Psychiatric Practice Excellence Leader

LifeStance Health Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

LifeStance Health is seeking a strategic leader to advance enterprise psychiatric practice excellence. The role develops standards, evidence-based frameworks, and quality initiatives to support clinicians, patients, and operations nationwide.

You will shape Centers of Excellence, establish measurable frameworks, and build pipelines for clinician recruitment and wellbeing. The ideal candidate collaborates across Medical Leadership, Clinical Operations, Quality, Learning & Development, and

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 strategic leader to advance enterprise psychiatric practice excellence. The role develops standards, evidence-based frameworks, and quality initiatives to support clinicians, patients, and operations nationwide.

You will shape Centers of Excellence, establish measurable frameworks, and build pipelines for clinician recruitment and wellbeing. The ideal candidate collaborates across Medical Leadership, Clinical Operations, Quality, Learning & Development, and