Director of Behavioral Health

Elios Healthcare; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Elios Healthcare in New York City is seeking a Program Director of Behavioral Health to design and lead its outpatient psychotherapy services. The role sets the program vision, defines referrals, schedules, supervision, and quality metrics, while carrying a clinical caseload as needed.

You will recruit and supervise licensed therapists, build cross‑disciplinary partnerships with medical staff and community groups, and ensure compliance with state and federal requirements in a busy FQHC setting.

Qualifications

• Licensed NYS LCSW or LMHC in good standing.
• Outpatient psychotherapy and supervisory/leadership experience.
• Proven track record building or growing a program or clinical team.
• Ability to work on-site full time.

Responsibilities

• Build outpatient psychotherapy program from the ground up, including intake, scheduling, referral pathways and treatment standards.
• Set clinical protocols for children, adolescents and adults, including screening and referral criteria.
• Recruit, hire, supervise and develop licensed therapists as the program grows.
• Write policies, procedures and documentation standards to ensure compliance with state and federal requirements.
• Track access, caseloads and quality measures; report results to senior leadership.
• Build referral relationships with medical providers, schools and community organizations.
• Carry a clinical caseload as program needs require.

Skills

LCSW/LMHC license

Supervisory experience

Program development

Outpatient psychotherapy

Leadership

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Job description

Program Director of Behavioral Health - LCSW/LMHC

A Federally Qualified Health Center in New York City is hiring a Director of Behavioral Health to build and lead its outpatient psychotherapy program. You will set the program’s vision and design how it runs: which services it offers, how patients are referred and scheduled, how clinicians are supervised, and how quality is measured. The program provides office-based individual psychotherapy to children age 8 and up, adolescents and adults with mild to moderate behavioral health needs. The health center serves a diverse, largely underserved community.

What you will do

• Build the outpatient psychotherapy program from the ground up, including intake, assessment, scheduling, referral pathways and treatment standards.
• Set clinical protocols for children, adolescents and adults, including screening and the criteria for referring patients whose needs go beyond outpatient therapy.
• Recruit, hire, supervise and develop licensed therapists as the program grows.
• Write the policies, procedures and documentation standards that keep the program compliant with state and federal requirements.
• Track access, caseloads and quality measures, and report results to senior leadership.
• Build referral relationships with the health center’s medical providers, schools and community organizations.
• Carry a clinical caseload as program needs require.

Required

• Active New York State LCSW or LMHC license.
• Outpatient psychotherapy experience, plus supervisory or program leadership experience.
• A track record of building or significantly growing a program, service line or clinical team.
• Ability to work on-site full time.

Preferred

• Experience treating children and adolescents as well as adults.
• Experience at an FQHC, community health center or non-profit health and human services organization.
• Familiarity with outpatient behavioral health billing, Medicaid and managed care.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.