, provide education, and collaborate around challenging patient care issues.
Primary Responsibilities
• Provides leadership of the Mental Health Management team and sets strategic direction, oversight of day-to-day operations, and staff supervision.
• Leads the development and implementation of a collaborative care model for patients with chronic medical conditions and MH disorders.
• Provides regularly scheduled caseload reviews to behavioral health specialists. Caseload reviews focus primarily on patients who are new to the caseload or who are not improving as expected under their current treatment plan.
• Works with behavioral health specialists to oversee the status and population health of their assigned patient caseload. The psychiatric consultant uses a registry to track all assigned patients and prioritize patients for case review and treatment adjustment.
• Recommends any treatment adjustments through the case review process or in ad hoc consultations, including medication recommendations and other interventions, after consulting with behavioral h
Location: Monterey Park, CA
Posted: Oct. 11, 2024, 4:39 p.m.
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