DIR - CLINICAL SVCS - BH

The Clinical Director is responsible for the supervision of the clinical staff. He/she consults with other senior leaders as needed. The Clinical Director maintains close communication with the clinical staff, provides any information relevant to the program's clinical operation, and assists in developing and modifying the clinical aspect of the program. He/she monitors documentation by the clinical staff to ensure that documentation is maintained at the highest level and is responsible to provide 24-hour management of the clinical function of the facility. The Clinical Director is responsible for ensuring that the programs protect the rights and confidentiality of all patients and provides each client with the required clinical care.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining written objectives, policies and procedures, an organizational plan and a quality assurance program for substance abuse counseling services.
• Ensuring that the behavioral and pharmacologic approaches to treatment are evidence-based or based on universally accepted information to provide treatment services consistent with recognized treatment principles and practices for the IOP level of care and type of client served by the facility.
• Providing or ensuring, and documenting, that direct clinical supervision is provided at least one hour per week to all clinical staff, individually or in a group setting.
• Ensuring that substance abuse counseling services are provided as specified in the client treatment plan and coordinated with other client care services, if applicable, in order to provide continuity of care.
• Ensuring that the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of clients with co-occurring disorders is provided by appropriately trained and qualified clinical staff and that the clinical supervision of such staff is provided.
• Assisting in developing and maintaining written job descriptions for substance abuse counseling personnel and assigning duties.
• Assessing and participating in staff education activities and providing consultation to facility personnel.
• Providing orientation to and evaluation of new counseling staff prior to assigning them counseling responsibilities.
• Ensuring that all counseling staff are properly licensed or credentialed in accordance with state regulations.
• Participating in the identification of quality care indicators and outcome objectives and the collection and review of data to monitor staff and program performance.
• Ensuring that clinical staff, including counselor-interns, are supervised by the appropriately credentialed staff.
• Responsible for providing training and supervision of all clinical staff. The Clinical Director is responsible for maintaining compliance with all Federal and State Laws and Regulations as well as Accreditation Standards, including the submission of corrective action plans to said agencies i.e., State DHCS, The City and The Joint Commission (JCAHO).

Qualifications and Skills

• Required education: Master's Degree

Required experience: Substance Abuse/Mental Health Treatment - 3 years.

Required license or certification: LMSW, LMFT, LPC or Clinical Psychologist.

The Clinical Director will be an appropriately licensed and /or certified professional, and /or eligible for certification or licensure, with training or experience in Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders. This individual must also possess managerial and leadership skills. There is no history of alcohol or other drug misuse for a period of three years before employment as the Clinical Director and does not display evidence of misuse of alcohol or other drugs while employed as the Clinical Director.

Quality Of Work:

The Clinical Director will ensure all State and Federal Regulations, including accreditation and agency standards are maintained at all times. The Clinical Director has knowledge of and is culturally sensitive to employees and the problems of patients.