Job Description

Medical Director

Psychiatrist – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certified/eligible MD licensed in GA– or a physician licensed in GA with ASAM or ABAM certification (if the agency delivers substance abuse services only) employed or under contract. Two or more years of training and experience diagnosing, treating and evaluating the effectiveness of treatment/support of the age and diagnosis specific population to be served.

OR:

A licensed MD who is board certified or board eligible in general family practice, internal medicine, or pediatrics employed or under contract.

Duties Include:

  • Provide direct medical, clinical, and quality management oversight of the entire facility.

  • Develop and implement internal policies and procedures for individual treatment/support services, admission, reevaluation, transfer and discharge, and the delivery of high-quality, medically necessary services and treatments that are clinically appropriate, current, are not experimental in nature, and are in compliance with identify and implement models of care for the age and diagnosis specific populations served that are individual and family centered, evidence-based, and provide a continuum of care approach for individuals.

  • Require staff to complete quality, comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and clinical assessments, including age and diagnosis specific level of care determinations.

  • Supervise, monitor and direct clinical staff, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants who may be serving the facility, through a regular physical presence in the agency, or through the use of videoconferencing including participation in peer review and quality of care audits.

  • Participate in staffing, consultation and clinical case review of complex or high risk individuals and coordinate clinical team meetings with the Clinical Director and other staff.

  • Review all individual, staff, and stakeholder health and safety concerns, including individual and aggregate agency incidents, elopements, medication errors, individual and staff injuries, and assume primary review, remediation, monitoring, and related reporting responsibilities to local, state, and national regulatory and accreditation agencies in cases involving the following:

  1. Medication diversion

  2. Any allegation or suspicion of physical or sexual assault, abuse or neglect

  3. Any injury or potential for injury of an individual receiving services, or staff member

  4. Any death of an Individual who received services from the CCP within the previous 120 calendar days

  • Develop communication and referral practices and collaborative relationships with the Medical Director(s), individuals’ primary care physicians, community psychiatrists, and other providers regarding issues related to individuals/families and the local system of care.

  • Provide supervision and oversight of medication evaluation and administration, including review of laboratory medical tests, dosing regimens and effectiveness, adverse drug reactions and side effects, patient, family, and staff medication education.

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