Director of Inpatient Clinical & Social Services- Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Welcome

Come work with a great team!  Signet Health manages the Behavioral Health Services for Medstar Washington Hospital Center and has a full-time opening for a Behavioral Health Director of Inpatient Clinical & Social Services.

Overview:

The Director of Inpatient Clinical Services is responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating all aspects of inpatient clinical operations. This leadership role requires a blend of clinical expertise, administrative acumen, and transformational leadership to ensure the delivery of high-quality, safe, and patient-centered care.

Overview

Signet Health Offers a Wide range of Benefits for its Employees:

• • Health Insurance - variety of plans
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • AD & D Insurance 
  • Hospital Indemnity Insurance
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • HSA
  • FSA
  • Employee Assistance (EAP)
  • Disability Insurance
  • Generous PTO plus Holidays

Major Duties and Essential Functions:

• Lead, mentor, and evaluate a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, including the intake team, unit social workers, discharge planners, substance abuse counselors and rec/art/music therapist
• Direct the daily operations of the behavioral health team, including ensuring 24/7 coverage for intake, optimal patient throughput, and appropropriate staffing ratios for the unit
• Establish and monitor evidence-based clinical protocols, policies, and procedures to enhance the continuum of care.
• Analyze clinical data and metrics (e.g., readmission rates, HBIPS, NPSG 15) to inform decision-making and drive continuous quality improvement.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, training, and ongoing professional development for the behavioral health inpatient team.
• Allocate resources effectively, including approving payroll, managing overtime, and evaluating clinical supplies and technology.
• Provides direct clinical development and training.
• Conduct audits as directed/appropriate to ensure clinical processes are being completed according to regulatory.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, Psychology, or related field
• Licensed as a professional clinical Social Worker/ counselor/ Psychologist required in the District of Columbia
• Minimum of 2 years relevant experience

Supervisory Controls:

• This position reports to the Executive Director of Behavioral Health (Inpatient)
• This position has supervisory responsibilities.

Salary Range:

The Salary range for this position is :

Minimum: $131,882 

Maximum: $161,189

Tour of Duty:

Monday-Friday; 40 hours a week

Salary based on Experience

EOE

Hospital/Program Description

For more than a half a century, MedStar Washington Hospital Center has set the highest standard for health care—and reached and surpassed it year after year.

MedStar Washington Hospital Center is a not-for-profit, 926-bed academic medical center in the center of the nation’s capital—and every day, hundreds of people in the region depend on us for their care. In 2013 alone, the hospital opened its door for nearly 500,000 inpatient and outpatient visits by residents from throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

We are the busiest and largest hospital in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area—and serve as referral center and the central hub for the region’s most advanced acute medical care.

But we are much more. Our primary and secondary health services help our community’s residents get and stay healthy, and help to improve patients’ quality of life by managing chronic illness.

Our inpatient services, education and research programs, outpatient care and community outreach initiatives are all aimed at meeting today’s health care needs—and at leading the way to meet the future health needs of the nation.