Mental Health Clinic Director
Description
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- 401(k)
- Bonus based on performance
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
We're excited to bring Ellie Mental Health to Glens Falls, NY, and we're looking for a passionate Clinical Director to help build our team.
Who we are looking for:
We are seeking a hands-on, high-energy, and compassionate leader with a vision and passion to fill the mental health gaps in our community.
As Clinical Director, you'll partner with us and co-lead this mission by:
- Building and running a successful practice, as measured by the quality and reach of care we provide
- Staying connected to patient care through a reasonable personal caseload set by you
- Building and cultivating a culture of purpose, authenticity, humor, compassion, creativity, acceptance, and determination
- Building and leading an incredible team of therapists
The Clinic Director will be highly compensated (salary, commissions, and bonuses!) for accepting responsibility for the overall performance and operation of a clinic composed of approximately 8-12 professional outpatient therapists. This includes hiring and recruiting fantastic, unique, and fun-loving clinicians; managing clinic performance and client satisfaction; providing training and ongoing developmental support; meeting fiscal goals; marketing clinical services and building community partnerships and referrals. You will also maintain a reasonable client caseload.
Ellie Mental Health is a highly successful mental health multi-clinic organization. Ellie clinics are structured to remove many of the administrative struggles and obstacles that therapists face to ensure world-class mental health services focused on client relationships.
Reporting & Supervision
- Clinic Director reports to local Owner
- All clinic therapists report to Clinic Director.
- Oversee the hiring process for all therapists at their clinic.
- Provide all training for clinic new hires, ensuring all required Ellie Mental Health clinical and operational policies and procedures are taught and followed.
- Assess ongoing development and training needs and conduct ongoing training as needed.
- Hold staff compassionately accountable for meeting performance expectations.
- Manage staff performance, including implementing Performance Coaching, Performance Improvement Plans, and termination process as needed.
- Oversee peer consultation groups to ensure clinical excellence and align with best practices
- Provide clinical oversight to clinic’s Mental Health Practitioners and Professionals, including signing clinical documentation for pre-licensed providers.
- Participate in Clinic Director Peer Consult Group.
- Provide 1:1 consultation with all therapy staff to review productivity, caseload, and clinical documentation
- Evaluate mental health diagnosis, create, and implement a treatment plan, complete ongoing documentation including further diagnosis, treatment plan reviews, and case notes according to company policy
- Utilize creativity in interventions to help clients achieve and exceed goals
- Prepare and submit individual documentation for each session per company guidelines and protocol
- Coordinate services with case managers, families, work personnel, medical personnel, other Ellie staff, and school staff as needed
- Collaborate with business owner and Ellie Mental Health staff (as needed) to implement strategies for fiscal and clinical efficiency.
- Monitor and manage clinic office schedules and office supplies.
- Provide timely response to concerns raised by clients, clinicians, or external stakeholders.
- Serve as point of contact for building management related issues or concerns.
- Spearhead clinic’s community outreach and engagement efforts, in collaboration with business owner and consistent with guidance from Ellie Outreach Team.
- Collaborate with Ellie Marketing Team to promote clinic’s online visibility.
- Collaborate with business owner and Ellie team to implement all required policies and procedures
- Identify opportunities to improve client care, quality, and effectiveness, and implement changes in collaboration with business owner
- Master’s Degree or higher education in mental health discipline.
- Independently licensed with a New York-issued clinical practice license (e.g., PhD, PsyD).
- Dynamic leadership, problem-solving, and executive skill sets.
- Verbal and written communication skills; Exceptional interpersonal and customer service skills. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Proficient with Microsoft 365 applications.
- Adept at learning and navigating Electronic Health Record systems.