Regional Clinical Director

Relief Mental Health; Oak Brook (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Growth within organization

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) with company match

FSA & Dependent Care FSA

Disability insurance

CEU and Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Relief Mental Health is seeking a Regional Clinical Director to provide clinical leadership across multiple clinics in Illinois, Wisconsin, New Jersey, and Colorado. You will oversee clinical excellence, ensure evidence-based care, and support operational efficiency while guiding provider teams and supporting high-acuity cases.

Travel between clinics is required to align regional strategies with company standards, documentation, and quality outcomes, while maintaining licensure and clinical

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies or Master’s/Doctoral in Nursing with PMHNP specialization.
• Current state licensure as PA with psychiatric certification or PMHNP-BC as NP.
• Ability to practice across multiple clinic locations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as regional clinical leader across multiple clinics.
• Promote evidence-based psychiatric care aligned with standards.
• Provide mentorship to PMHNPs, PAs, and staff.
• Support onboarding and development of new providers.
• Promote efficient workflows, patient safety, and accurate documentation.

Skills

Leadership

Healthcare operations

Data analysis

Communication

Stakeholder management

Organization

Problem-solving

Empathy

Education

Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies

Master’s or Doctoral in Nursing (PMHNP)

Tools

Tebra EHR

Microsoft Office

Google Workspace

Job description

Relief Mental Health was founded in February of 2020. Within these 6 years, we have expanded to 12 new offices across Illinois, Wisconsin, New Jersey, and now Colorado! We aim to create a new standard for mental health care, offering a continuum of innovative therapeutic interventions and responding to evolving patient needs.

The Regional Clinical Director provides clinical leadership and oversight across multiple clinics within an assigned region, ensuring high-quality, consistent, evidence-based, and financially responsible psychiatric care. This role partners closely with Operations, Psychiatry leadership, and clinic teams to support clinical excellence, operational efficiency, census growth, and appropriate utilization of advanced treatment modalities.

While primarily focused on clinical leadership and regional support, the Regional Clinical Director may provide direct patient care as needed to support clinic coverage, provider absences, onboarding, census stabilization, or high-acuity cases.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Leadership & Oversight

• Serve as a regional clinical leader supporting multiple clinics and providers.

• Promote consistent, evidence-based psychiatric care aligned with company clinical standards.

• Provide clinical consultation, mentorship, and guidance to PMHNPs, PAs, and interdisciplinary staff.

• Support onboarding and ongoing clinical development of new providers and advanced practice clinicians.

• Identify clinical risks, quality gaps, and opportunities for improvement and collaborate on corrective actions.

• Promote efficient clinical workflows, patient safety, quality outcomes, and timely completion of clinical documentation.

• Ensure personal clinical documentation is completed and signed within 48 hours when providing patient care.

Operational & Financial Alignment

• Partner with Operations leadership to align clinical care delivery with operational goals and financial performance.

• Support clinic productivity, scheduling efficiency, provider utilization, and sustainable regional growth.

• Monitor key performance indicators, including census, visit volume, provider productivity, internal referrals, retention, and follow-up adherence.

• Support responsible resource utilization while maintaining high-quality patient outcomes.

• Participate in regional planning and initiatives that promote growth and scalability.

Census Growth & Advanced Treatment Modalities

• Collaborate with providers and clinic managers to identify patients who may be clinically appropriate for advanced treatment modalities, including Spravato (esketamine), IV Ketamine (if applicable), and TMS.

• Ensure providers maintain a strong understanding of services offered to support appropriate internal referrals.

• Support clinically appropriate conversion, retention, patient education, expectation-setting, and treatment adherence strategies.

• Provide clinical oversight for Spravato assessments and treatments, IV Ketamine assessments and treatments (if applicable), and TMS evaluations, follow-ups, and motor threshold mapping.

• Ensure consistent protocols, patient safety standards, and documentation across clinics.

• Serve as a clinical escalation resource for complex cases and treatment considerations.

Direct Patient Care

• Provide psychiatric evaluations, follow-ups, and medication management as a backup or support function.

• Provide Spravato, Ketamine, or TMS-related services as appropriate.

• Support coverage needs related to provider absences, onboarding, census surges, or high-acuity cases.

• Maintain clinical skills and licensure to ensure readiness to provide patient care when needed.

Collaboration, Compliance & Quality

• Work closely with Psychiatrists, Therapists, Social Workers, Clinical Assistants, and Operations teams.

• Serve as a liaison between regional clinics and corporate clinical leadership.

• Foster a team-based, patient-centered approach to care.

• Promote timely, accurate, and compliant documentation and adherence to HIPAA, regulatory requirements, and company policies.

• Support quality assurance initiatives, audits, clinical reviews, and corrective actions.

• Serve as a clinical resource during psychiatric emergencies and complex clinical situations.

• Maintain required licensure, certifications, continuing education, and current knowledge of psychiatric medicine and interventional treatments.

Qualifications

Education & Licensure

• Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies OR Master’s or Doctoral degree in Nursing with a Psychiatric Mental Health specialization.

• Current state licensure as a Physician Assistant (with psychiatric certification if required) OR Nurse Practitioner with PMHNP-BC certification.

• Ability to practice across multiple clinic locations.

Experience & Skills

• Significant experience in psychiatric or mental health care.

• Prior leadership, lead provider, or multi-site experience strongly preferred.

• Strong understanding of healthcare operations and financial drivers.

• Ability to analyze clinical and operational data to inform decisions.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong organizational, prioritization, and problem-solving abilities.

• Demonstrated professionalism, empathy, and commitment to patient-centered care.

• Experience with Electronic Health Records; Tebra preferred.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.

Travel

• Regular travel between clinics within the assigned region is required.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary

• Growth within organization

• Comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees

• 401(k) with company match

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Dependent Care FSA

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

• CEU and Tuition reimbursement opportunities

Relief Mental Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.