Founding RTC/PRTF Executive Director - Maryland

Rite of Passage; Keymar (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Rite of Passage seeks an founding Executive Director to build and lead a new Residential Treatment Center (PRTF level) in Maryland. This is a hands-on leadership role with full operational, regulatory, and clinical accountability.

You will drive staffing, admissions, regulatory compliance, budgeting, and clinical oversight, operating as the on-the-ground decision-maker from day one. Location is Maryland; relocation may be required based on the candidate.

Qualifications

• Direct, hands-on leadership experience as Executive Director, Administrator, or CEO of a licensed Residential Treatment Center or RTC/PRTF.
• Fluency in state licensing and CMS/behavioral health regulatory requirements.
• Comfort operating the business, operational and clinical sides of the facility — budget and staffing, incident response, on the ground leadership as well as treatment planning and psychiatric/nursing coverage.
• Experience standing up a new program from licensure through first admissions is a strong plus.
• Based in or willing to relocate to Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations of a new RTC: staffing and scheduling, regulatory compliance, budget and census management, admissions and discharge planning, and clinical oversight alongside your Clinical Director.
• You'll be the on-the-ground decision-maker — not someone who delegates the details.

Skills

Executive leadership

RTC/PRTF experience

Regulatory compliance

Budget management

Staffing & scheduling

Clinical oversight

Job description

Rite of Passage seeks an founding Executive Director to build and lead a new Residential Treatment Center (PRTF level) in Maryland. This is a hands-on leadership role with full operational, regulatory, and clinical accountability.

You will drive staffing, admissions, regulatory compliance, budgeting, and clinical oversight, operating as the on-the-ground decision-maker from day one. Location is Maryland; relocation may be required based on the candidate.