Adult Behavioral Health Center Clinical Lead

Fair Haven Community Health Care
US - Connecticut - new haven
January 3, 2025

Fair Haven Community Health Care

FHCHC is a forward-thinking, dynamic, and exciting community health center that provides care for multiple generations at over 143,000 office visits in 21 locations.
Overseen by a Board of Directors, the majority of whom are patients themselves, we are proud to offer a wide range of primary and specialty care services, as well as evidence-based patient programs to educate patients in healthy lifestyle choices.
As we grow and are able to bring high-quality health care to more areas that need access, we continue to put our patients first in everything we do.
The mission of FHCHC is 'To improve the health and social well-being of the communities we serve through equitable, high quality, patient-centered care that is culturally responsive.
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For 53 years, we have been a health care leader in our community focused on providing excellent, affordable primary care to all patients, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.
Fair Haven is proud to have a diverse and motivated team of professionals who are constantly seeking ways to enhance and improve the health and well-being of all patients.
We believe that everyone should have access to high-quality medical and dental care, regardless of ability to pay.

Job purpose

The Adult Behavioral Health Center Clinical Lead is the clinical leader for adult behavioral health services at Fair Haven Community Health Care (FHCHC).
The position is responsible for the culture and of the adult behavioral clinicians, manages the day-to-day clinical issues of assigned adult clinicians, and liaisons with other FHCHC clinical leaders to ensure integration with other clinical and enabling services.

Duties and responsibilities

Reporting to the Director of Behavioral Health, the Adult Behavioral Health Center Clinical Lead supervises daily activities of clinical team.
The role ensures that delivered services meet the mission and vision of FHCHC and align with Patient-Centered Medical Home principles.
Primary duties and responsibilities include:

Monitors and oversees admissions and discharges into services, empanelment of adult clinicians, co-signs all appropriate documentation ensuring appropriate utilization of services of the clinical team.
Runs weekly group supervision for adult behavioral health clinicians.
Offers iterative feedback and yearly clinical evaluations to adult behavioral health clinicians
Manages staff schedules for optimal utilization of staff time and ensures clinical coverage across sites, including for extended clinic hours.
Monitors staff schedules when staff have time off in order to ensure appropriate clinical coverage.
Conducts chart audits as part of continuous quality improvement focused on ensuring that third party payer compliance requirements (documentation, treatment plans, and medical necessity) are met regularly and that clinical goals are met.
Provides and ensures the ongoing appropriateness and quality of client care.
Assists in the development and ongoing revision of the program services and policies.
Oversees implementation of new services offered through the program.
Integrates the adult services with other service programs within FHCHC and with external providers of behavioral health and medical care.
Reviews treatment plans and other case records of staff to provide advice, direction and consultation and to ensure that work is being performed according to established policies and compliant with oversight bodies.
Provides individual weekly or bi-weekly supervision to clinical team members when needed; for those who require specific supervision due to licensure or clinical area of focus, facilitates those connections and scheduling
Demonstrates advanced Integrated Mental Health and Dual Disorders Treatment competencies.
Assists Director of Behavioral Health or their designee in interviews and hiring new staff.
Ensures appropriate staff education relevant to service provision.
Provides back-up for intakes and groups as needed.
May require work in the evenings to supervise staff during evening operating hours.
Complete all e-requestor tasks as requested by clinical staff.
Periodically and formally evaluates clinical staff and assists them where indicated in improving performance.
Reports out operational and clinical quality data pertinent to adult programs to behavioral heal.

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