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Job Summary
Under the direction of the Psychiatry Department Chair, the Divisional Chair provides psychiatric assessment and management of patients with co-morbid medical disease and mental illness, primarily in the urgent care setting including. Oversight includes all psychiatric needs for the Department of Emergency Medicine and Ambulatory Community Health Network (ACHN) (behavioral health integration). Provides initial psychiatric consultations in outpatient, inpatient, and emergency settings throughout Cook County Health (CCH). Provides ongoing medication management to patients in the ambulatory setting as well.
General Administrative Responsibilities
Collective Bargaining
- Review applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements and consult with Labor Relations to generate management proposals
- Participate in collective bargaining negotiations, caucus discussions and working meetings
Discipline
- Document, recommend and effectuate discipline at all levels
- Work closely with labor relations and/or labor counsel to effectuate and enforce applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements
- Initiate, authorize and complete disciplinary action pursuant to CCH system rules, policies, procedures and provision of applicable collective bargaining agreements
Supervision
- Direct and effectuate CCH management policies and practices
- Access and proficiently navigate CCH records system to obtain and review information necessary to execute provisions of applicable collective bargaining agreements
Management
- Contribute to the management of CCH staff and CCH' systemic development and success
- Discuss and develop CCH system policy and procedure
- Consistently use independent judgment to identify operational staffing issues and needs and perform the following functions as necessary; hire, transfer, suspend, layoff, recall, promote, discharge, assign, direct or discipline employees pursuant to applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements
General Administrative Responsibilities continued
- Work with Labor Relations to discern past practice when necessary
Typical Duties
- Directly supervises all clinical services within the service area(s) including supervision of psychiatrist, psychologists, neuropsychologist, psychiatric nurse clinicians, nurses, and substance abuse counselors.
- Arranges clinical coverage schedules in conjunction with sick, vacation and educational time off requests from reporting staff members.
- Provides direct feedback to staff and hospital administration regarding functioning of the service.
- Performs semiannual reviews of each reporting staff person with the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry as part of the Ongoing Provider Performance Evaluation (OPPE).
- Oversees the development and implementation of clinical research programs within the service area(s).
- Serves as the representative for the Department of Psychiatry on at least two hospital-wide committees.
- Agrees to the terms of CCH's standards for Division Chair and outside dual employment.
- Provides general psychiatric assessment to referred patients in the outpatient, inpatient, and emergency settings throughout CCH.
- Ensures safety, evaluates need for further treatment/hospitalization, and provides appropriate pharmacotherapy for these patients.
- Provides education to patients, students, medical residents and clinic staff regarding mental health screening and treatment within a medical practice.
- Documents all encounters with patients in medical record and communicates diagnoses and treatment recommendations to appropriate medical staff.
- Reports any cases of abuse or neglect in accordance with the State of Illinois Law and CCH Policies.
- Refers patients to appropriate. psychiatric, medical/surgical and social services.
- Maintains active licensure with the Stale of Illinois, active credentials with the Cook County Health and Hospital System, and active board certification with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Engages in OPPE within the Department.
- Attends required meetings and participates in assigned committees.
- Participates in necessary peer review and quality assurance activities.