Director, Outpatient Psychiatry

About the role

• Location: Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre (GSWB)
• Shift: Days (United States of America)
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Worker Type: Regular
• Exemption Status: Yes

Job Summary

Establishes and leads execution of a strategic plan for the provision of department services across the organization, fostering a spirit of innovation in care delivery, maximizing the use of technology where possible to improve quality and enhance efficiency. Will direct providers, faculty, residents and other clinicians, to optimize the care of patients, support research endeavors, and provide effective and meaningful educational programs across the department.

Job Duties

• This role would serve as an Integrated Practice Unit Director for the Northeast Region for Outpatient Services. This person will oversee the psychiatric team of providers in both Luzerne and Lackawanna/Wyoming Counties. The Director will be crucial in helping not only support the psychiatry team members, but will also be crucial to developing models of care and developing ways to maintain service excellence in the region. This role provides strategic direction, ensures adherence to medical standards, and collaborates with executive leadership to guide clinical policy, performance improvement, and patient‑centered initiatives. Applicants should have a strong foundation in healthcare regulations, quality standards, and clinical operations. Prior leadership experience is preferred. This position is in person, but some hybrid work may be possible.
• Provides leadership, planning, organization, staffing, coordination and evaluation for organizations activities.
• Responsible for the development and maintenance of the capital and operating budgets of the department.
• Work collaboratively with the clinical, administrative and finance leaders to establish appropriate budgets for staffing and delivering all components of the clinical, research and education programs within the department.
• Act as liaison with hospital administration and other hospital platforms to promote innovative care, teaching, and research in clinical departments.
• Supervise and evaluate all institute physicians in clinical and assigned administrative duties.
• Responsible for all quality improvement efforts in the department.
• Directs and oversees the clinical, operational and financial management of the department.
• May oversee one or more residency or fellowship programs.
• Responsible for all organizational and accrediting and regulatory agency standards, policies and procedures.

Additional information

Work is typically performed in a clinical and office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details

Education: Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine- (Required)

Experience

Certification(s) and License(s): Licensed Medical Doctor - State of Pennsylvania

Skills: Office Administration

Our Purpose & Values

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.