Clinical Director

Position Summary:

The Clinical Director works in a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing treatment services according to the Center for Discovery Clinical Model.

Clinical Director responsibilities include ensuring patient safety, providing milieu interventions, leading psychoeducational and process-oriented therapy groups, facilitating clinical assessments, and clinical supervision and oversight of the program.

Essential Job Functions:


* Oversee and ensure quality of clinical aspects of the program and takes the initiative to make improvements.


* Facilitates weekly treatment team meetings to ensure consistent and effective communication, including proper oversight of patient progress and ensures a team approach is being utilized.


* Assists in admission processes and understands role in ensuring expeditious access to care for those seeking services.


* Trains all new clinical employees within their scope and coordinates training with clinical team members.


* Provides support to milieu staff to ensure patients are receiving the highest level of clinical care, at all times.


* Conducts with the Executive Director all 90-day, annual performance reviews, and growth plans for therapists within the program.


* Manages clinical employees' schedules to ensure appropriate clinical presence.


* Provides adequate and ongoing training of facility employees, and sufficient oversight/supervision to ensure that all services are in keeping with the Discovery Mission Statement.


* Supports in facilitating monthly employee training courses ensuring that all mandated trainings are completed throughout the year.


* Completes utilization reviews, oversees primary therapist process of utilization review and assists in the process of assuring that all patient stays are authorized (i.e.

insurance, private pay, etc.).


* Maintains a patient caseload as dictated by census and assigns cases based upon the appropriate clinical match with each therapist.


* Leads or co-leads 3-4 process groups and/or any additional clinically oriented groups every week.

Provides oversight of all other groups conducted.


* Communicates with referral sources and outpatient providers for continuity of care upon admission, midpoint, and discharge, including the use of Discovery Connect.


* Attends outreach events and supports relationship management in the community


* Facilitates patient transfers to a higher level of care, as needed.


* Ensure discharge planning is adequate and complete for all discharging patients.


* Participates in clinical outreach and facilitates program tours as needed.


* Facilitates Multi-Family, Family Program and/or Family Weekend.


* Supervises all therapists within the program and provides clinical consultation, as needed.


* RTC Only: Provides on-call support to the facility at least 1x per month and communicates with the On-Call Administrator and returns all phone calls wit...