Director of Psychiatric Practice Excellence

LifeStance Health Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

LifeStance Health is seeking a senior professional to advance enterprise psychiatric practice excellence by developing standards, evidence-based frameworks, provider excellence programs, and quality improvement initiatives. The role supports clinicians, patients, and operations on a national scale within a fast-growing behavioral health organization.

The ideal candidate will design and implement Centers of Excellence, create measurable quality frameworks, and build sustainable pipelines for

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain organizational psychiatric practice standards, treatment frameworks, and clinical expectations across markets and service lines.
• Lead development and implementation of evidence-based psychiatric guidelines, tools, protocols, and practice resources.
• Partner with Medical Leadership, Clinical Operations, Quality, Clinical Excellence, Learning & Development, and Measurement-Based Care teams to improve psychiatric care quality, safety, consistency, and outcomes.
• Identify and address psychiatric practice variation through data review, education, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Build and oversee a comprehensive clinician education and professional development curriculum across specialties and practice settings.
• Design and oversee psychiatric provider excellence programs, including onboarding support, competency frameworks, mentoring structures, and ongoing professional development.
• Assist with transition to uniform and singular EHR use across the organization and developing efficient EHR workflows and policies that support the clinical user.
• Support development and review of psychiatric clinical policies, protocols, and standards that align with applicable laws, regulations, and professional expectations.
• Monitor psychiatric quality metrics, patient safety trends, outcomes, and clinical effectiveness measures to inform improvement priorities.
• Serve as a strategic advisor and subject matter expert regarding psychiatric practice trends, provider enablement, clinical risk, and standards of care.
• Lead initiatives supporting physician wellbeing, joy in medicine, and burnout prevention across the enterprise.
• Report on quality metrics, program outcomes, and workforce key performance indicators to the Vice President and C-suite stakeholders

Job description

LifeStance Health is seeking a senior professional to advance enterprise psychiatric practice excellence by developing standards, evidence-based frameworks, provider excellence programs, and quality improvement initiatives. The role supports clinicians, patients, and operations on a national scale within a fast-growing behavioral health organization.

The ideal candidate will design and implement Centers of Excellence, create measurable quality frameworks, and build sustainable pipelines for