Director, Outpatient Behavioral Health Programs

Oceans Healthcare; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Daily pay

Paid time off

Competitive market compensation

Short/Long-term disability

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Oceans Healthcare, in partnership with Louisiana Behavioral Health, seeks an experienced Director of Outpatient Services to lead and optimize outpatient programs. You will supervise staff, coordinate clinical programming, and ensure compliance with Joint Commission and state regulations while aligning with Oceans’ mission.

Responsibilities include staff development, discharge planning, and collaboration with senior leadership to meet financial and quality goals, while maintaining

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or counseling preferred including LMSW, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, MSW, Psychologist, RN or LVN/LPN.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in inpatient/outpatient psychiatric treatment preferred with at least 1 year of supervisory experience.
• At least 1 year of experience working with chronically mentally ill, adult and geriatric patient populations.

Responsibilities

• Provides direction, supervision, monitoring and disciplinary action for all staff of the Outpatient Program.
• Cooperates and works with all members of the management team to develop, formulate, implement, and revise clinical programming proposals for recommendations to medical and professional staff and to adhere to regulatory body standards and meet facility goals and objectives.
• Provides, coordinates and monitors in-service opportunities for staff continuing education.
• Supervises utilization review and performance improvement in the outpatient setting.
• Provides/coordinates education to staff and monitoring for compliance plan, and specific age/disability/cultural sensitivity and diversity adherence, as well as demonstrates an ability to assess and interpret age/disability specific information and patient population response to treatment.
• Conducts treatment planning, discharge planning and facilitates support groups to meet the needs of patients and families.
• Works closely with the facility administrator to achieve the programs financial goals in regard to expense management and revenue production, as well as maintain overall administrative and committee structure.
• Provides and solicits customers, departments, and facility information orally and in writing on overall facility performance.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Written communication

Organizational skills

Cultural sensitivity

BLS certification

De-escalation training

Education

Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or counseling

Job description

Oceans Healthcare, in partnership with Louisiana Behavioral Health, seeks an experienced Director of Outpatient Services to lead and optimize outpatient programs. You will supervise staff, coordinate clinical programming, and ensure compliance with Joint Commission and state regulations while aligning with Oceans’ mission.

Responsibilities include staff development, discharge planning, and collaboration with senior leadership to meet financial and quality goals, while maintaining