Clinical Director PHP

10x Recruitment; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental, vision, life insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Weekly payroll

Job summary

Confidential Search in Fort Lauderdale, Florida seeks a Clinical Director for PHP/IOP to lead clinical care and program quality in a high-volume setting. This role blends hands-on leadership with direct client-facing responsibilities to ensure consistent, high-quality care.

You will supervise clinical staff, manage workflows, and maintain thorough documentation aligned with insurance, utilization review, and accreditation standards.

Qualifications

• Florida licensure as an LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, or Licensed Psychologist required.
• Leadership experience in behavioral health, with clinical and operational responsibilities.
• Strong background in mental health and co-occurring disorders.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership across PHP and IOP services.
• Supervise and train clinical team to ensure quality of care at scale.
• Oversee treatment planning and transitions between programs.
• Manage clinical issues and crises with operations team.
• Ensure compliant documentation for private insurance and accreditation.
• Coordinate continuity of care with residential, medical, and families.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Supervision

Program management

Documentation quality

Crisis management

Job description

Clinical Director – PHP/IOP

Confidential Search | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Full-Time, Onsite

Lead clinical care for a combined PHP and IOP program with a substantial census. You will shape the program's clinical quality and flow day to day as part of a small, hands-on leadership team.

About the Organization

Our client is an accredited, well-established mental health and addiction treatment provider in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It offers a full continuum of care, from medical detox and residential through PHP, IOP, and outpatient. Programs are mental-health-first and dual-diagnosis focused, and are delivered in a patient-centered, private-insurance setting.

The Role

The PHP/IOP Clinical Director leads clinical care across the organization's partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs. The population is generally more stable than in residential. The census is larger, so the role calls for strong program management, consistent documentation, and close attention to clinical quality.

This is a hands-on leadership position with substantial client-facing work. You will carry real responsibility for clinical issues and for how the program runs each day.

What You'll Do

• Provide clinical leadership and direction across PHP and IOP programming

• Supervise, train, and support the clinical team, and maintain quality and consistency of care at scale

• Oversee treatment planning, group and individual programming, and step-down transitions

• Manage clinical concerns and crises as they arise, in partnership with operations

• Ensure documentation meets private-insurance, utilization review, and accreditation standards, with timely turnaround

• Coordinate with the residential team, medical providers, and families on continuity of care

• Stay reachable for urgent clinical issues, including Teams and email outside standard hours when needed

What We're Looking For

• Active Florida licensure as an LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, or Licensed Psychologist

• Behavioral health leadership experience covering both clinical and operational responsibilities

• Strong clinical background in mental health, including co-occurring disorders

• Experience in a private treatment setting, with a working understanding of insurance-based care and documentation

• Commitment to patient-centered care

• Strong crisis management and clinical judgment

• Organized, responsive, and able to manage a high census without losing quality

Preferred: Florida Qualified Supervisor status and PHP/IOP program leadership experience. Candidates with a stronger substance use background will be considered if they can demonstrate the ability to adapt quickly to complex mental health populations.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary, commensurate with experience

• Potential KPI-based bonus

• Employer covers 80% of health insurance premiums, with PPO options

• Benefits eligibility after 60 days

• Dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability, hospital indemnity, and FSA options

• Two weeks of PTO, with flexibility for candidates who need more

• Weekly payroll

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida | Full-Time | 100% Onsite