Clinical Practice Director

Behavioral Health Network, Inc.

$85K — $95K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or doctoral degree in relevant behavioral-health field required.
  • Current independent clinical license in eligible behavioral-health discipline required.
  • At least three years of clinical supervisory and/or management experience required.
  • Broad knowledge of mental-health conditions and evidence-based practices for diverse populations.
  • Experience or training working with co-occurring mental-health and substance-use disorders preferred.
  • Strong ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage conflict constructively.
  • Proficiency in electronic records and familiarity with community resource referral pathways.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strengths-based leadership to clinical teams across outpatient locations.
  • Collaborate with various stakeholders to standardize clinical practices and improve workflows.
  • Evaluate service quality using clinical data and treatment guidelines to identify gaps.
  • Ensure implementation of evidence-based treatment models with appropriate staff training and support.
  • Recruit, supervise, and evaluate clinical staff while supporting their professional development.
  • Monitor clinical performance and adherence to documentation and care protocols.
  • Facilitate clinical team meetings and provide operational support during service hours.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance options.
  • Generous paid time off including vacation and sick leave.
  • Retirement savings plans with company matching contributions.
  • Continuous professional development opportunities through training and workshops.
  • Supportive work environment prioritizing mental health and well-being.
Full Job Description
What You Will Do:
  • Provide mission-aligned, strengths-based leadership to assigned clinical teams across Outpatient Services locations, ensuring timely, evidence-based, whole-person care consistent with BHN standards and strategic priorities.
  • Collaborate with Practice Managers, Utilization Management, Staff Development, and other BHN leaders to standardize clinical practices, improve workflows, update protocols, and align organizational initiatives with staff readiness.
  • Use clinical data, treatment guidelines, regulatory requirements, and outcome measures to evaluate service quality, identify gaps, and implement training, change-management, and performance-improvement initiatives.
  • Ensure evidence-based treatment models are implemented with fidelity and that staff receive the documented training, resources, supervision, and support needed to succeed.
  • Recruit, orient, supervise, coach, and evaluate clinical staff; establish professional-development goals; monitor core competencies; and review required clinical documentation within program guidelines.
  • Monitor clinical performance, including caseload and schedule management, team-based care, documentation quality and timeliness, utilization-management protocols, and goal- and outcome-directed treatment.
  • Facilitate clinical care-team meetings, consultations, trainings, and management meetings, and provide operational support and leadership coverage to maintain services during established hours.
  • Maintain compliance with applicable healthcare regulations, licensing and ethical standards, HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, payer requirements, contracts, and BHN policies and procedures.
  • As assigned, provide comprehensive behavioral-health assessments, risk and crisis evaluations, level-of-care determinations, brief interventions, and evidence-based individual, family, couples, or group treatment.
  • Coordinate care with individuals served, families, guardians, community partners, and other providers; maintain timely and accurate documentation; support transitions to the least intensive appropriate level of care; and perform other duties as assigned.

Who You Are:
  • Master's or doctoral degree in a relevant behavioral-health field required.
  • Current independent clinical license in an eligible behavioral-health discipline required.
  • At least three years of clinical supervisory and/or management experience required.
  • Broad knowledge of mental-health conditions, assessment, diagnosis, treatment techniques, evidence-based practices, risk evaluation, and levels of care across diverse populations.
  • Experience or training working with co-occurring mental-health and substance-use disorders, or a demonstrated willingness to develop this expertise.
  • Demonstrated ability to provide effective clinical supervision, develop staff competencies, lead organizational change, facilitate multidisciplinary teams, and manage disagreement or conflict constructively.
  • Working knowledge of applicable regulatory, ethical, confidentiality, utilization-management, documentation, and quality-of-care requirements.
  • Excellent verbal, written, presentation, facilitation, organization, time-management, decision-making, and relationship-building skills.
  • Demonstrated cultural responsiveness and ability to lead and serve individuals, families, and staff from varied racial, ethnic, religious, LGBTQIA+, socioeconomic, and other backgrounds.
  • Proficiency with electronic records, internet, email, word processing, agency communication systems, and data-informed management, along with knowledge of community resources and referral pathways.

Salary Range: $85,00-$95,000

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