Director of Residential Addiction Services

Duties/Responsibilities

• Maintains a clinical caseload of patients, in accordance with requirements set by the Chief Medical Officer.
• Serves as ambassador for the program, including communication of program offerings to business development team members, referrers, and all the departments and teams of Silver Hill Hospital.
• Assesses referrer preferences, needs for communication, and assure timely communication.
• Provides consultation, psychiatric assessment, individual therapy, group therapy, psychoeducation, clinical supervision, or other clinical interventions.
• Works cross-functionally with clinicians and clinical leadership to ensure that high quality assessments are being provided consistently, and in accordance with quality standards of care.
• Assists the team in identifying transference/countertransference dynamics and uses this understanding to facilitate reflection that furthers understanding of the patient.
• Monitors the safety and well-being of all patients and immediately respond to safety risks in accordance with hospital policies.
• Ensures team participation in daily morning huddle to provide patient status updates.
• Oversees crisis management in collaboration with residential staff and the Nurse Supervisor.
• Identifies opportunities for new, revised, or enhanced services, and collaborate with the Chief Medical Officer and other stakeholders in implementing changes to programming or workflow.
• Collaborates with the Patient Experience and Quality Departments on initiatives identified through patient and family feedback and in response to regulatory and/or accreditation standards.
• Fosters cohesive teams and create an inclusive team environment where all voices are welcomed.
• Helps build trust and camaraderie between team members.
• In conjunction with the People Success Department, recruits, interviews, and orients and onboards new clinical staff, including contractors.
• Supervises and coaches direct reports and fosters their professional growth and development.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Must have the ability to function optimally in a stressful environment, and the ability to remain calm in emotionally charged situations.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

Education and Experience

• M.D. degree, Licensed in the state of Connecticut.
• Board certified in Psychiatry
• Management experience preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to move light objects weighing less than 20 pounds for short distances.
• Ability to sit at a desk and walk around for different periods of time.