Quality Management Clinician - Butte County Environmental Health
Oroville/Chico Area, CA
About the Job
FLSA: Exempt
DEFINITION
Under general direction, participates as a lead clinical coordinator for designated unique projects and/or activities that require advanced skill and efficiency in communication, coordination, guidance, and liaison activity with a wide variety of professionals and non-professionals within the County, State, and community partners; and performs related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives general direction from assigned supervisory or management personnel. Exercises no direct supervision over staff.
CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
This licensed classification is an advanced journey-level class assigned to Quality Management within the Department of Behavioral Health. The work falls outside the routine duties of providing direct behavioral health services and instead utilizes the incumbent’s extensive working knowledge/experience of clinical practice to inform and improve Departmental efficiency and quality of service. Typical areas of work focus may include, but are not limited to, ongoing implementation, modification and training within the Department’s electronic health record (EHR); ); ongoing monitoring and training of department staff and contracted community providers; utilization review; implementation and monitoring of improvement plans; researching, implementing, and monitoring State and Federal regulatory and legislative requirements.
Positions at this level will exercise a high degree of independent work activity, judgement, and communication in order to achieve specific goals identified by the Department Leadership Team and/or Behavioral Health Director. Incumbents in this classification rely on experience and judgement to perform assigned duties; assignments are given with general guidelines and incumbents are responsible for establishing objectives, timelines, and methods to deliver services. Work is typically reviewed upon completion for soundness, appropriateness and conformity to policy and requirements.