Executive Program Director

Discovery Mood

Fairfax (VA)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 105,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Discovery Mood & Anxiety is seeking an Executive Director to supervise the treatment programs and oversee multiple Program Directors across 3–6 sites in Virginia. This leadership role focuses on quality, compliance, and effective clinical operations.

The position is full‑time, Monday–Friday, with budget oversight, staff development, and collaboration with home office. Compensation ranges from $100,000 to $105,000 per year plus benefits.

Qualifications

Three years experience in management.
Masters degree or higher required.
Two years mental health experience in residential or hospital setting.
Current Driver’s License in good standing.

Responsibilities

Oversees and ensures quality of all aspects of 3–6 programs managed.
Conducts weekly treatment team meetings at each location.
Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care.
Facilitates patient transfers to higher level of care as needed.
Provides on-call support to facility and coordinates with On-Call Administrator.
Manages patient intake and discharge processes and maintains charts.
Ensures compliance with Joint Commission and HIPAA policies.
Oversees facility maintenance, audits, and budget communications.

Skills

Management

Leadership

Driver's License

Education

Masters degree or higher

Job description

The Executive Director is responsible for the supervision and management of the treatment program they work directly out of as Program Director in addition to oversite of additional Program Directors/Administrators and sites. The Executive Director supervises anywhere from 3-6 programs overall. This is RTC and OP programs. This includes oversite of all facilities functions, staff, and patients.

Essential Job Functions:

Oversees and ensures quality of all aspects of the three to 6 programs they manage and takes initiative to make improvements.
Conducts separate weekly treatment team meetings at each location to ensure consistent and effective communication, including proper oversight of patient progress and to ensures a team approach is being utilized.
Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge.
Facilitates patient transfers to higher level of care, as needed.
Participates in clinical outreach and facilitates program tours as needed.
Provides on-call support to facility and communicates with the On-Call Administrator as needed.
Consistently communicates with home office departments effectively and in a timely manner.
Facilitates Multi-Family, Family Program and/or Family Weekend.
Responsible for timekeeping of clinical employees and oversees all employees’ timekeeping to ensure that all timecards are submitted to payroll in a timely manner and reports any error or corrections to payroll as soon as possible.
Oversees the patient intake process, completing related paperwork, reviewing, and obtaining signatures on all consents at the time of admission; sending all necessary information to the home office; assigning additional duties to milieu staff as necessary.
Oversees the patient discharge process and assigns duties to milieu staff as necessary.
Participates in weekly treatment team meetings, keeping notes and creating the treatment team overview notes for the staff to review.
Coordinates and communicates weekly community outing for approved patients.
Manages patient charts and facilitates audits in a timely manner .
Must be proficient in all Joint Commission and HIPAA policies and procedures.
Oversees weekly kitchen audits, food rotation, and sanitation.
Remains conscious of the budget and communicates facility overages to Operations.
Responsible for the maintenance of the facility and provides weekly feedback to the home office regarding any environment of care issues.
Responsible for the maintenance of the facility vehicle.
Performs/assigns emergency drills and completes appropriate documentation.
Obtain training and a login for the state CHRIS and CONNECT systems (Virginia State Only)