CMO for West Pines Behavioral Health in Wheat Ridge, Colorado

West Pines Behavioral Health in Wheat Ridge, Colorado is 20 minutes from Denver. We are recruiting a Chief Medical Officer to clinically lead psychiatric services and provide administrative oversight to our new, 2 story 144-bed acute treatment center specializing in treating men and women who are experiencing behavioral or mental health crisis.  This leadership position requires an enthusiastic, motivated individual who is constantly striving to improve patient care and safety.  The appropriate candidate will have the ability to develop camaraderie with multiple teams, excellent communication skills and the ability to envision, as well as produce, change with a focus on innovating care to be more patient-centered and to meet the changing needs of an ever-evolving healthcare landscape. Three-five years’ experience is essential, sub specialization, though beneficial, is not required.

Opportunity expectations and highlights:

• Protected Administrative Time
• Engaged Leadership Team
• Oversee the development of evidence based clinical services
• Assist in the development, monitoring and enforcement of productivity standards and performance of Advanced Practice Providers.

West Pines Behavioral Health is a joint venture partnership between Intermountain Health in Denver, and Acadia Healthcare, Inc. Acadia Healthcare is the largest, purely behavioral health and drug treatment services in the US. Acadia provides services to the 75,000 patients we see daily in a variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, specialty treatment facilities, residential treatment centers and outpatient clinics.

The range for this position is $340,000 to $415,000

*Total compensation may vary based on additional services, including call coverage, administrative services, performance bonus, etc. Compensation may also vary based on productivity after initial guarantee period.

Andrew Diffenbaugh

615-905-1731

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Summary

• Responsible for the quality, efficiency and management of delivering services within a facility.
• Define protocols and assist in decision making pertaining to the medical and clinical care of patients.
• Provide direct patient care and assist other departments with direct interactions with physician's staff.
• Directly supervise other professional clinical staff, as well as administrative or support staff.
• Serve as a liaison between the medical staff and other staff within the facility, division or corporate staff, and organizational leadership.
• Monitor and supervise assigned staff to adherence to established medical and clinical policy.
• Provide back up call coverage.
• Serve in a teaching capacity for the training and development of other personnel.
• Secure physical exam and history from the patients.
• Request appropriate diagnostic testing, clinical evaluation, and prescribe medications and treatments.
• Assist in the management of behavioral or mental health problems of patients and maintain current clinical medical records in accordance with federal or state regulation and industry practice, as well as facility, clinic or corporate policies and procedures.
• Manage the finances and revenue of the facility including budgets, billing and spending.
• Develop organizational goals and objectives and devise strategies and policies to meet those goals.
• Develop, approve, implement and update the general policies, protocols and procedures of the facility.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in Medicine (MD or DO) required.
• Board certified in Psychiatry required.
• Previous experience as a Medical Director preferred.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Current, unrestricted license to practice medicine by the state in which the facility operates.
• Current DEA credentials to prescribe controlled substances without restrictions and per regulation within the state in which the practitioner will be working.

Practice with Acadia Healthcare 

Acadia is a leading provider of behavioral healthcare services across the United States.

Headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, Acadia Healthcare operates a network of 250 behavioral healthcare facilities with approximately 11,000 beds in 39 states and Puerto Rico, more than 23,000 employees serving approximately 70,000 patients daily.  We provide psychiatric and chemical dependency services to our patients in a variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, specialty treatment facilities, residential treatment centers, outpatient clinics and therapeutic school-based programs.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.