Inpatient Attending Psychiatrist
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S
FAULKNERHOSPITAL
The Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital (BWFH) is seeking a full time Inpatient Attending Psychiatrist. BWFH has a well-recognized, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health licensed, 24 bed adult inpatient psychiatry unit. The unit provides care to a diverse cultural and diagnostic population, some with medical co-morbidities, that enter treatment primarily through the Emergency Departments of BWFH and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. This is a unique opportunity to lead one of three dynamic multidisciplinary treatment teams with a case load of 8-10 patients with significant teaching responsibilities, as BWFH is a major teaching site for the Brigham Psychiatry Residency Training Program and Harvard Medical School students. Academic rank at Harvard Medical School will be commensurate with experience, training and achievements. Previous clinical experience in an inpatient setting is highly desirable. ABPN board eligibility or certification is required.
If interested, please send CV to: Office of Academic and Faculty Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115; [email protected]
Employment Conditions:
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EEO Statement
Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers with strong institutional commitments to diversity in their faculty. Women and minority candidates are particularly encouraged to apply
Location: CHA Central Street Care Center
Work Days: M-F, occasional weekends as needed
Category: Professional and Management
Department: Mental Health and Addiction Admin
Job Type: Full time
Work Shift: Various Shifts
Hours/Week: 40.00
Union: No
Union Name: Non Union
Be part of creating our innovative system of ambulatory behavioral health care, using the newly contracted Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC) model.
The Director is the key operational partner for all clinical leaders in the CBHC, as well as other ambulatory services in the Department of Psychiatry, and oversees all relevant operational staff. The Director will further develop and oversee the performance of the operations leadership team, and ensure the effective and successful provision of services.
The Director will support a transformative change in behavioral health ambulatory services at CHA, embodied in the CBHC, shifting from a model based on specialty medical care, to one that also fully incorporates externally facing community based services, urgent access, and broadly resourced team-based care.
The Director will modify, as needed, operational staff roles, capacity and expectations to support this shift, and to meet the concrete contractual and performance requirements of CBHC implementation. This will include modification of the functioning of Central Intake, the use and structure of clinical templates, and the support provided to primary care behavioral health integration services. The Director will lead program modification and optimization processes, including those related to the flow of patients from urgent care, primary care, and the emergency department.
The Director will take part in CBHC and Department strategic planning, and set formal goals and objectives on an annual basis for operational staff and functions. The Director will lead their staff in providing concrete assistance to clinical leaders in the Department, supporting their management effectiveness.
Qualifications
- Masters degree in a related field
- Minimum of five years management experience in ambulatory care operations,
- A proven track record of leadership and management of complex operational functions in health care, including demonstrated system improvement experience.
- The capacity to understand broad operational system demands, and design and oversee implementation of consistent operational structures.
- Strong, demonstrated analytical, structural, project management and quantitative skills.
- Capacity to lead and manage a diverse, multi-lingua!, multicultural staff.
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