Director of Behavioral Health Wellness Clinic

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC); Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Education assistance

Job summary

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium in Alaska seeks an experienced leader to oversee the ANTHC Behavioral Health Wellness Clinic under general supervision. This role combines management and direct clinical duties, directing clinic goals, staff supervision, and ensuring high-quality behavioral health services.

You will supervise clinical staff, ensure compliance with accreditation and Medicaid regulations, coordinate staff development, and provide clinical guidance.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (MA/MS) in Psychology, Social Work or related field.
• Active State of Alaska Behavioral Health License or eligibility for medical staff privileges.
• Non-supervisory: six years of behavioral health clinical service experience; supervisory: four years of clinical supervision/management.

Responsibilities

• Directs the ANTHC Behavioral Health Wellness Clinic and develops clinic goals and priorities.
• Oversees all clinical and administrative operations, quality assurance, and staff performance.
• Provides clinical guidance, recruits and mentors staff, and ensures licensure and regulatory compliance.
• Maintains stakeholder engagement, prepares reports, and delivers direct clinical services as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Behavioral health

Staff supervision

Budget management

Education

Master's degree in Psychology/Social Work

Job description

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization designed to meet the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. In partnership with the more than 171,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people that we serve and the Tribal health organizations of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC provides world-class health services, which include comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training and rural water and sanitation systems construction. ANTHC is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the United States, and Alaska’s second-largest health employer with more than 3,100 employees offering an array of health services to people around the nation’s largest state. Our vision: Alaska Native people are the healthiest people in the world.

• Medical Insurance provided through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program as a Tribal Employee, with over 20 plans and tiers.
• Cost-Share Dental and Vision Insurances
• Discounted Pet Insurance
• Retirement Contributions with Pre-Tax or Roth options into a 403(b).
• 401(a) ANTHC Retirement Plan: After one year of employment, ANTHC will begin making matching contributions of up to 5% of your eligible pay, based on your own contributions. In addition, you may be eligible for an annual discretionary contribution of up to 3% from the employer.
• Paid Time Off starts immediately, earning up to 6 hours per pay period, with paid time off accruals increasing based on years of service.
• Eleven Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave or miscarriage/stillbirth eligibility after six months of employment
• Basic Short/Long Term Disability premiums, Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance, and Basic Life Insurance are covered 100% by ANTHC, with additional options for Short-Term Disability Buy-Up Coverage and Voluntary Life for yourself and your family members.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Healthcare and Dependent Care.
• Ancillary Cash Benefits for accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness.
• On-Site Child Care Facility with expert-designed classrooms for early child development and preschool.
• Employee Assistance Program with support for grief, financial counseling, mental/emotional health, and discounted legal advice.
• Tuition Discounts for you and your eligible dependents at Alaska Pacific University.
• On-Site Training Courses and Professional Development Opportunities.
• License and certification reimbursements and occupational insurance for medical staff.
• Emergency Travel Assistance
• Education Assistance or Education leave eligibility
• Discount program for travel, gym memberships, amusement parks, and more.

Visit us online at www.anthc.org or contact Recruitment directly at [e-mail].

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.

Summary

Under general supervision, oversees and directs the ANTHC Behavioral Health Wellness Clinic and provides direct behavioral health services. Job includes both management and direct-care duties.

Responsibilities

Directs the ANTHC Behavioral Health Wellness Clinic. Collaboratively develops clinic goals and priorities and oversees strategic plan for implementation. Makes appropriate adjustments and modifications to behavioral health services to meet service recipient needs. Oversees all aspects of clinical and administrative operations including quality assurance, clinic management, and behavioral health service delivery. Provides leadership for clinic staff. Assigns tasks and projects. Oversees development of staff skills and training plans. Implements corrective actions and conducts performance evaluations. Ensures compliance with accreditation standards, Alaska State Medicaid regulations, and all local, state, and federal health regulations and policies.

Provides Clinical Guidance to Clinical Staff and Interns. Leads and manages clinical staff through recruitment, retention, mentoring, coaching, and supervision ensuring staff engagement to meet organizational and department clinical goals and objectives. Ensures staff meet ethical standards (Code of Ethics). Delegates clinical supervision of individual and/or group sessions for all non-independently licensed providers, Behavioral Health Aides, interns, and other relevant trainees. Monitors timeframe goals for any staff needing to complete their independent licensing or certifications based upon State of Alaska State licensing board requirements and/or Federal Certification Requirements. Remains up to date on all required trainings that support clinical supervisors and licensure renewals.

Responsible for Routine Reporting and Stakeholder Engagement. Provides written and oral reports to the ANTHC Board of Directors and other tribal stakeholder groups. Facilitates stakeholder engagement meetings.

Provides Direct Clinical and Consultative Services. Delivers behavioral health screening, individual and group therapy, and/or psychological testing and assessment.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Other Information

KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS

• Knowledge of Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC, and Alaska Native culture(s).
• Knowledge of accreditation standards, Alaska State Medicaid regulations, Department of Behavioral Health clinical regulations, and local, state, and federal health regulations and policies.
• Knowledge of leadership and management models.
• Knowledge of trauma informed care and harm reduction strategies.
• Skill in team leadership and management.
• Skill in strategic plan development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining cooperative working relationships with others.
• Skill in conflict resolution and assisting others with conflict resolution.
• Skill in budget development and management.
• Skill in oral and written communication catered to various audiences.
• Skills in program design and implementation.
• Skill in process development and evaluation.
• Skill in DSM-5/ICD-10 assessment and diagnosis.
• Skill in provision of evidence-based therapy, crisis intervention, and outcome monitoring.
• Skill in psychological testing and assessment and report writing.
• Skill in clinical management and oversight.
• Skill in routine medical charting.
• Skill in provision of clinical supervision.

MINIMUM EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Master’s degree (MA/MS) in Psychology, Social Work or related field.

Minimum Experience Qualification

Non-supervisory - Six (6) years of experience providing behavioral health clinical services in a behavioral health clinic or hospital with at least four (4) years of experience in program development, oversight, and evaluation. Progressively responsible related work experience, education, or training may be substituted for this experience.

AND Supervisory - Four (4) years of clinical supervision/management experience.

MINIMUM CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATION

Active State of Alaska Behavioral Health License (e.g., Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Psychologist) AND Meets all requirements in order to obtain medical staff membership and required privileges of service.

Preferred Education Qualification

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) or Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical or Counseling Psychology.

Preferred Experience Qualification

Experience in the Alaska Tribal Health System.

Experience providing culturally-minded clinical care.

Experience working with Telehealth technology.

Preferred Certification Qualification

Alaska Psychologist License (or license eligible in Alaska).

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Must be able to lift approximately 20 pounds.
• ANMC is not a latex free facility; an employee should expect to work in an environment where latex may be present.
• May be required to work outside the traditional work schedule.