Manager - Mental Health Services

Education: Bachelor's Degree: Related Field (Required)

Work Experience: 3+years in Behavioral health & Management

• Facilitates and ensures smooth coordination of department services with other units and departments.
• Coordinate the staffing selection process. Monitor employee turnover and vacancy and develop and implement recruitment and retention strategies. Oversees staffing and scheduling. Provide supervision of employees and accept accountability for services provided in the department. Follow established processes for receiving and resolving employee complaints and concerns.
• Conduct department meetings and provider meetings to improve communication of financial and operational information as well as strategic planning.
• Evaluates environmental safety and provides an environment that is safe based on age and developmental status care.
• Achieve goals established by system and site regarding patient satisfaction. Routinely review patient satisfaction data, reward and recognize employees who are achieving results.
• Implement strategies to assure that all employees understand and support organizational standards of behavior, methods for communicating key messages and methods which serve to increase patient satisfaction.
• Involve employees in short- and long-term department planning and analysis of needs of department. Model service and leadership consistent with organizational strategic goals.
• Collaborate with physicians and members of other departments and disciplines in the development, implementation and evaluation of programs and services to meet the needs of the department population.
• Participate in budget planning in collaboration with the department director and advocate for appropriate fiscal and human resources to accomplish the work and goals of the nursing department. Initiate cost containment activities, as appropriate.
• Monitor department productivity levels, monthly operational reports, budget variance reports, and workforce design to ensure proper resource utilization and role delineation. Monitor productivity, case mix and benchmark data to ensure that the staffing requirements are planned, appropriate and consistent.
• Identify areas for improved operational efficiency and involve employees in the development of new processes as appropriate.
• Analyze and use benchmark data from internal and external sources to identify opportunity improvements. Foster and develop community outreach and programs.
• Assist and support staff in developing and maintaining competency through orientation, internships, educational offerings, workshops, interdisciplinary professional meetings and self-directed learning. Maintain and analyze data to assure that staff development activities offered in the department are of high quality and meet the needs of unit staff.
• Assists with orienting new providers to staff and environment. Assists with provider scheduling.
• Assists in implementing and monitoring medical practice management contracts, letters of agreements, joint venture services and other agreements. makes recommendations and establishes plans for approved activities to increase and general referrals/new patients.
• Actively participate in committees, meetings and projects.
• Attend workshops, seminars and professional activities to identify future trends in healthcare and opportunities for growth.
• Network with professionals at other health care facilities for clinical standards and innovations.
• Research literature, identify best practices, engage physicians in planning activities.
• Create a non-punitive culture of patient safety adherent to national patient safety initiatives.

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