Clinical Director

Discovery Behavioral Health; Shawnee (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Discovery Behavioral Health seeks a Clinical Director in Shawnee, KS to lead a multidisciplinary treatment team on site. The role includes overseeing clinical care, supervision of therapists, admissions coordination, and ensuring adherence to the Discovery Clinical Model.

Responsibilities include leading treatment teams, conducting reviews, managing schedules, delivering staff trainings, and maintaining program quality.

Qualifications

• Master's or Doctorate degree in relevant field.
• License and ability to provide clinical supervision.
• Minimum of two years of experience working with eating disorders.
• Obtain CPI certification within 90 days of hire.
• Obtain CPR, AED, and First Aid certification within 90 days of hire.
• Obtain ServSafe certification within 90 day of hire.
• Must possess a current driver's license and be in good standing.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and ensure quality of clinical aspects of the program and initiate improvements.
• Facilitate weekly treatment team meetings for effective communication and team approach.
• Assist in admissions and ensure expeditious access to care.
• Train new clinical staff within scope and coordinate with clinical team.
• Provide support to milieu staff to maintain high-level clinical care.
• Conduct 90-day and annual performance reviews and growth plans for therapists.
• Manage clinical staff schedules to ensure appropriate clinical presence.
• Provide training and oversight to ensure services align with the Discovery Mission.
• Support mandated trainings and monthly employee training courses.
• Complete utilization reviews and ensure authorizations for patient stays.

Skills

Team leadership

Clinical supervision

Program coordination

Education

Master's or Doctorate degree in relevant field

Licensed clinician

CPI certification

CPR/AED/First Aid certification

ServSafe certification

Driver's license

Job description

This position has a $5,000 sign on bonus!

Position Summary

The Clinical Director works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Center for Discovery Clinical Model. Clinical Director responsibilities include ensuring patient safety, providing milieu interventions, leading psychoeducational and process-oriented therapy groups, facilitating clinical assessments, and clinical supervision and oversight of the program.

Essential Job Functions

• Oversee and ensure quality of clinical aspects of the program and takes the initiative to make improvements.
• Facilitates weekly treatment team meetings to ensure consistent and effective communication, including proper oversight of patient progress and ensures a team approach is being utilized.
• Assists in admission processes and understands role in ensuring expeditious access to care for those seeking services.
• Trains all new clinical employees within their scope and coordinates training with clinical team members.
• Provides support to milieu staff to ensure patients are receiving the highest level of clinical care, at all times.
• Conducts with the Executive Director all 90-day, annual performance reviews, and growth plans for therapists within the program.
• Manages clinical employees' schedules to ensure appropriate clinical presence.
• Provides adequate and ongoing training of facility employees, and sufficient oversight/supervision to ensure that all services are in keeping with the Discovery Mission Statement.
• Supports in facilitating monthly employee training courses ensuring that all mandated trainings are completed throughout the year.
• Completes utilization reviews, oversees primary therapist process of utilization review and assists in the process of assuring that all patient stays are authorized (i.e. insurance, private pay, etc.).
• Maintains a patient caseload as dictated by census and assigns cases based upon the appropriate clinical match with each therapist.
• Leads or co-leads 3-4 process groups and/or any additional clinically oriented groups every week. Provides oversight of all other groups conducted.
• Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge, including the use of Discovery Connect.
• Attends outreach events and supports relationship management in the community
• Facilitates patient transfers to a higher level of care, as needed.
• Ensure discharge planning is adequate and complete for all discharging patients.
• Participates in clinical outreach and facilitates program tours as needed.
• Facilitates Multi-Family, Family Program and/or Family Weekend.
• Supervises all therapists within the program and provides clinical consultation, as needed.
• RTC Only: Provides on-call support to the facility at least 1x per month and communicates with the On-Call Administrator and returns all phone calls within 20 minutes.

Knowledge, Education, And Experience

• Master's or Doctorate degree in relevant field, required
• License, and ability to provide clinical supervision, required
• Minimum of two years of experience working with eating disorders, required
• Obtain CPI certification within 90 days of hire
• Obtain CPR, AED, and First Aid certification within 90 days of hire
• Obtain ServSafe certification within 90 day of hire
• Must possess a current driver's license and be in good standing

Employment Status: Full time

Schedule: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, some weekends and evenings

Work Location: On Site - Shawnee,KS

Compensation: Pay Range: $90,000-100,000 /annually