What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP of Clinical Services (Medical) position at Heritage Health - Idaho?
Description
About the role:
The VP of Clinical Services oversees all providers within our clinical medical programs, ensuring accessibility, maintaining high-quality clinical standards, and creating a culture of support. They are accountable for mentoring and supporting all clinical medical staff within their assigned departments while fostering collaborative connections throughout the organization and community. The position includes direct patient care.
Why You Should Join our Dynamic Healthcare Team:
- Passionate Purpose: We're committed to enhancing lives, every day.
- Unmatched Support: We are committed to a fun and supportive team environment.
- Balanced Lifestyle: No weekends or holidays, ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
- Collaborative Care: Work with a dedicated team to provide the best patient outcomes in the right settings.
- Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay, and benefits
Benefits:
- Health Insurance: 100% employer-paid employee coverage for medical, dental, and vision plans for full-time employees.
- Life Insurance: Employer-paid for 1x annual salary (optional coverage available for additional cost).
- Disability Insurance: Short-term disability insurance based on age & salary. 100% employer-paid long-term disability insurance.
- Retirement: 403 (b) plan: Heritage Health matches up to 4% of employee contributions.
- Paid Time Off Benefits: 120 hours Paid Time Off (PTO) in your first year, 56 hours Extended Illness Bank (EIB) in your first year, 8 paid holidays for full-time employees, amounts are pro-rated for part-time employees who are .5 FTE or higher.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Enjoy free telehealth visits for healthcare, counseling, and health and wellness coaching for all employees and their immediate household members.
Requirements
The Minimum Qualifications
• Master’s degree or higher from an accredited university or college in a relevant field.
• Current Idaho clinical licensure of MD/DO/PA/NP
• Must hold current Board Approved Clinical Supervisor designation, if applicable to the licensure
type.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in program development.
• Minimum of five (5) years in a leadership or administrative role with increasing responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience working in a multidisciplinary or integrated care setting.
• Experience in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is preferred.
Your Essential Duties:
• Oversees and directs the interventions of clinical program staff to achieve the best possible
outcomes for clients.
• Ensures Heritage Health is compliant with the community health center clinical requirements as
defined by HRSA and internal policy for the behavioral health programs.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and organizational regulations and standards.
• Assist in development and execution of staffing plans to ensure adequate client access to
services.
• Maintains competency and proficiency in current Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Meets regularly with dyad partner (VP of Operations) and relevant executives to ensure all
clinical requirements, organizational goals, and staff supports are in place.
• Responsible for establishing an environment and culture aligned with the organization's mission,
vision, values, programs, and initiatives. This involves cultivating and nurturing collaborative
relationships across the organization.
• Direct patient care requirement of 50% FT
Leads coordination and representation of program endeavors, establishing strong ties and
agreements with the leadership team, other service lines/departments, external community,
payors, educational institutions, and government entities.
• Contributes to the development of and adherence to program and organizational budget and
fiscal responsibility.
• Travel is required due to business needs.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this position.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Your Essential Leadership Duties
• Serves as a clinical resource for staff, and formally train and coach staff with a focus on
professional development.
• Accountable for collaborating with Human Resources on hiring, facilitating support staff and
clinician development and training, as well as manage motivation, disciplinary actions, and staff
terminations.
• Accountable for fostering an environment and culture that focuses on fulfilling the organization’s
mission, vision, and values through collaboration.
• Leads and mentors direct reports so that they have the tools and resources needed to partner
efficiently with each other, employees and community partners.
• Practices effective communication with active listening, adaptability, empathy, and transparency.
• Leads by an example of self-awareness by proactively seeking feedback and modifying behavior
accordingly.
• Ensures every member of the team works to their fullest potential by driving engagement,
accountability, setting goals, and providing direction.
• Fosters a trust-based work environment as a leader by modeling dignity, respect, fairness, and
confidentiality.
Your Additional Duties
• Willingness to attend and participate in off-site meetings and/or seminars and travel between
program locations.
Your Success Factors
• Demonstrated working knowledge of patient care using evidence-based practices.
• Proficiency in financial management, including budget development, oversight, and cost-control
strategies aligned with operational goals.
• Proven experience in clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and program
development.
• Adhere to codes of ethics and conduct for licensed discipline.
• Awareness and sensitivity to the varied cultural issues and community practices of children,
adolescents and adults.
• Defined community resource knowledge and ability to use networking skills effectively to gain
and maintain program support and partnership.
• Ability to effectively engage patients in a therapeutic relationship, when appropriate
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead and mentor direct reports.