Clinical Director - Behavioral Health (LCSW / LMFT required)

UHS; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous Paid Time Off

401K with company match

Medical-Dental-Vision plan

Job summary

Universal Health Services in San Francisco seeks a licensed clinical supervisor to lead our treatment team within an intensive outpatient program. The role ensures the integrity of evidence-based clinical practices, supports clinical staff, and oversees treatment planning, documentation, and quality assurance.

Requirements include a Master’s degree in psychology or social work, active LMFT or LCSW license, and at least five years of supervisory experience in a clinical residential or equivalent

Qualifications

• Ensures the integrity of core clinical practices.
• Supports staff with evidence-based treatment models (DBT, trauma-informed care).
• Champions patient-centered care and supervision of clinical activities.

Responsibilities

• Supervise clinical/program staff and coordinate treatment team meetings.
• Ensure documented clinical notes meet qualitative and quantitative standards.
• Schedule staff to balance quality and efficiency of coverage.
• Oversee program schedule to meet patient needs across care levels.
• Provide intern supervision to allow licensure.
• Coordinate training with HR for ongoing core components and regulatory trainings.
• Attend meetings as directed by CEO and liaise with referral sources.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Leadership

Clinical supervision

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master’s degree in psychology or social work

LMFT or LCSW license

Job description

We are the premier provider of integrated treatment for addiction and mental health issues. Our focus on professionalism, clear communication and accuracy lets our treatment teams connect daily about each patient’s needs. We prioritize social and life skills development as well as health, wellness, and holistic approaches to recovery.

Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) offers comprehensive, integrated outpatient treatment with flexible daytime and evening programs to address addiction and mental health issues in a supportive atmosphere. The integrative and holistic approach to our patient treatment includes group therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, yoga therapy, acupuncture massage therapy, and medication management.

Our patient-centered care and emphasis on education sets us apart from others in the industry. If you have a passion for helping others, find hope and healing, we want to hear from you!

You can expect our employees to:

• Be open, honest, and empathetic
• Be committed to patient-centered care
• Be supportive, compassionate, and respectful
• Be focused on patient recovery mindset
• Thrive on working collaboratively with others
• Take on complex challenges and approach each patient with empathy, professionalism, and consistency while ensuring that treatment plan, safety, and individualized care remain the top priority

Additionally, we will provide:

• Competitive compensation
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401K with company match and discounted stock plan
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan, etc.

Qualifications

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures the integrity of the core clinical product
• Ensures use of current, relevant evidence-based practice techniques (DBT, trauma treatment, etc.). Assists, coaches and supports the clinical staff in using evidence-based treatment models
• Champions and oversees the full integration of Patient Centered Care
• Provides supervision over clinical/program activities, develops and implements plans for enhancing productivity, compliance and profitability
• Supervises clinical/program staff, including facilitating treatment team meetings, conducting staff meetings and ensuring provision of individual supervision. Includes scheduling of staff to balance both quality and efficiency of coverage
• Oversees program schedule to meet the unique needs of patient population and any unique service groups, based on level of care, balancing both quality and efficiency
• Ensures clinical documentation meets both qualitative and quantitative standards set by the company, 3rd party payers, and DHCS
• Establishes systems for both quantitative auditing and qualitative peer review that ensures that standards are maintained over time
• Completes monthly, quarterly and all other reports as required in a timely manner
• Consult with Call Center on unusual admissions
• Handles individual therapeutic cases and leads therapy and support groups as needed
• Effectively provides required supervision to interns in order for those individuals to obtain licensure
• Work closely with Human Resources to ensure regular, consistent, structured training of new staff and annual updates of the core components of our model (Motivational Interviewing, Stages of Change and Patient Centered Care) as well as other required trainings to meet regulatory standards (HIPPA, Risk Management, etc.)
• Attends and participates in meetings as directed by CEO
• Must have an understanding of diverse cultures
• Overall responsibility for referral source communication. Ensures that the patient care coordinator, primary therapist, etc., provide regular and comprehensive clinical updates to all referral sources
• Investigates and resolves customer service complaints regarding clinical services. Such complaints may originate from internal staff members, patients, patient family members, or referral sources
• Regularly provides training to internal staff members on critical clinical processes and models
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

• Master’s degree in psychology or social work required, PhD preferred
• 5 years supervisory/managerial experience preferred
• Minimum of 5 years experience in a clinical residential setting
• Must maintain active state license LMFT or LCSW

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com.