Clinical Director

Recovery Centers of America; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Recovery Centers of America in Greenville, SC seeks a qualified Clinical Director to join the leadership team. You will provide direct oversight of the Clinical Department, drive program initiatives, and supervise staff, ensuring high-quality patient care.

With RCA’s corporate clinical team, you will develop strategies for growth, deliver staff training, and maintain regulatory compliance across the department, while ensuring crisis response and effective discharge planning.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in psychology, social work, mental health counseling, or related field is required.
• Independent licensure as counselor (e.g., LPC, LMHC), clinical social worker (e.g., LCSW, LICSW), couples and family therapist (e.g., LMFT), psychologist, or equivalent is required.
• 5–7 years in a clinical management role with proven operations performance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Clinical Supervisors, Clinical Coordinators, and frontline therapists, including hiring, training, performance evaluation and coaching.
• Supervise assessment, active treatment via individual and group psychotherapy, discharge planning, and milieu management.
• Ensure adequate clinical staff and regulatory compliance within budget and FTE limits.
• Drive Clinical Quality KPIs including transitions to outpatient and aftercare planning.
• Maintain 7-days-a-week active treatment by managing program scheduling and staffing.
• Ensure accurate, timely clinical documentation compliant with regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Address patient barriers to treatment and manage issues to minimize discharge against medical advice.
• Provide trauma-informed and family-oriented clinical supervision to staff.
• Lead clinical meetings, provide clinical consultation, and model sound clinical decision-making.
• Represent RCA in the community and engage with referral sources and aftercare providers.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical management

Operations performance

Education

Master's degree or higher (psychology/social work/mental health)

Tools

Regulatory compliance

Job description

Description

Recovery Centers of America at Greenville is seeking a qualified Clinical Director to join their leadership team!

Position Overview:

Provides direct oversight of the facility Clinical Department. Manages the hiring, supervision, and evaluation of staff. Directs the implementation and management of clinical programs and initiatives. Provides clinical oversight of the daily operations of the facility, including the assessment, psychosocial treatment, and discharge of patients. Provides crisis response and support throughout the facility. With the support of RCA's corporate clinical team, develops, plans, and implements strategies for program continuation and growth. Provides clinical training to staff and interns.

Minimum Requirements:

• Master's degree or above in psychology, social work, mental health counseling, or related field is required
• Must have independent licensure as counselor (e.g., LPC, LMHC), clinical social worker (e.g., LCSW, LICSW), couples and family therapist (e.g., LMFT), psychologist, or equivalent
• Excellent interpersonal skills 5-7 years in a clinical management role, leading people and managing processes Proven track record of excellent operations performance

Specific Responsibilities:

• Directly oversees Clinical Supervisors (if applicable), Clinical Coordinator(s), Manager of Case Management, Primary Therapists, Case Managers, and Group Facilitators and/or Counselors including hiring, training, performance evaluation and coaching, and disciplinary action (in cooperation with Human Resources Business Partners).
• Supports the day-to-day operation of the facility by overseeing and participating in assessment, active treatment via individual and group psychotherapy, discharge planning, and milieu management (in cooperation with the Director of Nursing and RSS Supervisor).
• Ensures adequate clinical staff to provide patient care services while maintaining adherence to regulatory requirements and FTE budgets.
• Drives Clinical Quality KPIs including progressions to Outpatient, aftercare planning, and census management through the Clinical and Case Management staff.
• Ensures active treatment 7 days a week by developing, implementing, and maintaining accountability to the program schedule.
• Ensure all clinical documentation is completed accurately and in a timely manner, maintaining compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and organizational requirements across the department.
• Meets patient needs by working with the clinical team to reduce barriers to treatment, address patient concerns which could lead to a discharge against advice.
• Provides clinical supervision to staff with a focus on trauma-informed and family-oriented care in adherence with the care model core principles
• Regularly engages in in-vivo supervision/observation of group psychotherapy to evaluate and improve the skills of Primary Therapists and Group Facilitators.
• Alongside the Medical Director and Director of Nursing, serves as a primary clinical leader by facilitating clinical meetings, providing clinical consultation to all staff, and modeling appropriate clinical decision-making.
• Represents their facility and RCA in the community (e.g., referral sources, aftercare providers, community organizations) with the utmost professionalism.
• Provides crisis management in the facility while acting as a leader and modeling appropriate patient-focused de-escalation skills.
• Assists with the planning and facility-level implementation of enterprise-wide clinical initiatives.
• Actively participates in the QAPI process via chart audits, data collection, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Supports the CEO in assessing the needs of the community and developing new programming or service lines to address unmet needs.
• Works with the utilization management team to ensure accurate and high-quality clinical documentation and timely response to payer inquiries.
• Upholds personal and professional ethics and values, taking into account the values of the organization and respecting the culture, belief and abilities of individuals.

About RCA

Recovery Centers of America (RCA) was founded with the mission of saving millions of lives from the disease of addiction. RCA is growing and has 16 locations offering best-in-class, evidence-based inpatient, outpatient, and medication-assisted addiction treatment. Our clinical expertise, modern facilities and expansive list of services are highly respected in the addiction treatment industry. RCA believes patients who are treated well get well sooner and stay well. We treat every patient with dignity, discretion, and respect.

Please note: A former patient may not be hired at the same location where they were treated until a minimum of one year has elapsed since the completion of their treatment at that location. Former patients may be considered for employment at locations within RCA other than where they were treated within a year after treatment.

Recovery Centers of America provides equal opportunity in employment and in the provision of services. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including hair type, texture, or style), color, age (40 and over), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, sex assigned at birth, gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation, and differences in sex development), ancestry, national origin (including Limited English Proficiency), religious creed, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

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