Associate Director, Mental Health Services

About NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff.

It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown.

We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology.

In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source.

Bellevue’s clinical centers of excellence include : Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU);

Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities :

The Associate Director and Supervising Psychologist, Adult CPEP / Director is a leadership role for the Adult CPEP that will provide clinical functions, including direct patient care and clinical supervision (70% time), and administrative management functions (30%) in support of the Division Director and overall operations.

The role conducts direct patient evaluations and provides supervision in the areas of diagnosis and treatment. Coordinates patient care with other clinical disciplines and administration.

Coordinates training practica and coordinates case conferences.

As Associate Director's responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Providing direct patient care to Adult CPEP patients.
• Supervising clinical operations in CPEP's Interim Crisis Clinic and directly supervising psychologists working in all elements of CPEP services.
• Providing administrative management of CPEP providers, e.g. Attending MDs, Resident MDs, Psychologists and Nurse Practitioners (n 80), including managing shift schedules, chart reviews, billing audits, or other similar matters.
• Assessing environment of care in Psychiatric Emergency Service and Interim Crisis Clinic and taking appropriate follow up action to ensure it is free of hazards and to reduce risk of injury to all patients, visitors, and staff.
• Effectively utilizing the electronic as well as the paper medical record.
• Developing and implementing action plans to create a culture of responsibility and respect to co-workers, unit staff and institution, and to ensure a professional environment among all CPEP disciplines.
• Developing and implementing action plans to retain staff and faculty with focus on staff support, morale and burnout, increased team camaraderie and cohesiveness, and follow up on faculty / staff injury and safety concerns.
• Identifying and managing interpersonal conflict among MD / PhD / NP clinicians and across entire multidisciplinary team.
• Assisting in the recruitment and orientation of new clinical staff / faculty.
• With CPEP Director's oversight and medical expertise, providing clinical evaluation and investigation of
• MD / NP / PhD-related patient complaints and Justice Center inquiries or allegations.
• Overseeing weekly CPEP case conference, including coordination of MD / PhD discussants and identification of appropriate patients.

Also provides formal and informal instruction to psychologists and psychologists-in training and other disciplines on diagnostic and therapeutic standards and techniques.

• Collaborating with managers and staff in Nursing, Social Work and Administration divisions to design and implement performance improvement projects.
• Reviewing adverse events and participating in investigations, preparations and presentations of Special Reviews.
• Reviewing, updating and revising CPEP policy / procedure.
• Reviewing / revising guidelines for standards of care and ensuring that CPEP practice is in compliance with all OMH, Joint Commission and CMS regulations.
• Working with CPEP administrators to ensure MD / PhD / NP completion of all required NYU and Bellevue trainings (e.g. re-credentialing, annual mandates, accrual of CMEs, etc.).
• Educating and training faculty about Quadramed updates and transition to EPIC.
• Notifying faculty about all policy / procedure / documentation / workflow updates.
• Overseeing CPEP administrative meetings, and attending interdepartmental and inter-hospital meetings in Director's place when required.

Attending meetings / workgroups with City and State agencies on Director's behalf when required.

• Working with CPEP Associate Medical Director to manage clinical oversight of personnel when Director is away.
• Attending to time-sensitive CPEP administrative responsibilities in Director's place when required, and overseeing CPEP administrative staff (n 11) on Director's behalf as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Valid New York State Psychologist license

2. A doctoral degree in Psychology, from an AP A-accredited doctoral program in psychology

3. Completion of an AP A-accredited pre-doctoral internship in psychology

4. Five additional years of satisfactory full-time clinical administrative experience

How To Apply

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NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes :

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs
30+ days ago