Director, Outpatient Services at Louisiana… · Shreveport

Director of Outpatient Services

Louisiana Behavioral Health is a partnership between Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport and Oceans Healthcare, two Louisiana-based providers leading the transformation of behavioral health care through evidence-based, patient-centered treatment for adolescents, adults and seniors.

Benefits We Offer:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage (Multiple Plan Options) - Eligible first of the month after 30 days.
• 401 (k) Retirement Savings Plan with Discretionary Company Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Daily Pay
• Paid Time Off
• Competitive Market Compensation
• Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

The Director, Outpatient Services is responsible for the overall leadership and operation of the facilities’ outpatient services and functions. This position coordinates with the DON and the inpatient clinical director to identify staffing issues and pertinent nursing care issues to ensure appropriate daily operations of the outpatient programs. The Director, Outpatient Services shall assure the outpatient program is adequately staffed and that programming meets the standards set in accordance with Joint Commission, Federal and State regulations, Oceans' Mission, policies and procedures and Performance Improvement Standards.

Essential Functions:

• Provides direction, supervision, monitoring and disciplinary action for all staff of the Outpatient Program.
• Cooperates and works with all members of the management team to develop, formulate, implement, and revise clinical programming proposals for recommendations to medical and professional staff and to adhere to regulatory body standards and meet facility goals and objectives.
• Provides, coordinates and monitors in-service opportunities for staff continuing education.
• Supervises utilization review and performance improvement in the outpatient setting.
• Provides/coordinates education to staff and monitoring for compliance plan, and specific age/disability/cultural sensitivity and diversity adherence, as well as demonstrates an ability to assess and interpret age/disability specific information and patient population response to treatment.
• Conducts treatment planning, discharge planning and facilitates support groups to meet the needs of patients and families.
• Works closely with the facility administrator to achieve the programs financial goals in regard to expense management and revenue production, as well as maintain overall administrative and committee structure.
• Provides and solicits customers, departments, and facility information orally and in writing on overall facility performance.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

Educational / Experience Requirements:

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or counseling preferred including LMSW, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, MSW, Psychologist, RN or LVN/LPN.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in inpatient/outpatient psychiatric treatment preferred with at least 1 year of supervisory experience.
• At least 1 year of experience working with chronically mentally ill, adult and geriatric patient populations.

Qualifications / Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to foster cooperation across departmental lines and manage information, environmental, and fiscal resources to accomplish goals.
• Good writing and composition skills.
• Able to organize and prioritize high volume workload. Able to function with minimal supervision.
• Ability to maintain overall good work attitude and interact cooperatively and professionally with other staff members.
• Possess basic competency in age, disability, and cultural diversity needs of patients served and ability to relate to patients in a manner sensitive to those needs.
• Communicates in an age/disability related manner to patients and patients’ families.
• Must successfully complete BLS certification and an Oceans approved behavioral de-escalation program.

Work Environment:

Subject to many interruptions. Occasional pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries. This position can be high paced and stressful; must be able to cope mentally and physically to atmosphere. This person might sometimes experience disagreeable odors, sights and/or unpredictable patient behavior. Work requires spending approximately 85% or more of the time inside a building, which offers protection.

It is the policy of Oceans Healthcare to provide equal employment opportunity in employment to all associates and applicants for employment. No person is to be discriminated against in employment because of race, religion, color, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, pregnancy, disability, military status or any other classification protected by applicable local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Although the company does not discriminate on the basis of citizenship, it is required to comply with federal laws to ensure that its workforce is legally eligible to work in the United States

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Master's (Required)

Experience:

• npatient/outpatient psychiatric treatment : 2 years (Required)
• supervisory : 1 year (Required)
• working with chronically mentally ill patients: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• LMSW, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, MSW, Psychologist, RN or LVN/LPN (Required)

Work Location: In person