Clinical Coordinator/LPHA - Royal Palms

Social Model Recovery Systems; California; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Social Model Recovery Systems seeks a Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts (LPHA) to oversee clinical operations and ensure quality care across the program. The role includes chart reviews, medical necessity determinations, and level-of-care assessments using ASAM tools.

The LPHA will document diagnoses in the EHR, ensure a minimum one direct service per admitted resident, and provide or oversee evidence-based treatment services. Collaboration with a multidisciplinary team is essential.

Qualifications

• Current registration with the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners as AMFT, ACSW, or APCC.
• Must remain license eligible and maintain current licensure status.

Responsibilities

• Act as the LPHA for the program, providing clinical oversight and ensuring quality care through chart reviews and treatment planning.
• Ensure compliance with ASAM-based assessments and regulatory standards.
• Document mental health diagnoses in the EHR and provide direct services for residents with diagnosed conditions.
• Provide and supervise evidence-based treatments including individual, group, and family therapies, crisis intervention, and related interventions.
• Deliver care coordination services to a minimum of 20% of residents, facilitating transitions and connections to aftercare and housing resources.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to support treatment planning, discharge planning, and program operations.
• Provide supervision to staff, trainees, and interns and assist in staff training on co-occurring disorders and pharmacological considerations.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation in accordance with regulatory requirements and agency policies.

Skills

Clinical oversight

Care coordination

Team collaboration

Training/coaching

Education

California LPHA license eligibility

BBS registration as AMFT/ACSW/APCC

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

Position is responsible to assist the Program Director in the clinical operations of the program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• 1. Act as the Licensed Practitioner of the Healing Arts (LPHA) for the program, providing clinical oversight and ensuring quality care through chart reviews, determination of medical necessity, level-of-care assessments utilizing approved tools (ASAM), review of problem lists and treatment plans, documentation compliance monitoring, completion of treatment authorizations, intake assessments, admissions, and submission of appeals as clinically appropriate to support continued treatment and service authorization.
• 2. Ensure compliance with clinical assessment requirements by maintaining a minimum rate of 80% of residents/participants identified through ASAM assessments as presenting with Dimension 3 symptoms receiving a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation conducted by a qualified LPHA in accordance with regulatory, contractual, and program standards.
• 3. Document confirmed mental health diagnoses in the clinical record, including entry into applicable diagnostic fields within the electronic health record (EHR) and ensure that all residents/participants with a documented mental health diagnosis receive a minimum of one direct service provided by an eligible LPHA practitioner per admission.
• 4. Provide and oversee the delivery of evidence-based treatment services to residents, including individual counseling, psychotherapy, group counseling, psychoeducational groups, family and multi-family sessions, crisis intervention, and other clinically indicated therapeutic interventions.
• 5. Provide comprehensive Care Coordination services to a minimum of 20% of residents/participants in accordance with program, funding, and regulatory requirements. Facilitate continuity of care through warm handoffs, coordination of transitions between levels of care, discharge planning, and linkage to aftercare services, recovery supports, housing resources, medical and behavioral health services, and other community-based resources that promote sustained recovery and long-term stability.
• 6. Collaborate as an integral member of a multidisciplinary treatment team to support assessment, treatment planning, service delivery, care coordination, quality improvement, discharge planning, and overall program operations. Ensure effective communication among team members and promote compliance with clinical, contractual, and regulatory requirements, including timely coordination of diagnostic assessments for residents exhibiting Dimension 3 symptoms identified through the ASAM assessment process.
• 7. Maintain collaborative partnerships with external mental health provider agencies to ensure continuity of care and support staff in conducting warm handoffs during transitions in care.
• 8. Provide clinical oversight to staff, trainees, and interns, as appropriate within scope of practice.
• 9. Support staff training on evidence-based practices related to co-occurring disorders, including mental health symptom management, integrated treatment approaches, and general education regarding addiction and psychotropic medications as components of comprehensive care. Maintain documentation of competency to provide such training in accordance with professional scope of practice.
• 10. Document the services provided according to standards set by the Agency and applicable County, State, and Federal regulations. Documentation should be clear, concise, and completed in a timely manner.
• 11. Familiarity and adherence to all regulatory expectations and ethical standards and Agency policies and procedures, including the Agency’s Core Beliefs.
• 12. Role model appropriate, healthy, and ethical behaviors in all interactions, including adherence to HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, mandated reporting requirements and confidentiality standards.
• 13. Maintain constructive relationships with family members, community members and organizations, human services agencies, and other professionals.
• 14. Answer the phone as needed and fill out referral and screening forms, as applicable, fully and correctly.
• 15. Attend program staff meetings as required, agency meetings as mandated, and on‑site and off‑site trainings as directed.
• 16. Assist in ensuring a safe and alcohol/drug‑free environment.
• 17. Perform all other duties as assigned.

If behavioral health pre-licensed - Minimum Credential, Education, and Experience

• 1. Current registration with the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners (BBS) as an AMFT, ACSW, or APCC.
• 2. Must remain license eligible and maintain curr