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Serves as the senior physician executive for the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH), providing clinical leadership and oversight for psychiatric and behavioral health services statewide, including the Delaware Psychiatric Center. Oversees medical staff and clinical programs, serves as the Designated Institutional Official (DIO) for the ACGME Sponsoring Institution, supervises the Residency Program Director, and provides executive leadership to the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) to ensure excellence in patient care, physician training, accreditation compliance, quality improvement, and patient safety.

• Performs physical examinations, assesses condition, makes diagnoses, orders laboratory tests and makes recommendations and referrals.
• Prescribes treatment, monitors patient’s progress and adapts treatments.
• Performs outpatient surgical procedures in scheduled and emergency situations.
• Makes rounds with medical and nursing personnel; explains history, course of treatment, and current status of assigned cases; takes part in conferences concerning cases; recommends future treatment or action; counsels individuals and relatives about physical, medical and mental conditions.
• Prepares various records such as progress notes and summaries; writes orders.
• Instructs nursing and related medical staff in specific treatments.
• Develops and administers comprehensive plans to ensure the most positive prognosis available.
• Provides individuals and families with information regarding physical and medical status.

• Manages through subordinate supervisors a variety of staff functions including but not limited to physicians, nurses, clinic managers, and program administrators.
• Develops, implements, evaluates and oversees medical, clinical and administrative policies and procedures for health services.
• Develops, implements and evaluates new/revised programs/services that may include private health care providers to meet the growing needs of communities/patients/clients.
• Determines staffing, budgetary and grant needs/requirements and manages budgetary and staffing resources.
• Serves on advisory boards and committees and participates in medical organizations.
• Contacts are typically with staff, researchers, private health care providers, community organizations and interest groups, health professionals and national/professional organizations for the purposes of managing and providing health care services and discussing medical programs/management issues and regulations.

• Possession of a Delaware Physician M.D. or Delaware Physician D.O. license or eligibility for a Delaware license.
• Three years experience in health or human services program administration such as overseeing and directing the development, implementation and evaluation of health or human services programs and services; planning and establishing short and long range program goals and objectives; providing advice to other agency organizational units through consultation.
• Three years experience in developing policies and procedures.
• Three years experience in practicing medicine in a hospital, clinic or private practice.

To learn more about the comprehensive benefit package please visit https://dhr.delaware.gov/benefits/

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