Mental Health Assistant Unit Chief, Correctional Health Services

Assistant Mental Health Unit Chief

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation. We are a network of 11 hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes, post-acute care centers, and correctional health services. We are a home care agency and a health plan, MetroPlus. Our health system provides essential services to 1.4 million New Yorkers every year in more than 70 locations across the city's five boroughs. Our diverse workforce of more than 42,000 employees are uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers.

This full-time position reports to the Mental Health Unit Chief and provides clinical-administrative support with the coordination and management of mental healthcare delivery in buildings with a high concentration of mental health therapeutic housing units. This includes ensuring provision of mental health services within the timeframes and quality benchmarks outlined by CHS MH policies, ensuring timely documentation in patient electronic health records, and providing clinical-administrative support to staff. The Assistant MH Unit Chief will collaborate closely with the Department of Correction (DOC) leadership and CHS Operations in order to ensure service delivery and meet patient needs.

Responsibilities Include: Under the direction of the Mental Health Unit Chief and in close collaboration with the building MH leadership, assist in the daily management of the facility operations and MH programming Responsible for patient location tracking. Includes working with DOC to reconcile pending transfers to ensure that patients are appropriately housed and working with central leadership to manage PACE bed-board locally. Oversee tracking and reporting of THU suicide watches and census, including maintenance of the TNF tracker. Review self-injury report and ensure all uniform notifications and targeted evaluations are completed within the designated time frame. Support operational scheduling by conducting a clinical review on all transfers in order to identify priority patients to be seen and flag for scheduling as needed. Support implementation and completion of mental health programs and suicide watch rounds on all THUs in coordination with the Senior MHTA Supervisor. Complete state summaries for assigned facilities. Facilitate proper completion of incident reports in coordination Heath Services Administrator (HSA) and mental health staff. Cover for Mental Health Unit Chief when out of the office Direct clinical care when necessary, as assigned by the MH Unit Chief Other duties as assigned by the Mental Health Unit Chief or her/his designee.

Minimum Qualifications: 1. Possession of a valid license and current registration to practice in a mental health discipline issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED); and 2. Three (3) years of progressively responsible experience in a health care setting or regulatory agency administration, with an emphasis on development and evaluation of mental health delivery services; one (1) year of which must have been in an administrative, managerial or supervisory capacity.