Clinical Director

About the Role

This position oversees the delivery of consumer support services for an Intensive Rehabilitation Treatment Program. The role involves supervising personnel to achieve service, clinical, and financial objectives within general resources and reimbursement models. The position provides and develops clinical services that promote consumer choice and facilitate independence for adult individuals with mental illnesses and co-occurring disorders.

Responsibilities

• Clinical oversight of all services at a designated location
• Organizing admissions and discharges
• Conducting assessments (e.g., Diagnostic, LOCUS, Mental Health Review, Suicidal, and evaluation of danger/risk levels)
• Interpreting and summarizing findings with recommended treatment/rehabilitation activities and goals
• Hiring new employees and implementing corrective actions when needed
• Overseeing case coordination and the development of individual treatment/rehabilitation plans
• Preventing crises at the lowest level of escalation
• Providing direct service to clients
• On-call duties
• Conducting weekly supervision with direct reports
• Leading weekly staff meetings for the location
• Utilizing behavior management strategies
• Ensuring quality assurance, including person-served outcomes and service outcomes
• Overseeing compliance with the location's license and CARF accreditation
• Maintaining competent and effective personnel within budgeted staffing patterns and salary ranges
• Assisting others as needed
• Writing progress notes, summaries, and discharges
• Administering medication
• Assisting in the development and execution of the annual budget and program contract within the county timeframe
• Meeting bed utilization goals
• Managing the program budget for household expenditures
• Handling information confidentially
• Communicating openly and honestly
• Notifying proper authorities of health hazards
• Observing and implementing health, safety, security, code of conduct, regulations, and company policies
• Ensuring all documentation is completed as required
• Reporting significant/major incidents or accidents
• Cooperating in external/internal investigations as requested
• Establishing high levels of mutual trust and support with others
• Providing a coaching/learning environment
• Identifying successes and areas for improvement for employees
• Expressing positive expectations of others, even in difficult situations
• Delegating tasks or responsibilities to develop others' abilities
• Rewarding good performance and promoting employee recognition
• Providing clinical training to new/transferring employees
• Developing and implementing staff training programs to meet educational needs, licensing standards, and consumer needs
• Encouraging staff to report issues of non-compliance through appropriate channels
• Conducting employee evaluations as scheduled
• Providing clinical direction to program staff
• Supervising operations to ensure compliance with contractual, legal, and regulatory requirements
• Providing clinical input and supervision in treatment and plan development
• Performing other duties to improve employee effectiveness and promote the operation positively to the community and outside agencies
• Promoting/encouraging community integration and choice-making
• Providing necessary clinical management for the day-to-day operations of the program and maintenance of the location
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manages assigned personnel
• Completes performance evaluations, orientation, and training
• Makes decisions on employee hires, transfers, promotions, salary changes, discipline, terminations, and similar actions
• Resolves employee problems within position responsibilities

Requirements

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, or a closely related field required
• Two years of previous supervisory experience preferred (must be clinical supervision)
• Experience in managing systems, processes, and people
• Experience with Diagnostic Assessments required
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations concerning services to individuals with mental illness, including IRTS variance
• Licensure required (LICSW, LP, LPCC, or LMFT)
• Minimum of 4000 hours (post Master’s) of verifiable work experience providing services and support to individuals with mental illness
• Valid Driver’s License and valid car insurance

Skills

• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing
• Operate general office equipment
• Good organizational skills and attention to detail
• Capable of working responsibly with highly confidential information
• Must be able to work independently as well as part of a team

Other Requirements

• Travel as needed

Physical Requirements

Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Pay

$90,000-$95,000