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The Medical Director, Mental Health and Wellness (MHW) is a leader within the national program office responsible for Health Plan quality oversight, ensuring all members and patients in the California markets seeking mental health and wellness services receive high quality, excellent care and service, delivered in compliance with laws and regulations. The Mental Health and Wellness portfolio is inclusive of the continuum of emotional, psychological and psychiatric health as well as Autism care and psychological elements of Transgender Care. This leader will leverage extensive clinical and medical expertise in mental health and wellness to identify areas of risk and care gaps to improve the clinical outcomes for Kaiser Permanente patients and members. The MHW Medical Director will provide clinical and medical expertise to create and/or maintain evidence-based practices and serve as a subject matter, medical expert and advisor to legal counsel and the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals Board of Directors in surfacing issues and creating and/or reviewing system-wide changes to mental health care services. The incumbent in the position will design, direct and implement the Mental Health and Wellness Quality Assurance Program, a program that will ensure performance across all California mental health units is routinely monitored, documented, and issues are escalated appropriately. The MHW Medical Director will work with appropriate Health Plan departments to deploy assessments on relevant behavioral and mental health areas/functions and to ensure care providers follow statutory timelines, laws, and regulations. The position will report directly to the Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Health Plan and Hospitals Quality with a dotted line to the Northern and Southern California markets- Vice Presidents of Safety, Quality & Regulatory Services to ensure coordination, collaboration and quality protection as needed. This position will have frequent interactions with national and local executives and leaders, regional KFH/HP,TPMG and SCPMG executives and other regional partners (Quality, Legal, etc.).
Qualifications:
Other
Hospital
$200k-250k (estimate)
11/06/2023
06/13/2024
LOMITA, CA
>50,000
2007
THELMA NERI
$50M - $200M
Hospital