Because the management stratagem in place for the Newport County Community Mental Health Center has a minimum amount of tiers, it has proven to be highly effective and efficient.

The President & Chief Executive Officer reports directly to the NCCMHC Board of Directors. In turn, the President & CEO directs, oversees, and supervises the Executive Management Team that is comprised of the Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer, the Vice President & Quality Improvement Officer, and the Vice President & Chief Financial Officer. The Clinical Director is also a member of the EMT, but is supervised by the VP & COO.

The EMT meets regularly, at least once a week, and more frequently, as the situation demands. Issues that affect the everyday operation of NCCMHC are reviewed and decisions are derived on the basis of need. Frequently, an issue may require further information before action is taken, but most often direction is extended to each item on the agenda so that resolution is reached.

 

The Executive Management Team: From left to right, Farrel I. Klein, Medical Director; Francis "Butch" Paranzino, VP & COO; J. Clement "Bud" Cicilline, President & CEO; Mary Jane Creely, VP & QIO; and Ralph L. Franco, VP & CFO

The Quality Management Council (QMC), whose members include Program Administrators and the three vice presidents, meets on a regular basis, to both receive information from EMT and to make suggestions for EMT consideration. In the time frames when the QMC is not meeting, issues of importance are brought through the supervisory system and eventually to EMT.

NCCMHC otherwise conducts a number of other meetings that serve the purpose of providing opportunity for clinical and administrative issues to be discussed and for any concerns or problems to be resolved. In addition, NCCMHC has an extensive supervisory network that essentially operates with the philosophy that no staff should ever have to feel that he or she has to resolve a problem on his or her own. A supervisor is ALWAYS available, day or night, 365 days per year.