Director of Behavioral Health

The Director of Behavioral Health (DBH) is responsible for directing all aspects of UAII's Behavioral Health policies, objectives, and initiatives and is responsible for evaluating current and proposed systems and procedures, recommending changes, and assisting with their implementation. The DBH is part of a multi-disciplinary team representing the agency at community events, meetings, and program reviews. The DBH provides leadership and direction for Behavioral Health and works to ensure the integration of services.

-Manage UAII’s BH referral processes ensuring access to BH services.
-Develop, implement, and evaluate interdisciplinary case conferences/rounds.
-Work collaboratively with clinical operations and clinical directors to ensure BH programming, goals and objectives meet the needs of UAII’s patients.
-Participate in required administrative, clinical, and education/training meetings including clinical case assignment conferences, rounds, team huddles, and supervision meetings.
-Provide regular and timely feedback and reports to medical and behavioral health administrative leadership and other stakeholders pertaining to Behavioral Health service operations, as requested or necessary. In these efforts, identify program achievements as well as barriers, suggestions for improvement.
-Lead grant projects and contracts that apply to BH services. Responsible for ensuring that all required data and reports are completed and submitted to appropriate funding sources
-Facilitate or participate in associated meetings, quality improvement efforts with project managers and support staff. Ensure deliverables are met and required reports/data are submitted in a timely manner.

-Provide medically necessary, service-plan driven, and culturally proficient behavioral health treatment services for people presenting with a broad range of psychological conditions. Treatment services typically involve time-limited individual therapy for adults, brief behavioral health assessments/intakes, and crisis assessment and management, but may also include some child/youth therapy and group therapy/psychoeducational classes. Treatment plans are client driven and strengths-based, and are consistent with recognized best practices.
-Conduct clinical intakes and behavioral health assessments in accordance with professional expectations, including biopsychosocial, cultural, diagnostic, and crisis/risk evaluations for the full spectrum of psychological conditions. Includes scheduled appointments, “warm handoffs,” and walk-in services.
-Provide case management and service linkages, including facilitating urgent or emergency service referrals to medical/psychiatric staff/agencies, mobile crisis services, and the police.
-Create and regularly review individualized service plans with members served that are client driven, strengths-based, informed by recognized best practices, modified based on clinical need and client priority, and supportive of the integrated health team’s plan of care.
-Document and track service activities in electronic health record systems, paper records, and other data management systems as required in a thorough, accurate, secure, and timely manner (within 72 hours), in accordance with agency policy and procedure. Support all evaluation and data reporting requirements.
-Provide clinical decision support and leadership on crisis walk-ins and calls, as well as ongoing case management, which may include interacting with police, psychiatric services, and other community agencies and staff. Work with case management and ancillary staff.

-Licensed Clinical Psychologist or Licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in the State of California, in good standing and eligible or renewal

-Must have 5+ years of clinical practice experience post-licensure in psychology, clinical social work, marriage or family therapy, or related work
-Must 5+ years of management experience in clinical service management with a public organization or community-based provider
-Must have as evidenced by work experience, academic background, in-service and other training, working knowledge of child development and education, family counseling, substance abuse treatment, mental health counseling, and primary health care