Behavioral Health Director of Operations for Inpatient Services- Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Welcome

Come work with a great team!  Signet Health manages the Behavioral Health Services for Medstar Washington Hospital Center and has a full-time opening for a Behavioral Health Director of Operations for Inpatient Services

Signet Health Offers a Wide range of Benefits for its Employees:

• • Health Insurance - variety of plans
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • AD & D Insurance 
  • Hospital Indemnity Insurance
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • HSA
  • FSA
  • Employee Assistance (EAP)
  • Disability Insurance
  • Generous PTO plus Holidays

Overview

Overview:

The Inpatient Behavioral Health Director of Operations is a leader that assumes responsibility and accountability for the clinical functions, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the Inpatient Department of Psychiatry. This position is instrumental for the overall functioning in the delivery of behavioral health care to all patients, is responsible for the clinical management of the milieu and is recognized as a member of the senior management team.  The Inpatient Behavioral Health Director of Operations is responsible for adhering to both Hospital Policies and Signet Health policies and procedures and performance improvement initiatives.  The Director will also be responsible for all regulatory surveys, staff education, and will supervise staff as assigned.

Major Duties and Essential Functions:

• Budgeting and financial management
• Referral development
• Enforcing compliance measures
• Oversee daily operations of Inpatient Units to ensure efficiency and high-quality patient care
• Takes organizational goals and creates actionable plans for program development.
• Establishing resources to achieve program goals and effectiveness.
• Personnel management
• Maintains compliance with the joint Commission (TJC), OSHA, CMS, as well as State and local licensing regulations.
• Work with Clinical Leadership to align operations with Evidence Based Practices & coordinates with
• Program analysis and evaluation

Requirements/Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in social work, Psychology, Behavioral Health, Business or Health Administration, Nursing or related field.
• Current DC License in a related field is preferred.
• Knowledge of Management Principles to staff, community, and students.
• Minimum 5 to 6 years’ relevant experience in Healthcare Administration specifically Behavioral Health
• Experience running a Psychiatric Inpatient unit  with ED Throughput and Intake Evaluation
• Strong analytical skills for process improvement, budgetary oversight and trusted leadership
• Knowledge of Nursing process preferred
• Expertise in psychiatric/chemical dependency treatment, and familiarity with DC mental Health Laws
• Knowledge of new trends in mental health nursing or recovery process from chemical dependency and can adapt to progressive change.

Well Integrated personality

Supervisory Controls:

• This position reports to the Vice President of Operations.
• This position has supervisory responsibilities.

Compensation Information:

• Minimum Salary: $150,000
• Maximum Salary: $180,000

Tour of Duty:

Monday-Friday; 40 hours a week

Salary depends on Experience ( DOE)

EOE

Hospital/Program Description

For more than a half a century, MedStar Washington Hospital Center has set the highest standard for health care—and reached and surpassed it year after year.

MedStar Washington Hospital Center is a not-for-profit, 926-bed academic medical center in the center of the nation’s capital—and every day, hundreds of people in the region depend on us for their care. In 2013 alone, the hospital opened its door for nearly 500,000 inpatient and outpatient visits by residents from throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

We are the busiest and largest hospital in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area—and serve as referral center and the central hub for the region’s most advanced acute medical care.

But we are much more. Our primary and secondary health services help our community’s residents get and stay healthy, and help to improve patients’ quality of life by managing chronic illness.

Our inpatient services, education and research programs, outpatient care and community outreach initiatives are all aimed at meeting today’s health care needs—and at leading the way to meet the future health needs of the nation.

Salary : $150,000 - $180,000