The Hire Mark is recruiting a Clinical Director for an Adolescent Treatment Center company in North Hollywood, CA.

Responsibilities

• The Clinical Director is responsible for leading a team of Therapeutic professionals to administer excellent client care to those with mental illnesses and behavioral conditions

• The Clinical Director is responsible for the supervision of the clinical staff

• He/she consults with the CEO, Physician, and Utilization Review Department as needed

• The Clinical Director maintains close communication with the clinical staff, provides any information relevant to the program’s operation, and assists in developing and modifying the program as a whole

• He/she monitors documentation by the clinical staff in order 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

• Developing and maintaining written objectives, policies and procedures, an organizational plan and a quality assurance program for substance abuse counseling services that are reviewed by the administrator;

• 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 each 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;

• Participating in planning and budgeting for the provision of substance abuse counseling services;

• Ensuring that clinical staff, including counselor-interns, are supervised by the appropriately credentialed staff