State Hospitals Clinical Consulting Lead - EHR

Netsmart; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Netsmart is seeking a Clinical Consulting Manager with a licensed clinical background to lead state hospital engagements, focusing on EHR adoption, workflow optimization and regulatory alignment. This role blends clinical insight with healthcare technology leadership to support complex, high‑acuity environments.

You will partner with statewide psychiatric hospitals and secure inpatient settings to translate clinical requirements into actionable EHR workflows while guiding implementation, change

Qualifications

• Required Minimum bachelor’s degree in nursing, psychology, social work, counseling, behavioral health, or related clinical field with active clinical or professional licensure.
• 5+ years of experience working in a state hospital, forensic mental health program, secure inpatient psychiatric facility, or related high‑acuity environment.
• Strong familiarity with state hospital workflows, treatment models, interdisciplinary team processes, and clinical documentation standards.
• Recent experience working with EHR systems, clinical informatics, or healthcare IT.
• Knowledge of state and federal regulations governing state hospitals
• Strong public speaking, training, and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Netsmart’s clinical authority on state hospital operations, including inpatient psychiatry, forensic programming, competency restoration, and long‑term treatment models
• Provide subject matter expertise on state‑specific regulations, accreditation standards, documentation protocols, and operational workflows in secure clinical settings
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regulatory, accreditation, legal, and funding structures affecting state hospitals
• Learn Netsmart solutions and serve as a translator between our clients' current and future‑state work practices, utilizing Netsmart solutions
• Provide clinical guidance and support for the lifecycle of the client relationship, including the pre‑sales process, clinically informed implementation, go‑live, and maintenance, driving clinical success for Netsmart and our client partners
• Provide workflow and regulatory guidance during solution development and implementation.
• Translate state hospital requirements into structured EHR workflows, documentation templates, assessment tools, and clinical decision‑support elements.
• Support successful EHR adoption through change‑management guidance and clinical leadership.
• Track emerging regulations, treatment models, and national trends in state hospital and forensic mental health care.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree in nursing,Psych,or

Active clinical licensure

5+ years in state hospital/forensic/hi

Experience with EHR systems/healthcare

Regulatory knowledge (state & federal)

Public speaking & training

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing, psychology, social work, counseling, behavioral health, or related clinical field

Job description

Netsmart is seeking a Clinical Consulting Manager with a licensed clinical background to lead state hospital engagements, focusing on EHR adoption, workflow optimization and regulatory alignment. This role blends clinical insight with healthcare technology leadership to support complex, high‑acuity environments.

You will partner with statewide psychiatric hospitals and secure inpatient settings to translate clinical requirements into actionable EHR workflows while guiding implementation, change