Title
Adopt Resolution to:
a. Amend Natividad (Unit 9600) FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget to add 4.0 FTE Psychiatric Social Worker II positions and a 1.0 FTE Social Work Supervisor II position, as indicated in the attached resolution;
b. Direct the County Administrative Office to incorporate position changes in the Natividad (Unit 9600) FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget; and
c. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM System.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Adopt Resolution to:
a. Amend Natividad (Unit 9600) FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget to add 4.0 FTE Psychiatric Social Worker II positions and a 1.0 FTE Social Work Supervisor II position, as indicated in the attached resolution;
b. Direct the County Administrative Office to incorporate position changes in the Natividad (Unit 9600) FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget; and
c. Direct the Human Resources Department to implement the changes in the Advantage HRM System.
SUMMARY:
Natividad recommends the addition of four (4) full-time Psychiatric Social Worker II positions and one (1) full-time Social Worker Supervisor II currently providing services in the hospital's Mental Health Unit. This recommendation allows Natividad to provide continuity of care and consistency in practice to patients by assigning the hospital with full oversight and management of these services being provided to its mental health patients.
DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center entered into a Professional and Call Coverage Services Agreement with CEP America-Psychiatry, PC, a California professional corporation dba Vituity, to provide psychiatry services at NMC for the period of June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024. Through this agreement, Vituity, a comprehensive acute care psychiatric provider group, will provide 24/7 dedicated physician staffing and leadership for the hospital's Mental Health Unit and tele-psychiatry services, oversight and medical direction of the unit, and con...
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