Vice President, Behavioral Health Services

The Vice President of Behavioral Health Services is responsible for the operational leadership of Vinfen's array of community Behavioral Health services, including outpatient clinic services, and related in home, emergency, and diversion services for adult and child mental health and substance use disorders. S/he is responsible for the effective management of programs including oversight of quality, compliance, outcomes, staffing, safety, service delivery and financial performance. Working with all administrative departments, the VP is responsible for ensuring appropriate use of resources to provide effective and efficient behavioral health services.

The VP is also responsible for the integration of BH services within Vinfen programs and services as well as with external service providers for the support of persons served. S/he leads the expansion and enhancement of telehealth services and the development and implementation of new behavioral health services to meet the needs of Vinfen's clients and to take advantage of new opportunities in the community behavioral health system of care. The VP is responsible for participating in company-wide planning and work on a range of strategic and operational issues. The VP works with the Medical Director and provides leadership to the Director of Outpatient Services and to Clinic and Program Directors and provider network entities regarding behavioral health/substance abuse treatment and management and may have a role with external relations particularly with respect to the state and regulatory efforts.

VP will be responsible for expanding and enhancing telehealth services and for development of a virtual clinic network across Vinfen's service area.

The essential job duties/responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the information listed below:

• Directs and manages the activities of Director of the Outpatient Programs and Clinic Director(s) and other senior operations staff in the Behavioral Health (BH) division.
• Hires staff appropriate to the Utilizes staff appropriately with the goal of optimizing effort and achieving operational and financial goals.
• Manages staff performance. Provides direction, training, and coaching; conducts performance planning and review sessions; provides guidance on career development; implements recognition and rewards programs. Applies counseling, disciplinary, and corrective action programs, as
• Ensures compliance with all internal quality and external licensing, certification and accreditation standards and regulations, as well as program specific policies and procedures.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and company policies and regulations and standards for professional conduct and services. Provides oversight of regulatory, accreditation, and quality improvement activities
• Assesses, establishes, and implements appropriate systems, procedures, and productivity standards for outpatient services to ensure quality of services, including use of Evidence Based Practices and to produce measurable outcomes indicating excellent results of services through mutilpe delivery modalities compared to service system benchmarks.
• Develops program budgets. Analyzes expense and revenue reports; justifies variances; tracks and resolves issues in conjunction with Director of Outpatient Services and Clinic and Program Directors and finance staff, including making program adjustments when
• In conjunction with Medical Director, provides leadership for adverse events within division, ensuring appropriate plans and corrective action are implemented and reported.
• Envisions, designs, and develops new programs and initiatives, including responding to opportunities to expand care for new services by all payers, including State, ACO and Health Plans. Assesses funder and community needs and proposes Develops new business plans, contracts/grant proposals to expand funding base.
• Presents at professional conferences and workshops and prepares articles for professional journals. Provides consultation to other parties, as
• Serves as primary liaison to funders regarding fiscal, administrative, and service related
• Ensures the quality and timely completion of all clinical, recordkeeping, and documents for clients. Responsible for preparation of medical records for internal and external audits.
• Ensure smaintenance and safety of physical sites.
• Maintains and enhances staff knowledge on human services issues and trends, such as techniques and tools available.
• Performs other related duties as required.