Director of Clinical Services – Residential Programs

Specialized Residential Services; Flint (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Specialized Residential Services in Flint, Michigan seeks an experienced Director of Clinical Services to build and lead clinical programs across our residential sites. You will identify medical, psychiatric, behavioral, and medication needs and coordinate follow-up with providers and support teams.

You will welcome candidates from nursing, social work, psychology, and related fields and will lead a team through complex cases, data-driven reviews, and policy development to keep individuals safe

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, social work, psychology, behavioral health, human services, or related field.
• At least five years of relevant clinical services or residential services experience.
• Experience supporting people with intellectual or developmental disabilities or behavioral health needs.
• Experience coordinating care across healthcare, guardians, case-management, and operational teams.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel among SRS programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead or oversee a documented monthly clinical review for each person served, including health, behavioral, medication, hospital, incident, and support trends.
• Establish clinical baselines and risk classifications, and ensure emerging concerns have clear action steps, owners, and follow-up dates.
• Coordinate with physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, behavioral providers, CMH teams, guardians, and SRS leaders.
• Lead clinical follow-through after significant changes in condition, hospitalizations, medication concerns, psychiatric deterioration, or serious incidents.
• Review complex referrals, admissions, hospital returns, and other transitions for readiness, monitoring, equipment, and staff training needs.
• Make data-informed recommendations about staffing, supervision, nursing, behavioral services, equipment, and other supports.
• Develop clinical policies, review tools, training content, competency expectations, and quality-improvement processes.
• Build Clinical Services capacity, including case-management, backup coverage, and a future crisis-response model.
• Lead placement-stability reviews and coordinate with the person’s team and SRS departments to identify supports that may help maintain the placement.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Care coordination

Documentation

Travel readiness

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing, social work, psychology, behavioral health, human services, or related field

Job description

Specialized Residential Services in Flint, Michigan seeks an experienced Director of Clinical Services to build and lead clinical programs across our residential sites. You will identify medical, psychiatric, behavioral, and medication needs and coordinate follow-up with providers and support teams.

You will welcome candidates from nursing, social work, psychology, and related fields and will lead a team through complex cases, data-driven reviews, and policy development to keep individuals safe