Supervisor of Clinical Services

The purpose of the position is to supervise and provide clinical leadership to the counseling and care-coordination functions within the outpatient facility.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for planning and staffing clinical services.
• Manage resources and expenses, recommend and implement changes to the processes/methods utilized by the clinical services.
• May carry small caseload.
• Facilitate the operation of the clinical services in collaboration with the leadership of the facility by using evidenced-based guidelines and medical criteria.
• Review initial clinical information format and presentation and evaluates the continuing application of these guidelines.
• Facilitate active patient and family participation in the treatment process.
• Maintain documentation in a timely, thorough and accurate manner.
• Hire, supervise and evaluate clinical staff.
• Establish policies and procedures for continuing care program.
• Collaborate with facility leadership in the implementation of outcome studies for the program.
• Responsible for community outreach and marketing activities for the facility as required.
• Participate in quality improvement, program services review and consistently reviews client programming for best outcomes.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work or Nursing (NP or Master’s level RN with emphasis in Psychiatric Nursing) required.
• Six or more years’ clinical experience in care management, utilization review or case management required.
• Prior leadership experience in a behavioral health setting with demonstrated expertise considering patient’s age, gender, developmental level and cultural/religious issues required.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Licensure or certification for counseling, as may be required by the state in which the facility operates.
• LISW, LISWS, or LSW
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

Benefits:

BCBS Medical

Dental

Vision

401 (k)

Generous PTO allowance