Job summary
Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to transforming young lives through evidence-based care.The Clinical Director oversees all aspects of clinical operations, programming, and treatment services at their assigned program.Manage emerging crisis situations in the milieu and provide support as clinical back-up on-call.
Job seniority: mid-to-senior level
Responsibilities
• Interview, select, and onboard new clinicians, ensuring their participation in clinical new hire orientation and position-specific trainings and shadowing.• Facilitate or elicit support from national clinical team with clinical trainings for specific clinicians or topics as needs are identified.• Assign caseloads to ensure all clients and families receive therapeutic services, while maximizing the clinical team's potential to maintain or increase capacity.• Develop, implement, and periodically review clinical program schedule, to ensure programming adheres to Newport Healthcare's treatment model in compliance with state licensing, Joint Commission, and payer regulations.• Facilitation of treatment team meetings, individual and group supervision, and ongoing clinical trainings, and components of All-Staff New Hire Orientation.• Oversight of onsite admission process including final approval of denials, conducting secondary clinical clearances, and coordination with the Admissions Department.• Focus on client and family experience and successful outcomes through consistent communication and attention to family needs.• Manage emerging crisis situations in the milieu and provide support as clinical back-up on-call.• Coordination with treatment team and parental involvement, as needed, with ACA/AMA and administrative discharges.• Coordinate peer reviews to be conducted within timeline requested by utilization review.• Drive quality assurance efforts and quality improvement initiatives as required.• Audit medical charts monthly to ensure clinical documentation meets quality and submission standards, with deficiencies addressed with clinician and additional training provided if needed.• Support Family Therapists with facilitation of Saturday Family Program support groups and psychoeducational presentations.
Requirements
• Master's degree in psychology, counseling, or social work required.• Licensed in Marriage Family Therapy, Counseling, Psychology, or Social Work required.• Two years or more of relevant clinical experience with adolescents, young adults, and families, with mental health, substance abuse and co-occurring disordered populations.• Minimum of one-year experience in a residential setting.• Minimum of one-year supervisor experience.
Key Skills Needed
• Interviewing and selecting new clinicians• Facilitating clinical trainings• Assigning caseloads and maximizing clinical team capacity• Developing and implementing clinical program schedules• Managing crisis situations• Coordinating with treatment team and parental involvement• Conducting peer reviews• Driving quality assurance efforts• Auditing medical charts for documentation standards• Supporting Family Therapists with program facilitation
Benefits
• Industry-competitive salaries• Career growth and skills expansion• Student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement• Company commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
